WEIRD ELECTRICAL GREMLIN while riding
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From: East of the Sun, West of the Moon
thought I recall reading somewhere that TMAX released a fix for this issue that has crept up on quite a few unsuspecting clients. Might be worth a shot to contact them directly.
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Friend of mine and I were on a ride last year and his 10 limited started acting weird like that he had two different dealers look at it but of course it wouldn't do it when he was at their shop. Bike finally died he had it towed to a dealer and their tech finally found the problem. where the positive cable mounts to the battery there is a smaller wire attached to the big wire right at the battery. The smaller wire runs the gauges and some other stuff, that wire had separa from the bigger one almost completely so it created an intermittent lose of conection the tech reattached the small wire and no more problem.
Just something to check.
Just something to check.
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There's your answer. I had the same problem on the 2nd or 3rd ride with my Thundermax. The people that sold it to me fell back on the old stealership quote "We've never heard of a problem like that"..... A call to Zippers got a couple of people there that admitted it was a common occurrence. They even stated that they weren't positive of the cause, but suspected poor connections. They suggested unplugging the connectors, being sure they had been well coated with dielectric grease & reconnecting. I assured them that I had thoroughly greased everything when I installed the unit. They went on to say they have had a few that failed multiple times, but it was rare. They say the solution is just to turn the bike off & restart, but if it did it more than twice to contact them & they would cover the unit under warranty. I was impressed with their candor & willingness to help. I've had the Thundermax for a couple of years now & never had another failure.
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From: Phoenix '53, '88, '09 Big Twins
coulda mentioned this straight off.
the better description, the better the responses
a few posts would have you chasing the charging system, when perhaps this post hits the nail on the head:
mike
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There's your answer. I had the same problem on the 2nd or 3rd ride with my Thundermax. The people that sold it to me fell back on the old stealership quote "We've never heard of a problem like that"..... A call to Zippers got a couple of people there that admitted it was a common occurrence. They even stated that they weren't positive of the cause, but suspected poor connections. They suggested unplugging the connectors, being sure they had been well coated with dielectric grease & reconnecting. I assured them that I had thoroughly greased everything when I installed the unit. They went on to say they have had a few that failed multiple times, but it was rare. They say the solution is just to turn the bike off & restart, but if it did it more than twice to contact them & they would cover the unit under warranty. I was impressed with their candor & willingness to help. I've had the Thundermax for a couple of years now & never had another failure.
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