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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Did you get the voltage regulator recall done on your bike?

 

Yes I did - at about 3 months after I bought it and before I started to rack up some miles - maybe 14 months and 20,000 miles ago.

 

Jeez.


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

 

LOL

 

Just got done with Thundermax on the phone - They were so helpful - Jimmy from Thundermax is the best. Turns out inputting the VIN number to the Tmax usually cures this problem - very simple to do! It is so cool to be able to see your whole riding history laid out for you on your laptop - how many times you have hit the rev limiter, how hot the bike has been, how many hours you have been at any particular rpm, how many times you have started the bike etc. etc. I totally recommend Thundermax. My bike makes 97 hp and 107 ft lbs of torque and will get over 50 mpg if ridden easy and low 40's if flogged! Can't beat it.