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Dec 30, 2013 | 04:51 AM

jimlowe

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Thoughts on starting problem

Bike is 2012 "72".Couple of weeks ago bike wouldn,t start with side stand down,this only seemed to happen when it had been standing a few days and from cold,was okay when warmed up.Read on here about ongoing problems with the magnetic sidestand switch,so took bike to nearest dealer who fitted new switch.rode home seemed fine.Bike sat in garage for 2 weeks over Christmas and when went to start it same problem! would start okay with when I sat on it with stand up but if I put stand down bike cut out,rode off anyway and it was fine,stopped and started few times no problem,so this fault only seems to occur when the engine is cold,but I thought the new switch would solve it,any thoughts appreciated.

Dec 30, 2013 | 05:32 AM

harleyglen

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Bizzarre! I had same thing week ago on my 2012 sportster, bike had been standing for couple of weeks in the cold (and damp) and I tried to start with the bike on side stand and in neutral and it fired up then cut straight out and scrolled "side stand" across the speedo, it done this twice so I sat on bike and put stand up and down few times then it was fine and been fine since so I figured it was just a sticky switch from the cold???

Dec 30, 2013 | 05:49 AM

beringer

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Cant shed any light on the problem, but my 2011 48 has exactly the same problem. If I leave the bike for a few days then start it cold, I flip the stand up and select 1st gear and she dies out. Normally does it twice, then I flick the stand down and up again and its fine..Even had the switch changed while it was in for a service 2 weeks ago, but its still doing it. Ive sort of worked out how to get round it so I,ll just carry on....Sorry, this is of no help to you at all.....

Dec 30, 2013 | 05:52 AM

beringer

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Strangely I notice its happening on 3 UK bikes. Maybe our Huge UK Potholes have a bad effect on our bikes....

Dec 30, 2013 | 05:59 AM

harleyglen

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i was just going to say all uk bikes, I blame our damp crappy weather!

Dec 30, 2013 | 06:23 AM

jimlowe

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Not just me then,When It was in to have the switch replaced asked if they could just remove it altogether,but said it was safety issue and wouldn't.It seems the earlier bikes had just 2 connections so was easy to remove,but the later bikes have additional feed going the ECU,not too keen to mess about with this as it could cause more problems than it solves.Allthough I was wondering if It could be disarmed using my Power vision as this seems to be able reprogramme most things,When I bought the bike the previous owner had fitted V&H pipes without O2 sensors,but the power vision was able to reprogramme the bike to run without them,had this done at the dealers though, as I am okay with mechanical stuff but electronics are white mans magic to me