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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by MegaImagen
Yes, and the error come back everytime I ride! If I turn the engine but dont move the motorcycle, no error code.
Put the old speedo back by taping it down and see if you get the code. IIRC, the thing is Plug and Pray, right?
 
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 08:16 PM
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Success! I didn’t got the error code. Before the test, I open the back cover, using compress air, clean the connectors and plug everything back together. I did a 15 minutes ride and no error codes.

I going to be riding all day tomorrow! I will let you know how it goes.

 
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 08:27 PM
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I will post how it goes tomorrow!
 
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Old Feb 28, 2012 | 08:37 PM
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Dielectric grease?
 
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Originally Posted by aklim
Dielectric grease?
The error code show up again in the morning after 1 hr ride going to work. Clear the error, took the contacts, clean them and added some Dielectric Grease.

So far no issues. Ride over 1 hr coming back from work and no error code. This is good sing.

Let you know during the week.
 

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Old Feb 29, 2012 | 08:10 PM
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Originally Posted by MegaImagen
The error code show up again in the morning after 1 hr ride going to work. Clear the error, took the contacts, clean them and added some Dielectric Grease.

So far no issues. Ride over 1 hr coming back from work and no error code. This is good sing.

Let you know during the week.
You may just have loose connections in the plug that could also be causing this issue. I know there is a tool out there that will extract the wires from the plastic housing and you could tighten these up. I sure there are problably guys that could tell you how to do this without having to buy the tool.
 
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