weird idle issue
weird idle issue
OK, this isn't something that happens all the time, but here is what is going on. Sometimes when I ride the bike, say to work, I will let it sit once I get there until lunch. When I go to lunch after starting the bike, it seems to idle pretty high. It seems like it stops only after I come to another interseaction and get it to a full stop and back down into first. I couldn't get it to replicate at the dealership....any ideas?
I had read on here that some of the 08s were doing something like this if they were shut down while giving some throttle input. I know I am not doing this
I had read on here that some of the 08s were doing something like this if they were shut down while giving some throttle input. I know I am not doing this
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From: Lake City, Florida (Native)
Just Bought a New 08 FLHT and it idles up around 2,000 RPM when first started after a slight warmup time slowly eases back to 1,000-1100 after taking down the road a mile or two don't believe in long idling periods here myself... 1-2 mins tops
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From: Redmond, WA
Your problem is different from the '08's which required resetting to get back to normal idle. I have an '09 Ultra which seems to idle right at 1,000rpms even when cold although cold is a relative term as my bike is kept in a garage. I wonder if what you are experiencing is related more to the grip being too tight until you twist it a few times?
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From: Herculaneum, Mo.
It doesn't sound like the idle problem on the 08s that several of us had. Like oldbagr said, mine you would have to reset the memory. Sometimes my bike would idle at 2000 rpms while trying to pull out of parking lots. i had to really be careful.
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OK, this isn't something that happens all the time, but here is what is going on. Sometimes when I ride the bike, say to work, I will let it sit once I get there until lunch. When I go to lunch after starting the bike, it seems to idle pretty high. It seems like it stops only after I come to another interseaction and get it to a full stop and back down into first. I couldn't get it to replicate at the dealership....any ideas?
I had read on here that some of the 08s were doing something like this if they were shut down while giving some throttle input. I know I am not doing this
I had read on here that some of the 08s were doing something like this if they were shut down while giving some throttle input. I know I am not doing this
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Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Windsor Ontario Canada
I had that problem on my 09 and they told me that I was shutting her down wrong.
The thing I was doing was shutting it down with the key first and not the kill switch.
The thing I was doing was shutting it down with the key first and not the kill switch.
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