My neutral indicator has started blinking intermittently with a pattern like ...-...-...-...- seems to happen when I start the bike especially after its been sitting overnight. It coughs and pops a bit when starting. Other posters mention the temp sensor or using ibeat... Anyone got some tips for diagnosing this on the road with a limited toolkit? Or ideas on what I should tell a local shop mechanic who works mostly Hondas etc? The blinking might be related to the fact that my low fuel sensor appears to have stopped working, and I ran the tank dry? I'm at the tail end of a 3000k trip in NZ on my TE610 2008. Trip report coming soon.
Welcome to the club! Mine started when the bike was new, when I installed the Arrows with their new EFI. Apart from druid chants during the full moon, I´ve tried everything. Even the local Husky dealer´s given up on it. Don´t know why it´s so irritating. But it is.
Have you had major elevation and/or temperature changes on this part of your trip? How about fuel changes? Any lower octane fillups due to availability? _
Went from sea level to 4300 ft. And from 40F at night to 85F. I normally use 95 Premium but I did use 91 Regular at one stop when the premium wasn't available. The bike does smell like it is running rich.
Have you tried the kiwi section on adv? http://www.advrider.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=65 someone there might know of a close by shop that has ibeat or maybe a local husky guy
mine's started playing up again. not with a regular pattern as it did before when my temp switch needed replacing, but with a totally random one. sometimes it's fine though. very odd. FWIW my low fuel light stopped working a while back but the neutral light didn't start playing up at the same time so doubt it's that. the temp switches are pretty cheap and too easy to fit so you could just give that a go. at least you'll have a spare for when it does go if it goes in future
Hmm. Replacing the Temp sensor is a good bet. Thanks. I'm going to store this bike for a while in any case. Maybe when I get back I'll try to hook it up to iBeat.
I tried that. It wasn´t the temp switch. And the local Husky people couldn´t diagnose it with iBeat either.
Hehe. The local mechanic said its the "please take me to the mechanic" light. It blinks all the time!
