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[Hairy]

Having had the bike now for a few days I am picking up a couple of issues.

The brake lever pin is missing the cir-clip that keeps it in place. You can just tap it and the pin pops out and the lever falls off.
The bike had exceptionally low levels of oil. It took nearly a full bottle to get her back to normal levels.
I had an engine and battery error running together. when going into the diagnostics it gave me the following errors as per below:
P - Engine module, Code: P0562 (System Low Voltage) and/or (P0562 Battery/ECM Voltage Low)
SP - Speedo module, Codes: b1006 (Accessory Line Overvoltage Instruments) and b1007 (Ignition Line Overvoltage Instruments)

Given the above error no. 3, if it was not an issue before, it could be the LED plate light that was added?

Besides these there were a couple of other codes I could not track down.
Pn 67204-04c
Pn 32920-07b
Pn 68925-07

Spoke to the bike shop this morning and he recons it is the LED license plate light that was connected. Harley Tech guy was there in the week before I bought the bike and he had all of the HD's on the floor on the HD computer for analysis and all HD's were clear.
Bike Shop guy says he had a similar issue on his HD too when he added LED goodies/lights.
He is going to get the HD Tech guy to the shop late afternoon this week so I can swing by and get it sorted. He will also replace the clip on the pin for the brake lever at the same time and recons the bike is safe to ride as it currently is.

[sawystertrance]

Ai, sorry to hear of the teething problems and I hope they're sorted quickly and simply. And for free. Other than that, welcome to the world of biking. It seems there's aways a reason to tinker. Make sure you get on good terms with your mechanics. 

[Hairy]

1 minute ago, sawystertrance said:

Ai, sorry to hear of the teething problems and I hope they're sorted quickly and simply. And for free. Other than that, welcome to the world of biking. It seems there's aways a reason to tinker. Make sure you get on good terms with your mechanics. 

I checked all the battery connections last night, had the seat off and cleanup / polished the metalwork here. Found that the shell of the seat is marring the paintwork, so touched this up and then put protective tape over the areas where there is contact. Was delving into innards a little more with by bike light to get more familiar RE what is going on.

I think the final goal here is that I will work on my own bikes (Yes I said bikes ) in the same way that I do my bicycles.

Bike shop was open and eager to resolve my issues, so I am sure there is no cost involved. Just called the HD dealers to see the cost of a liter HD V-Twin oil, and it is only R130.00, so that is not to bad I would think!

 

[Hairy]

But the bike needs to be 100% for next weekend as I am hoping the weather is good and I can do a ride out to a site meeting in Franschhoek then also pass by @Grease_Monkeyto see if his screen with fit the Fat Bob.

[WaynejG]

@Hairy

https://www.fuelmotousa.com/p-29661-harley-trouble-codes.html

Not sure if you used this website as a reference for the error codes?

[Hairy]

6 minutes ago, WaynejG said:

@Hairy

https://www.fuelmotousa.com/p-29661-harley-trouble-codes.html

Not sure if you used this website as a reference for the error codes?

Thanks, used one of a multiple sources for the codes....but that page looks familiar.

Based on other users when they installed accessories they seemed to have picked up a similar code, and given that the bike shop noted he did have the HD Tech check the bike with his computer before I bought it, and it all checked out ok, makes me think it must be the tail light on the license plate that the bike shop fitted at the time of sale.

John Maxwell takes a bike onto his HD computer software and the info it produces is interesting RE what all it measures on the bike.
 

 

[Wannabe]

Hairy, modern vehicles are quite sensitive to voltage and resistance. I fitted a set of LED bulbs to my VW Polo's tail lights, starting throwing me an EPS warning on the instrument panel. Swopped the LED's back to standard bulbs, and no EPS warnings again. 

[Steven Knoetze (sk27)]

Some bikes have quirks to checking oil level.

The Yamaha TRX needs to get up to temp and then switched off, need to then check the level within like 30secs or the oil flows back to the lower sump.
On the Duke 390, you need to give it a vigorous side to side shake for some reason, as verified on MANY forum threads.

Depending on how much oil the Hardly takes, a litre seems like a lot!!
That would worry me more than the electrical gremlins.

[Hairy]

31 minutes ago, Steven Knoetze (sk27) said:

Some bikes have quirks to checking oil level.

The Yamaha TRX needs to get up to temp and then switched off, need to then check the level within like 30secs or the oil flows back to the lower sump.
On the Duke 390, you need to give it a vigorous side to side shake for some reason, as verified on MANY forum threads.

Depending on how much oil the Hardly takes, a litre seems like a lot!!
That would worry me more than the electrical gremlins.

It think the HD takes 2.8l at an oil change. I would say I use 650-700ml topping up. Did the check as per the user manual. The oil level did "irritate me a bit". The oil that was in the dip stick though is the same consistency as the new and there is no grit in it, so that would bode well.

Just popped around the corner now and the error did not show. 

The first time I really took note of the error I pulled over and started again, it was gone ... a couple of km later it came on again.

[WaynejG]

My Wide Glide manual has a hot and a cold check. Both ways the bike is on the side stand. I always check it cold because the dipstick plug sits on the bend of the V&H Big Radius exhaust and it gets flippen hot in that area 

[Hairy]

27 minutes ago, WaynejG said:

My Wide Glide manual has a hot and a cold check. Both ways the bike is on the side stand. I always check it cold because the dipstick plug sits on the bend of the V&H Big Radius exhaust and it gets flippen hot in that area 

Same with mine.

I first checked cold on the side stand. Added oil to the right level.

Did a ride, and checked the hot oil level. It was still well low, so added a little more. Followed this up last night with another cold check and it looks spot on for the cold level.

[Hairy]

How did they every do some of these adds!

 

[Matthew du preez]

looking at getting a BMW C1........

yikes who's gonna argue why with me first????‍♂️

[IceCreamMan]

I was meant to be at IOM this week but alas. Thus, armed with a week off and a bucket list item on the Mighty RF up to Scotland. 600 mile ride today to Inverness. Tomorrow NC 500 with a wild camp somewhere and a few days exploring this iconic road. And apologies. I ain’t in Oz 

[IceCreamMan]

NC500 so far is magnificent. 120 miles in. Scenes are superb. 
 

put it on ur bucket list. 

[dirtypot]