Need help with the connector

[Ho Lee Kau]

My girlfriend's Ducati Monster 696M.

She is not riding anymore, we want to sell the bike, but not for peanuts, so the bike stands and waits for someone who can appreciate this little hooligan.

In the meantime I have already had one dead battery replaced, in a Ducati manner, replacing a battery is pain in the tuchas, so I do not want to do it again.

The bike comes with this connector, as far as I understand it is Optimate TM connector:



WHAT can I buy to get this thing charged?!

I have this CTEK SAE Dongle:



Will this connector work?



https://www.amazon.co.uk/OptiMate-SAE-TM-Adapter-S...


Thanks, people!

[dc2rr07]

It does look like an optimate plug, have you got a multimeter to see if it is live or can you not follow the cable and see where it goes.

[SAS Tom]

Yep that is what you need.

[Ho Lee Kau]

dc2rr07 said:

It does look like an optimate plug, have you got a multimeter to see if it is live or can you not follow the cable and see where it goes.

It's connected to the battery, it IS an optimate plug because it says Optimate on the cap. :-)
It's just I haven't seen this kind of connector, and there is nothing I can find in a shop, so have to buy online.

[Ho Lee Kau]

SAS Tom said:

Yep that is what you need.

OK, thanks, Tom.
I'll buy one then.
Monster likes to sip on the battery, has to be charged very regularly.

[dc2rr07]

Ho Lee Kau said:

dc2rr07 said:

It does look like an optimate plug, have you got a multimeter to see if it is live or can you not follow the cable and see where it goes.

It's connected to the battery, it IS an optimate plug because it says Optimate on the cap. :-)
It's just I haven't seen this kind of connector, and there is nothing I can find in a shop, so have to buy online.

“The bike comes with this connector, as far as I understand it is Optimate TM connector”
You could always purchase an optimate it will never come in wrong or disconnect the battery for what it’s worth

[rodericb]

The adaptor you've found looks like it will do the trick. I never knew such a thing existed! I've got the c-tek adaptor with the lights (aka the Comfort Indicator) wired onto my battery as it is a bit of a pain to get to the battery. Not as awkward as that 696 though.... The old monsters had one latch at the front of the fuel tank and then the fuel tank flipped up from the front.

[Prof Prolapse]

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Male-Connector-Plu...

I fitted some of these a while ago. I thought that they were pretty crap connectors, even the OEM stuff fits pretty badly and the waterproof caps don't sit flush. I'd just cut and replace with SAE type pictured above personally. Don't pay £10 for an adaptor to keep a st connector, that's madness.

Probably why they're not widely used.

[tom_e]

They're the old style Optimate connector as far as I know, new Optimates comes with the SAE connector.