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Posts: 320 Savannah, GA -Year round riding!! Yay! | I need y'all's help. I pocked my bike up from the dealer yesterday for some warranty work (turn signal switch, clutch check #2- parts ordered, and 2nd stereo unit replacement). I was detailing it last night after 200 mile ride yesterday (stupid love bugs!), and it seems to me like there is a piece missing under the headlight. 
I don't have any prework pics of the headlight. It just seems 'unfinished' or like something's missing there. Is it me, or did I lose a piece there somehow.....? | |
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Posts: 374 Tucson, AZ | Nope all is well...at least mine looks the same. Had to go out and look but its the same, so if your missing a part so am i.
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Posts: 367 Cottage Grove, Mn | Mine looks just like yours so if your missing a trim piece so an I. I am also on my second stereo tell what happened to your please, the first one that went bad i couldn't shut it off, change channels raise or lower the volume then it just stopped working altogether.
The second one has all its functions except no display, makes it hard to know what station you're on.
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Posts: 8144 New Bohemia, VA | You just wanted to us the bike bell!  | |
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Posts: 320 Savannah, GA -Year round riding!! Yay! | Thanks guy! No really.... it felt like the edge was too rough when I was wiping it down, and it has an 'unfinished' feel to it. I never noticed it before. Stereo problems: First time, I had all of the problems with the unit that you described (display went blank, light wouldn't go out, drained battery, unit wouldn't come on or navigate) So, they replaced the unit in the dash. Next, the handlebar controls went out. I would go to change the volume through the handlebar, and the station would change, or go to change the stereo volume lower, and it would change the CB volume lower (and the CB volume is a major PITA to get to from the main control screen!! to readjust. This was a big problem on our raod trip this summer). Then, we went over RR tracks on our cross country trip, and with the bump, the volume went SKY HIGH on the headset, the CB wouldn't transmit or recieve. Thankfully, at the time, I was listening to MP3s through my Garmin, and I got the volume down through the GPS unit, but hubby was taking off on his bike, and I couldn't transmit to him that I was having problems. (He doesn't look in his rearview mirror very often to see if I'm there). I pulled off when I found a spot on the shoulder wide enought to get out of trqaffic safely, and , eventually, turned the bike off and back on, and it fixed the problem. By that time, hubby was out of range. So, this time, they replaced the handlebar controls, too. My auto cancelling turn signal switch stopped working. Signals would not canel at all on their own, and the left turn signal would get stuck on. I had to work to get it turned off (the right would turn off with just a soft depression of the button) My clutch has been clunking and sticking in Neutral, after getting caught in HORRIBLE rush hour traffic in Chicago, in 100 degree heat. They took it apart and examined it (I wa scared that the plates were warped), and couldn't find anything initially. I picked it up last week, and rode it, and it still did it (Sux to get stuck in N when downshifting from 2->1 for a turn....) So, they looked at it again, and figured out it was a ratcheting thing--ma-bobby (Sorry, can't remember the exact part they told me). It's on order and should be in next week. Meanwhile, I noticed yesterday that I blew a highbeam bulb. Did you all know that you need to remove the airfilter to change the headlight bulb?! I tell you, the way to work on these bikes is messed up.... I was going to put the luggage rack on, but you basically have to disassemble the whole truck to do it, rather than just remove the cover!
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Posts: 562 SC, Bluffton | GAgirlTrixie - 2008-09-25 11:02 AM
My auto cancelling turn signal switch stopped working. Signals would not canel at all on their own, and the left turn signal would get stuck on. I had to work to get it turned off (the right would turn off with just a soft depression of the button)
Oh crap. I am on day 2 of this, and I thought it was my imagination. I will double check them
not cancelling, as I need to get a service soon. I have been pushing them off. Had to push twice
this morning to stop it. Your shop-mechanics are mine too, so thanks for warming them up.
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Visionary
Posts: 1484 LaPorte,Tx. | On the turn signal auto cancel, the bike has to get up to a certain speed after the corner, I believe it is ~25 mph to turn off. | |
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Tourer
Posts: 320 Savannah, GA -Year round riding!! Yay! | Mine did that, at first (either upshifting or after lean angle was sensed), but then it stopped, intermittently, back in April. Tech forgot to check it when I brought it in for the ignition switch recall. I picked it up, and was still doing it. I didn't want to bring bike back in, and lose another day or more of riding. But, it eventually stopped cancelling all together. Eventually, back in August, it got to where it was next to impossible to cancel the left turn signal. Had to jiggle the switch. Thankfully, when I took the Vision in for service earlier this week, it's a left turn into the dealership, so I just left it in the 'stuck' mode for the tech to see.
