Idling High
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From: Central Iowa
Idling High
Not mine - work buddie's 14 Ultra. Took it to the dealer for 10k service and new rubber. Riding home it idles at 2k rpm at the stops. he has to roll the throttle up past the "idle point" and hold it there for it to idle normally. He called the dealer when he got home and they told him "it couldnt be anything we did" but told him to bring it in later in the week because they're busy. Meanwhile he cant ride the thing. I told him check the connections at the throttle body maybe something came loose for the TBW feedback. Any other suggestions to get him back up and running?
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From: Bear Flag, lower end
Not mine - work buddie's 14 Ultra. Took it to the dealer for 10k service and new rubber. Riding home it idles at 2k rpm at the stops. he has to roll the throttle up past the "idle point" and hold it there for it to idle normally. He called the dealer when he got home and they told him "it couldnt be anything we did" but told him to bring it in later in the week because they're busy. Meanwhile he cant ride the thing. I told him check the connections at the throttle body maybe something came loose for the TBW feedback. Any other suggestions to get him back up and running?
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From: LA
If 2014's have throttle by wire it is easy to lose the zero on the throttle. My 2016 had it happen the first week I had it.
If you shut down and have any throttle input it may remember that point as the new zero. Mine was at 1500, nice for parades but bad for anything else.
The fix was to reset the zero. Cycle the ignition on and off five times and it should reset the zero. Oh course make sure you hand is not on the throttle.
I really liked having a cable. Same for the wet clutch. Oh well...progress...
If you shut down and have any throttle input it may remember that point as the new zero. Mine was at 1500, nice for parades but bad for anything else.
The fix was to reset the zero. Cycle the ignition on and off five times and it should reset the zero. Oh course make sure you hand is not on the throttle.
I really liked having a cable. Same for the wet clutch. Oh well...progress...
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From: Bear Flag, lower end
If 2014's have throttle by wire it is easy to lose the zero on the throttle. My 2016 had it happen the first week I had it.
If you shut down and have any throttle input it may remember that point as the new zero. Mine was at 1500, nice for parades but bad for anything else.
The fix was to reset the zero. Cycle the ignition on and off five times and it should reset the zero. Oh course make sure you hand is not on the throttle.
I really liked having a cable. Same for the wet clutch. Oh well...progress...
If you shut down and have any throttle input it may remember that point as the new zero. Mine was at 1500, nice for parades but bad for anything else.
The fix was to reset the zero. Cycle the ignition on and off five times and it should reset the zero. Oh course make sure you hand is not on the throttle.
I really liked having a cable. Same for the wet clutch. Oh well...progress...
I may have given bad advice in my other post; sorry.
Still has a wet clutch. I like the wire better than cable because I have had throttle cables stick. They also stretch and break. But I can also see that sensors go bad, however technology has been around long enough that sensors seem to last a lot longer.
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Tourer
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From: Phoenix
When you say "cycle the iginition on and off..." Do you mean to start it or just turn switch on and then off after it has gone through its functions?
Thanks.
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Do Not use Kill Switch to Turn Bike Off
When shutting down bike, do not use the kill switch. Instead, always use ignition switch. If you use the kill switch, the bike will set the idle to whatever rpm the bike was running at at the time you hit the kill switch. When this happens, you have to rest the idle as mention in the other post. Many old time Harley owners are use to using the kill switch to turn bike off. However, with the new bikes the advice is not to do this anymore.