View Poll Results: Do You or Did You Use EITMS On Your Bike. (If you have one of course.)
Yes.
27
35.53%
No.
31
40.79%
WTF is EITMS?
11
14.47%
Used to but stopped.
5
6.58%
Other.
2
2.63%
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EITMS - Do You Use It?
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EITMS - Do You Use It?
If your bike has it, do you use your EITMS?
If yes, it is obvious why.
If no, AND you ride in HOT weather, why do you not use it?
I used to. Stopped. Now am starting to use it again. I am in S. Florida and lately it has been 88-92 degrees here MOST of the time when I am out riding.
Thank you in advance for your input guys.
BuzzCap7
If yes, it is obvious why.
If no, AND you ride in HOT weather, why do you not use it?
I used to. Stopped. Now am starting to use it again. I am in S. Florida and lately it has been 88-92 degrees here MOST of the time when I am out riding.
Thank you in advance for your input guys.
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Had an 2010 Road King and a 2009 E Glide both of which had EITMS
Almost got hurt twice because of it. 1. Road King...came close to getting rear ended at a stop light because the darn thing was running on 1 cylinder. Dealer never told me anything about that..
2. 70mph on the Electra Glide couple years later crossing a
major 4 lane bridge over the Ohio river - bike goes from75mph to 35mph running on 1 cylinder again - At 70 mph--I cut across to the one/half emergency lane on the bridge - cars and trucks going by me at 75-80mph. I don't scare easy - but that did it. Two different bikes both with TBW and EITMS- Never again- Never-ever-ever!!
Absolutely, lost my confidence in the 09 up touring. And with the 2018 probably the whole line up...!
Got a HD with good old cable throttle - and its a 2016
Almost got hurt twice because of it. 1. Road King...came close to getting rear ended at a stop light because the darn thing was running on 1 cylinder. Dealer never told me anything about that..
2. 70mph on the Electra Glide couple years later crossing a
major 4 lane bridge over the Ohio river - bike goes from75mph to 35mph running on 1 cylinder again - At 70 mph--I cut across to the one/half emergency lane on the bridge - cars and trucks going by me at 75-80mph. I don't scare easy - but that did it. Two different bikes both with TBW and EITMS- Never again- Never-ever-ever!!
Absolutely, lost my confidence in the 09 up touring. And with the 2018 probably the whole line up...!
Got a HD with good old cable throttle - and its a 2016
Last edited by 10 RED RK; Sep 18, 2017 at 04:28 PM.
Had an 2010 Road King and a 2009 E Glide both of which had EITMS
Almost got hurt twice because of it. 1. Road King...came close to getting rear ended at a stop light because the darn thing was running on 1 cylinder. Dealer never told me anything about that..
2. 70mph on the Electra Glide couple years later crossing a
major 4 lane bridge over the Ohio river - bike goes from75mph to 35mph running on 1 cylinder again - At 70 mph--I cut across to the one/half emergency lane on the bridge - cars and trucks going by me at 75-80mph. I don't scare easy - but that did it. Two different bikes both with TBW and EITMS- Never again- Never-ever-ever!!
Absolutely, lost my confidence in the 09 up touring. And with the 2018 probably the whole line up...!
Got a HD with good old cable throttle - and its a 2016
Almost got hurt twice because of it. 1. Road King...came close to getting rear ended at a stop light because the darn thing was running on 1 cylinder. Dealer never told me anything about that..
2. 70mph on the Electra Glide couple years later crossing a
major 4 lane bridge over the Ohio river - bike goes from75mph to 35mph running on 1 cylinder again - At 70 mph--I cut across to the one/half emergency lane on the bridge - cars and trucks going by me at 75-80mph. I don't scare easy - but that did it. Two different bikes both with TBW and EITMS- Never again- Never-ever-ever!!
Absolutely, lost my confidence in the 09 up touring. And with the 2018 probably the whole line up...!
Got a HD with good old cable throttle - and its a 2016
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Thanks for the info. The manual of course I read it....Twice page number 96....I disabled and enabled it even dog-eared the page..It was the damn bike not the manual
The manual yep that's a good one
Try the search function in the Touring section "EITMS" failure
sure were a lot of people that didn't read the Manual that had the same problem I had. But thanks for the advice..
The manual yep that's a good one
Try the search function in the Touring section "EITMS" failure
sure were a lot of people that didn't read the Manual that had the same problem I had. But thanks for the advice..
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Had an 2010 Road King and a 2009 E Glide both of which had EITMS
Almost got hurt twice because of it. 1. Road King...came close to getting rear ended at a stop light because the darn thing was running on 1 cylinder. Dealer never told me anything about that..
2. 70mph on the Electra Glide couple years later crossing a
major 4 lane bridge over the Ohio river - bike goes from75mph to 35mph running on 1 cylinder again - At 70 mph--I cut across to the one/half emergency lane on the bridge - cars and trucks going by me at 75-80mph. I don't scare easy - but that did it. Two different bikes both with TBW and EITMS- Never again- Never-ever-ever!!
Absolutely, lost my confidence in the 09 up touring. And with the 2018 probably the whole line up...!
Got a HD with good old cable throttle - and its a 2016
Almost got hurt twice because of it. 1. Road King...came close to getting rear ended at a stop light because the darn thing was running on 1 cylinder. Dealer never told me anything about that..
2. 70mph on the Electra Glide couple years later crossing a
major 4 lane bridge over the Ohio river - bike goes from75mph to 35mph running on 1 cylinder again - At 70 mph--I cut across to the one/half emergency lane on the bridge - cars and trucks going by me at 75-80mph. I don't scare easy - but that did it. Two different bikes both with TBW and EITMS- Never again- Never-ever-ever!!
Absolutely, lost my confidence in the 09 up touring. And with the 2018 probably the whole line up...!
Got a HD with good old cable throttle - and its a 2016
Bummer. Have not heard of this b4. It would scare the El Crap-o out of me for sure.
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From: Heavenlies
It did scare the el-crapo out of me. I've been riding motorcycles for 50+ years and never had that happen. Google "EITMS problems". It's real, one of HD's little known and hidden problems...Dealer says that a wire was "pinched hahaha and had to be lubricated. Yeah! right!
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A 120R plugging along on one lung is about the dumbest thing I can imagine. Like riding a mechanical bull at stoplights.
A 120R plugging along on one lung is about the dumbest thing I can imagine. Like riding a mechanical bull at stoplights.
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Or a 2009 Electra Glide EITMS coming on at 70mph!! on a bridge with no emergency lane across the Ohio river - It slowed me down to 30mph. And one of these guys on this Forum says you should have read the MANUAL the MANUAL!!
Take it to the dealer - of course they can't figure it out. Best answer - get rid of it IMO..Two times on two diff bikes - No More for me.
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