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Old Jul 8, 2014 | 03:12 PM
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Default screaming eagle throttle by wire upgrade?
doing a bar swap on my 2010 electra glide and my buddy installing recommends I upgrade the fly by wire to the SE one...says they can go out around 20k miles? also, now is the time to do it.

looked into it and it seems like maybe this is just to make it easier for the installation and not even needed?

1. is it worth upgrading? is the response & such actually noticable?
2. do the original ones fail? is it a known issue? bike as 25k miles and seems fine...tho who knows.

thanks for any input on this...
 
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Old Jul 8, 2014 | 03:22 PM
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I still have the stock setup on my 09 Ultra with 55K miles and no problems----YET
 
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Old Jul 8, 2014 | 03:24 PM
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^ but is it a thing?

anyone do the swap and think it's worth it? $125.
 
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Old Jul 8, 2014 | 03:29 PM
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I had to replace mine when I damaged the original when I swapped bars but can't tell you if it's the SE version, hell I didn't know there was a newer version. I can tell you if they fail, the bike will start, the check engine code will show on your dash and you wont have diddly for a throttle. If the original is still usable put it back in is what I say.
 
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I know...doing a budget build on this bike in general and trying to save where I can.
 
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Old Jul 8, 2014 | 03:48 PM
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No they aren't known for failing on their own and you won't be able to tell the difference between the 2.

2010 Limited with some stuff
 
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Is this something new?

As I have never heard of a SE TBW before!

Please do fill us in.


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^ I'm obviously not the one to ask, hence the post.
 
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I think the only difference is the wire. The wire is longer so there is no connector in the handlebar. Don't some of the SE bikes have internally wired bars? I think that's the only reason.
 
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Yep only difference is no green plug and a longer wiring harness.

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