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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 01:25 PM
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So I am driving home from work last night. All of a sudden my engine light comes on and I lose my speedo and odometer. Bike is still running great tho'. Down the road I notice I have also lost the self cancelling ability on my turn signals. Bike still runs great all the way home. I get home, turn off the bike, count to 10 and turn it back on. Everything works. Hmmmmm. I cant pull any diagnostic codes on my speedo, I assume it is because I am running a T-Max instead of the stock ECM. Any Ideas as to what is going on. Is ThunderMax aware of this issue? Will be calling them next.
 
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Just heard back from them. Seems it is a common problem, or at least they are aware of it. Just power cycle the bike, that is the fix. They also can't be sure if I bought there speedo if it would go away. I can live with it. They have been unable to replicate the problem even with suspect units that were sent back. I still love my ThunderMax.
 
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Same thing has happened to me twice. Same answer no fix. Just recycle.
 
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I have seen it once in 8k. Not a big deal.
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Ask them if they would like the whole bike in an effort to find the fix. Often the manufacturer will give free goodies for doing so.
 
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