Thanks Ducatiboy!

I haven't even bought a Z1 yet but you've received nothing but great reviews so I figure I should pick one up ahead of time before the price gets bumped again. :wink:

rchan11 said:

Hi Ducatiboy,

I made a HUGE mistake and overpaid $5 with my paypal account ($35 total). Is there anyway to make an adjustment (send a $5 payment back) or get a cheque written back for it with the shipment to Canada?

Apologies in advance. :( I got caught up reading the increase in price and put in the wrong amount.

Thanks so much for your time,
Rchan11

You have got to be kidding....

Anonymous said:

rchan11 said:

Hi Ducatiboy,

I made a HUGE mistake and overpaid $5 with my paypal account ($35 total). Is there anyway to make an adjustment (send a $5 payment back) or get a cheque written back for it with the shipment to Canada?

Apologies in advance. :( I got caught up reading the increase in price and put in the wrong amount.

Thanks so much for your time,
Rchan11

You have got to be kidding....

No if he was kidding he would have said:

What do you do with an elephant with 3 balls?
You walk him and pitch to the rhino.

But yah, he just made a mistake, so I sent him back the overpayment. No biggie.

hehe hot shots...nice

ducatiboy...I ordered mine at $25...but would have paid $50. As an MBA, I think you are way underpriced. I would guess your breakeven point is much greater than $20, $25, or even $30. I am not counting the cost of equipment, material used, or man hours...but the intellectual property of creating your unit...without any methodology for protecting you creation; whch, I think is worth at least $50.

Not trying to piss anyone off by suggesting the unit is under priced...but as I read from page one the the end, i noticed that a lot of people dropped over $1500 for a "radio." So, ultimately we shouldn't be too concerend about a $5 dollar increase...right?

I actually paid $50 for the bypass on a N2 last year...so this is a bargain. I am acutally impressed by those that can create...Of course I won't be installing mine myself, I can only use the unit. I do, however, instruct and manage my installer very well. He is motivated to make all the necessary changes as suggested by all the great postings on this site.

Once again, thank for allowing me to not hit "OK" on the "incorrect brake installation" message...thanks for making my commute enjoyable for my passengers...and thanks for creating a product that satisfied the needs of the consumer.

tromar1 said:

ducatiboy...I ordered mine at $25...but would have paid $50. As an MBA, I think you are way underpriced. I would guess your breakeven point is much greater than $20, $25, or even $30. I am not counting the cost of equipment, material used, or man hours...but the intellectual property of creating your unit...without any methodology for protecting you creation; whch, I think is worth at least $50.

Thanks for the understanding. That's exactly what I was hoping people would feel like. I would love to make $50 per unit, but I saw the fall out when I joked about it costing $100. Yah, I don't make too much money on this stuff and the equipment is a bit expensive, but it was more of a hobbie for me. But it's quickly turning into a little business. Thanks for the writeup above. Very well said. Hope everyone is happy with the flasher circuit!

Well I ordered my circuit yesterday for $30 and I can't wait to get it. I do agree with tromar1 that even at $50 a pop these thing would be well worth the cost.

So even though I have not gotten mine yet I will say that I apperciate as I'm sure many others do all the work Ducati is putting into them.

Just received mine this afternoon! Can't wait to get it in the car! :D

googalash: I got the payment, I'll try to ship it tomorrow or friday at the latest.

Slick 6MT: let me (or us, posting a success story) know how the install goes. I probably have only gotten feedback from about 5% of the people who got them. Good luck, either post or PM me or email me (the fastest) if you have questions or problems.

whoopee! Mine arrived today....now i'm waiting on the ND-BT1 so i can have them both installed at the same time. Ordered it from 6ave.com (as suggested in another post. You guys rock!

Loved the "Disclaimer." It was very well stated. Only an A-hole would hold you guys responsible in the event of a tragedy...but in today's litigious society...people will always try to make other's responsible for their own mistakes.

On another matter...ducati, could I PM you about a project? willing to pay...If I can, is it the same email address for th ordering?

tromar1 said:

On another matter...ducati, could I PM you about a project? willing to pay...If I can, is it the same email address for th ordering?

You guys can PM me or email me about anything. I might not take on anything else project wise, but you can ask.

yo ducati, i saw that my payment cleared today. you able to ship that out today or tomorrow?

sorry to ask, but i'm just really excited to get it as i'm getting my new wiring harness tomorrow and the actual z1 next monday, so i wanna get your bypass to install it all at once. thanks!

dhltal said:

yo ducati, i saw that my payment cleared today. you able to ship that out today or tomorrow?

sorry to ask, but i'm just really excited to get it as i'm getting my new wiring harness tomorrow and the actual z1 next monday, so i wanna get your bypass to install it all at once. thanks!

Well, I don't have a paypal with "dhltal" listed in it, but I plan to have all orders up to any ordered tonight shipped out tomorrow.

ducatiboy said:

Well, I don't have a paypal with "dhltal" listed in it, but I plan to have all orders up to any ordered tonight shipped out tomorrow.

SWEET.. that means that jodib425 @ . . . will be out this week... might even be able to get it installed this week!

Thanks mate!

Hey Ducati, I paypaled a few days ago... Mine shipping out Tomorrow too?

Thanks!
LK

linuxkidd said:

Hey Ducati, I paypaled a few days ago... Mine shipping out Tomorrow too?

Thanks!
LK

Unfortunately I tried to get them all done tonight, and I've been working on them since I got home from work, but I don't think I will be able to complete them by tomorrow morning. Sorry to get everyone's hopes up, I'll ship them out Friday. Everyone who ordered today (and most likely tomorrow, depending on the number of orders I get tomorrow) will ship out on friday.

ducatiboy: First off, once again, thanks for supporting the community. I ended up using my TR7's in another project so I pulled them out and installed your flasher module and it works perfectly (even with my pulsed illumination factory wire!)

