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Old May 28, 2007 | 08:55 PM
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I went for a ride today and after being parked for 10min I noticed that when I started the bike I got an error message in the odometer that said... BO 5 err.. or the 5 could have been an S but not quite sure. I also noticed that the red key light would come on at idle along with the yellow engine lite and then the tach would stop working. If I gave it a little gas and held it there the tach would start working again and then the lights would go out. . It ran fine the whole way home but every time I would stop at a light the same thing would happen again at idle. I know there are a load of codes but I thought I might get lucky and this might be a very common one that someone might recognize? I tried the procedur outlined on Harley Hogs site but it would not work as it has before....Any ideas?[/align]
 
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Old May 28, 2007 | 11:11 PM
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That's most likely a battery voltage code.
 
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Old May 29, 2007 | 07:44 AM
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Thanks, I'm going to dealer today. Will let ya know when I find out.
 
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