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Old Mar 5, 2017 | 07:05 PM
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have had bike out a couple times this very mild winter here in central indiana. got her out this morning to ride into work. Got out on hiway and noticed ABS light was on steady. then the headlight went real dim and cam back....then real dim and came back. flipped to hi beam and was fine for about a minute then same thing. Droppped down to 3rd to take a side road and eveything went normal........abs lkight went out and headlight stayed on. problem came back as soon as i came out of 3rd gear into 4th. stoppped at stop sign and light at intersection to work and all was well. worked 10 hours and checked her over....started her up and was more than half way home when the issue came back. When i got home and went to shut her off the battery light came on and stayed on for about 2 minutes after i shut her off. checked battery voltage.....12.57 volts. will check her out more tuesday if off work or definitely wednesday my day off before i call dealer to come an take her in. anyone got any ideas what i shoould look for? thanks in advance
 
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Old Mar 5, 2017 | 10:38 PM
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Should be a warranty fix, yes? I've heard from my parents in Mooresville ya'll where having some warm weather. Can't wait to get back in the saddle. Good luck with hopefully an easy fix.
 
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yeah should be warranty fix. i was just wanting to know if i should look for anything in particular.
 
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Sounds like a bad voltage regulator, but I've found if you just tell them the symptoms, let them figure it out for warranty work. If you go in telling them it's a bad regulator and it doesn't fix it, then you're out some time and they might argue that you should pay for the labor.
 
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