Your cost is still a bargain at $30 (it would cost at least $50+ shipping for two TR7's, more likely $70+ from authorized dealers.)

You probably know more about this than I do but you might want to check into the possibility of having a circuit board builder run off a small batch, like 200 or so of these for you. It might be more cost effective and I know your wife would apreciate it! (Not to mention you won't be inhaling solder fumes all day.)

I remember a while back a guy developed the "IRCLONE," a neat little device that let you back up your MX-500 remote and program it via the PC, this was of course before web programmable remotes became more mainstream. Regardless he was surprised that the cost of going to a 3rd party vendor was cheaper than doing it himself.

I just don't want to see you get even more burried with this thing as more and more people start buying the Z1 and discovering this forum. In addition make sure to let everyone know that theres no guarantee a software update won't disable the hack. I don't want to see a bunch of people bitching at you if that happens, but unfortunately human nature says it will if you don't give them a "disclaimer" first.

edrock200 said:

ducatiboy: First off, once again, thanks for supporting the community. I ended up using my TR7's in another project so I pulled them out and installed your flasher module and it works perfectly (even with my pulsed illumination factory wire!)

Well you and everyone here are VERY WELCOME! 99% of the people were very nice and supportive. I'm happy to help. And you really pulled out TR7's and put mine in? Then maybe you should change your sig! ;)

edrock200 said:

Your cost is still a bargain at $30 (it would cost at least $50+ shipping for two TR7's, more likely $70+ from authorized dealers.)

I thought the same as well.

edrock200 said:

You probably know more about this than I do but you might want to check into the possibility of having a circuit board builder run off a small batch, like 200 or so of these for you. It might be more cost effective and I know your wife would apreciate it! (Not to mention you won't be inhaling solder fumes all day.)

My company used a board place like this, but most have moved to surface mount stuff. The companies we used either got bought out or moved and my company bought a huge automatic surface mount machine. I was thinking of re-doing the board again with surface mount, but this time with much higher voltage regulators, and see if I could sucker one of my co-workers to run it through our surface mount machine. So far it seemed easier to make them myself, but if I would have spent the same amount of time on doing the surface mount machine at work, I could have 2000 of them ready :) I just didn't think they would take off as much as they did.

edrock200 said:

I remember a while back a guy developed the "IRCLONE," a neat little device that let you back up your MX-500 remote and program it via the PC, this was of course before web programmable remotes became more mainstream. Regardless he was surprised that the cost of going to a 3rd party vendor was cheaper than doing it himself.

I'll look into a company that can do them. I never really priced them out.

edrock200 said:

I just don't want to see you get even more burried with this thing as more and more people start buying the Z1 and discovering this forum. In addition make sure to let everyone know that theres no guarantee a software update won't disable the hack. I don't want to see a bunch of people bitching at you if that happens, but unfortunately human nature says it will if you don't give them a "disclaimer" first.

I keep thinking it's going to taper off, but you are probably right, the Z1 purchases are only just starting and will probably continue for a year or so. As for the disclaimer, there has been one on the order page for a few weeks now.

ducatiboy said:

And you really pulled out TR7's and put mine in? Then maybe you should change your sig! ;)

Done. ;)

Oh my goodness! I have STOCK! I have extra units all packaged up with no one to ship them too. I have every order filled and shipping tomorrow and I have a few extra. It's a momentous occasion! :)

Wow!! Congrats Ducati!

linuxkidd said:

Wow!! Congrats Ducati!

Thanks, I have a feeling it will last for only a couple days, so I can't take too much of a break, but for now... when I get money, I can ship same day! What a concept! :D

Gas price went up again...so did shipping cost. Basically, our economy is based on distribution and when that goes up it affects the cost of everything, including bread.

So, I wouldn't be surprized to see the "flasher" go up in price...and rightfully so. I am in discussions with my installer to do some serious mods on my BMW X3 so that I can fit a Z1 in a place that wasn't built for a doubledin...If he can pull it off, then i'll be needing another Flasher...

ducatiboy said:

Oh my goodness! I have STOCK! I have extra units all packaged up with no one to ship them too. I have every order filled and shipping tomorrow and I have a few extra. It's a momentous occasion! :)

Ducatiboy, I just ordered one so let me know if it will ship today.

Also, it's obvious that you ride and so do I. What model is your bike? I ride a 2005 Honda CBR1000RR. Check out my bike club's website and a few pics that I have in my folder.

Lil Red

Lil Red said:

Ducatiboy, I just ordered one so let me know if it will ship today.

Also, it's obvious that you ride and so do I. What model is your bike? I ride a 2005 Honda CBR1000RR. Check out my bike club's website and a few pics that I have in my folder.

Lil Red

Yep, got your payment, you were the last one I had in stock. I had a few in stock, and they were all ordered and paid for overnight except for one and you got it. Good timing.

As for the bike thing, in my "stable" I have:

2001 Ducati 996 (yellow biposto with termi CF pipes),
http://www.sminnick.com/IMGP2864.JPG
2003 Ninja ZX12R (Akro Pipe, PC3, Filter, 179HP dynoed at the wheel, that pic is before the work I did)
http://www.sminnick.com/zx12r/IMG_0258.jpg
1998 Yamaha V-Max (All new suspension, and Mark's pipes)
http://www.sminnick.com/IMG_0261.JPG

And a Polaris Sportsman 800 http://www.sminnick.com/IMGP2866.JPG

I love the fast bikes! You can never have enough toys.