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Old Mar 2, 2023 | 04:43 PM
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Default 2019+ Owner's Manual typo?

From the 2019+ online Owner's Manuals. Manually cancelling a flashing left turn signal.

Versus the right.

Seems conflicting, are the hardcopy manuals the same?
 

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Sure looks like a typo to me as that's not how our HDs work nor any other HD I have ridden.

From my 2014 FLHXS manual - I know it's older but it's typical HD:

Manual canceling: To cancel the turn signal, press and release
the turn signal switch a second time. To activate the opposite
turn signal, press and release the turn signal switch for the
new direction. The first turn signal cancels and the opposite
turn signal lamps begin flashing.


 

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If your right signal is flashing and you press the left signal switch it will cancel the right signal. As probably intended it does appear to be a typo.
 
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What’s even more weird is that they felt the need for a separate write up on both the left & right turn signal operation. .

Maybe the writer got paid by the word. Reminds me when some ******** manager at our company brought up in a staff meeting that he wanted metrics in how many lines of code were written by various software engineers. The Dilberts in the meeting started a contest. One said “I can write a Fourier Transform” in 50 lines of code. Then somebody upped him and said he could do it in 100 lines. It continued until someone said they could do it in 1,000 lines. All the other engineers bowed to his greatness. I think the manager went back to work in HR, where it was a better fit for “it”.
 
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Originally Posted by TriGeezer
What’s even more weird is that they felt the need for a separate write up on both the left & right turn signal operation. .
That's likely because the right and left hand controls are addressed separately in different sections of the manual.

Definitely a multi-year typographical error going on here:

The 2023 touring manual reads:
Right Turn Signal
Cancel:
Manual Operation: Press the right turn signal switch to cancel the right turn signal.

Left Turn Signal
Cancel:
Manual Operation: Press the left turn signal switch to cancel the right turn signal.

Right OK, Left WRONG
 

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