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Cruiser
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Montreal, QC Canada | I'm hoping one of you can help me. Driving home from work Saturday morning, the green neutral light came on, not bright, but on. I played around with speed and rpm's and found that the "N" would come on dimly over 1500 rpm and would shut off below 1500. I talked to Radioteacher tonight and even he's never heard of this. I can't get hold of my dealer until Tuesday. ANYBODY have any ideas. I don't want to get stuck somewhere.
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Cruiser
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Tifton, GA | Was it raining or had the bike gotten wet shortly before this happened? I had similair problem on my Harley in heavy rain during an IBA ride. Had a tach problem on my Magna after washing it once. Water can cause all kinds of strange things with bikes. |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, Va | It could be any number of things, from simple to serious, but most likely simple. I'd go with Liandra and add to that, what is the age of the oil in the crank? What about a change up from a different brand or weight. Not just restricted to that, what about other recent mystery occurances? Could be a loose ground, or even a loose plug in. Have you had the bike apart recently or in the shop having work done? Changed the battery or other component. If you rule out all the simple stuff, ask the dealer to put it on the digital wrench to see what error code might pop up. Hope you get it worked out. These kind of things can drive a person mad....
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Iron Butt
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Central New York | There isn't much opportunity for an 'intermittent' error (above or below 1500 RPM) in the neutral light circuit itself, which would imply false direction from the PCM. The reasons a PCM could send out a false signal are limitless, included the PCM itself. As previously suggested, check the obvious, battery and ignition switch terminals. If that fails to reveal anything I would get it in the shop and plugged into their computer before the virus spreads. Good Luck, hopefully it's just the PCM picking up some garbled info and can be cleared up quickly. 
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Visionary
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| Pull the plug on the gear indicator behind the rear cylinder next to the blow by hose and clean it with some contact cleaner.
You might have a faulty gauge cluster. Sure hope you still have warranty on the bike. |
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Cruiser
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Danbury, Connecticut | Have the dealer check your charging system. The alternator might be losing a diode and allowing to much A.C. voltage ripple. That tends to be somewhat rpm sensitive and can cause flaky electronic and even performance issues. |
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Cruiser
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Montreal, QC Canada | Thanks to everyone who responded.....I just took a wrench to the battery terminals and found both just snug, not tight. Tightened them up and problem gone. Maybe the "dim" N light is a warning about loose connections, or the dim owner. |
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Visionary
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| Run over to the hardware store and buy two star was and you will not have to check again.
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Tourer
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Gettysburg, 2008 Tour Premium | There is a wire connector that plugs into the trannie case that you can access from the right side. You squeeze the tap and pull up and it will come loose with a pop. Spray some WD-40 in the connector and on the tabs that stick up and dry off with a cloth or paper towel. Plug back in until you can feel it pop and lock. This will fix it.
Just read ALL the posts- John already suggested the same thing.
Edited by wroman 2011-07-17 6:40 PM
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San Antonio, TX | kenandpen - 2011-07-17 3:22 PM
Thanks to everyone who responded.....I just took a wrench to the battery terminals and found both just snug, not tight. Tightened them up and problem gone. Maybe the "dim" N light is a warning about loose connections, or the dim owner.
It was great talking to you on Saturday and I am glad you found the issue!
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