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 17 Decatur, GA | Don't think other brands don't have their problems too... My brother went through three radios for his new HD Ultra before he got one to work properly. | |
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Posts: 247
| I don't give a crap about what other bike owners go through. I bought a Victory. I only care about what victory owners go through. Check my screen name. There's a reason. If Victory can't get it together someone else might be a ExVictoryRider handle on the Goldwing website. Too bad because they made a great bike but all the quality issues are souring people on the name. | |
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Posts: 562 SC, Bluffton | VisionTex - 2008-09-25 3:17 PM
On the turn signal auto cancel, the bike has to get up to a certain speed after the corner, I believe it is ~25 mph to turn off.
Well I am happy to report I am just experiencing what VisionTex stated above. When I pull
into big parking lots, it just stays on, even though I still maneuver around for a whole minute.
I must not be getting to a certain speed. Yesterday, taking off & making a turn from a stop
light 3 times, it self canceled all 3 times. | |
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Visionary
Posts: 1350
| I suggest you check your Owner's Manual. The ones for my '99 and '03 tell you that the self cancels don't work under a set speed. Same for the Vision? Also what I have found is anytime you disconnect the battery the auto cancel doesn't reset for a while. It seems it takes longer on my '03 then it does for my '99. Maybe something similar on the Vision?
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Puddle Jumper
Posts: 21 Plano, TX | It states in the owner's manual that you have to move into second gear and get over 15 mph for the auto-shutoff to kick in.
I have some problems with the left not wanting to shut off either. I'll keep an eye on it... | |
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Posts: 460 Centennial, CO | exharleyrider - 2008-09-25 7:55 PM
I don't give a crap about what other bike owners go through. I bought a Victory. I only care about what victory owners go through. Check my screen name. There's a reason. If Victory can't get it together someone else might be a ExVictoryRider handle on the Goldwing website. Too bad because they made a great bike but all the quality issues are souring people on the name.
Dude...that was kind of rude to say in such a way. I realize YOU may not "give a crap" but others do. As a matter of fact, I enjoy hearing that other bikes are having issues. It allows me to tell others that HD has issues when someone tries to tell me that HD is the best bike out there when it is clearly NOT.
I think the point GA was making is that Victory is not the only bike with problems. I am, of course, assuming you knew that and are just having a bad day. I hope your day gets better. | |
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Posts: 460 Centennial, CO | Dallas_Gal - 2008-09-28 8:02 AM
It states in the owner's manual that you have to move into second gear and get over 15 mph for the auto-shutoff to kick in.
I have some problems with the left not wanting to shut off either. I'll keep an eye on it...
My left does not cancel all the time either and I have reverted to hand signals lately to avoid having to deal with messing with the button to get it to cancel.
I have pulled up to a light and had the signal on. I rolled around the corner and shifted into 2nd and then third and finally 4th while still waiting. Kills me AT TIMES. It has only happened a few times. And NO, I haven't discoed the battery in 2,000 miles. So, I am SURE it is not that. It appears to be an electrical issue (or computer).
BTW - I am a computer tech AND a previous electrical technician so these types of issues are nothing I can't understand. | |
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Posts: 460 Centennial, CO | GA...I tried to add pics to a post on one of the other discussions and was unable. How did you add the pics to the thread? Did you use HTML for that? | |
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Posts: 320 Savannah, GA -Year round riding!! Yay! | There's two ways to add pics. To use both, you must choose the "Reply" button, either on the very top of the page, or in the upper right corner of the individual post.The way I do it, is through HTML (after uploading them to my photobucket account). When you type, there is a button, 3rd from the right in the 2nd row down, that says "HTML". When you click this, a pop up window will come up, where you can edit the HTML source, and embed the pic. When you're done adding the HTML, click updat, and you should then see the window close, and the pic will show up, if you're HTML is correct. Or, you can check the box under the post "Attach a file after posting", right under the box you are typing in, and it will allow you to add files directly from your computer. I forget if it will let you add more than one file or not.....
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Nalcrest, FL United States | My left turn stays on if I wash the bike and don't wait untill it's completely dry. (next day) | |
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Posts: 404 San Antonio, TX United States | Have you had your left turn signal turn itself on for no reason along with it not canceling? | |
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Posts: 2027 Brighton, TN | ElroyJ - Congrats on calling him out, that was funny. Made me grin. I like it. Learn to either ignore or banter along with exharleyrider and his close compadre Teach. They both have a way of using the written English Language in such a way that ellicits animosity among most folks. Why, I don't know, they can use colorful adjectives and adverbs to get their point across, if they wanted. But the best part about it is that they choose to write in this manner. It gives me a better appreciation for the different styles of writing and communicating. Looked at objectively, you can appreciate the style they use.
Choice - one of the benefits of living in the Good Ole' USA. Nothing better, than here. I don't care what anybody else thinks, this is my country. | |
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Posts: 320 Savannah, GA -Year round riding!! Yay! | Yep, tried that, several times. Both after a turn, upshifting, all the way to 60+ mph, and after a lane switch, for WAY longer than I normally would have (made sure no one was behind me to confuse). The switch itself, doesn't click anymore, when you engage it. Started out on just the left turn, but ended up on both.
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