Bike overheated; embarrasing
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Road Master
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From: New Jersey
something wrong with the bike.
It should have gone into parade mode.
I live in south Florida and have never had an issue.
Bike Week can be very hot in Daytona and you can be basically stopped in traffic for an hour doing Main Street and the bike never overheated.
(I'm guessing you were on A1A down by the Grove just south of Miami proper. Am I right)
It should have gone into parade mode.
I live in south Florida and have never had an issue.
Bike Week can be very hot in Daytona and you can be basically stopped in traffic for an hour doing Main Street and the bike never overheated.
(I'm guessing you were on A1A down by the Grove just south of Miami proper. Am I right)
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Road Master
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Went 20+ miles at highway speed down the Florida Turnpike with no issues after it started, but it wouldn't start until it cooled down.
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the othr thing that could have happened is the crank sensor got so hot hat it went to open, (No resistance in windings) Merceds crank sensors do this all the time, leave a fault code, we replace them because they are junk in the first place, harley ones aren't all that much better, but hot is hot, no matter what, but might want to run a scan to see if there is a code for the crank sensor
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What happened when you tried to start it?
I had the weirdest thing happen to me the other day. After running pretty hard in 90+ temps for 200 miles or so and then immediately doing about 70 miles in sub-40 temps in rain and slush through the mountains, I pulled over to take off a few layers and when I went to start the bike, the motor fired up but gave a potato potato low idle sound like it was an evo and then shut down after I twisted the throttle a little and the engine light came on and stayed on. Turned ignition off and tried to restart it every couple of minutes but same thing. Took about 15-20 minutes before it finally started back up. Engine was hot but it wasn't fry an egg hot like it's been after running for hundreds of miles at 80+ in south florida summer heat.
It's going in to the shop later this week because the radio also went out and it's due for service and I'll be letting them know about that incident because I have no idea what happened or why it happened.
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I installed Love Jugs on my 2012 CVO Road Glide in early 2014. I took a trip from Toledo, Ohio to the Pacific Northwest and back in July. July temps in 2014 were at least 85° every day. My Love Jugs kept me running with no overheating problem on the entire route. They work! I've driven in stop and go traffic in Chicago in 90+ ambient temps, betting the concrete was 110°+. I passed stopped Harleys that had to wait to cool. My engine didn't miss a beat with the Love Jugs running.