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Old Oct 13, 2021 | 04:02 AM
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Well yesterday I turned the bike off and the back shox dropped own about 2". Feet flat on the floor.
Considering I don't have the Height Adjustment option, I was quite surprised. Anyway off for a ride.... to pump it up.

So this morning, I had an early meeting and the same thing happened. Back goes down and my feet are flat on the road. Also lost the ride modes.
Anyway off to my meeting and back now and the ride modes are back and the height is back but feels really rock solid.

Never a dull moment. And 3 extra error codes. I'm keeping tabs of all these. B11B492 - ride mode switch performance (that figures) and B11B992 - front brake switch performance. U044387 - Invalid data from RHCM - what's that ?
 
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Old Oct 13, 2021 | 05:39 AM
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Originally Posted by David V #44
Well yesterday I turned the bike off and the back shox dropped own about 2". Feet flat on the floor.
Considering I don't have the Height Adjustment option, I was quite surprised. Anyway off for a ride.... to pump it up.

So this morning, I had an early meeting and the same thing happened. Back goes down and my feet are flat on the road. Also lost the ride modes.
Anyway off to my meeting and back now and the ride modes are back and the height is back but feels really rock solid.

Never a dull moment. And 3 extra error codes. I'm keeping tabs of all these. B11B492 - ride mode switch performance (that figures) and B11B992 - front brake switch performance. U044387 - Invalid data from RHCM - what's that ?
The bike is trying to sense preload? I've had that happen a few times. Try setting a custom ride mode with preload set to rider only instead of automatic. I don't know if that will help but it gives the bike less to figure out.
 
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Old Oct 13, 2021 | 05:53 AM
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The bike is trying to sense preload? I've had that happen a few times. Try setting a custom ride mode with preload set to rider only instead of automatic. I don't know if that will help but it gives the bike less to figure out.
I'll try that out. So far I've been on auto. We'll see.
 
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Old Oct 13, 2021 | 02:10 PM
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Default self leveling PAS w/o ARH

The RHCM is the right hand control module, the collection of buttons on the right side.
Even the PAS without the ARH has self leveling, and this sometimes not working. I had this once, but then never again. This system is leveling the bike regardless if you are a featherweight or the big boy with your old lady on the back with massive luggage.

From the concept this is Hightech, as it uses not an extra compressor to level, it uses a smart valve system to pump up the bike on it's desired level. A fault like this indicates either a wrong sensor reading or a software logic error.

In my case, I stopped the bike, tuned off the engine and turned on immediately the ignition. After I started teh engine my bike dropped these 2 inches and was very spongy in the rear suspension. Well I had this only once, and then never again.

On the other hand, my suspension feels overpumped at the start and the bike was very high on the first 5-10 km. What I found out is when I started to the ride, after 20 meters I stand up and jump a bit to get suspension travel. Then it normalizes immediately. For me not a big deal, tribute to new tech.

 
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