EITMS revisited.....
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I have noticed in our recent 90 degree temps that mine kills the back cylinder immediately when I stop. We rode almost 20 miles yesterday at 55 and 45 mph speeds and came to a red light. Did barely get stopped and it had kicked in. It does it much quicker than my 2010 did.
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Again, if it were for the protection of the motor, H-D would not give the customer the option to turn it on or off. Your very description of what you got out of the bulletin describes customer choice. Why would the rider need to choose? Because in stop & go traffic with prolonged stops, the rider get roasted, hence the ability to turn off the heat production of the rear cylinder. You want to turn off EITMS, go ahead; you roasting nuts is no concern of mine.
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Dude - even if that's the case don't EVER admit it
I have absolutely no intention of turning my EITMS off. Describing customer choice is not necessarily the same as describing customer comfort. You are interpreting for rider comfort as I am interpreting for excessive heat from the same article. As I said earlier I saw nowhere in the article it was for rider comfort. The words "excessive heat" are written into the service bulletin...the words "rider comfort" are not. I am using your exact words here "Because in stop & go traffic with prolonged stops, the rider get roasted" What do you think causes the rider to get roasted??? ITS EXCESSIVE HEAT!!! We both obviously ride in enough traffic to know what it feels like. I guess the difference is I keep mine on to help protect my motor from excessive heat and you keep yours on because it makes you more comfortable. Which is fine, to each his own. My problem is saying its only for rider comfort infers it does nothing to protect the motor and thus is not needed. I believe it does help protect the motor. People should be aware of the facts before they decide and since neither you nor I know what the MOCO was thinking, telling people its only for rider comfort in my own opinion is misleading. Couldn't the fact that its the riders choice simply mean its an option so those that those who don't deal with stop and go traffic really don't need it and thus are given the option to turn it off so they don't have to deal with the lopey idle and the occasional stumbling off the line (never been an issue with me, I learned years ago to pop the throttle once or twice before letting out the clutch)??? You are not the only one here claiming its for rider comfort...all I want to know is on what basis are they making that assumption?
Aloha.....Mike
Aloha.....Mike
Just twist the throttle once and then go. Not a big deal. Most of us do that automatically anyway.
I have noticed in our recent 90 degree temps that mine kills the back cylinder immediately when I stop. We rode almost 20 miles yesterday at 55 and 45 mph speeds and came to a red light. Did barely get stopped and it had kicked in. It does it much quicker than my 2010 did.
I have noticed in our recent 90 degree temps that mine kills the back cylinder immediately when I stop. We rode almost 20 miles yesterday at 55 and 45 mph speeds and came to a red light. Did barely get stopped and it had kicked in. It does it much quicker than my 2010 did.
Now.... if I'm sitting in more casual stop and go, or out of the city, I do tend to turn it back on.
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