kevlarorc
Junior Member
I have a strange problem occurring on my bike.
For about a month now my check-engine light has been coming on. At first it would only come on for a few seconds when travelling at highway speeds. These days it comes on most times I ride. The bike's performance remains the same it has always been.
-Only comes on after 5-10 minutes of riding.
-No fault code is presented on the dash
-Light always turns off when I come to a stop. It used to turn off at lower speeds but now stays on for that, too.
-Last I checked the voltage at a stop read within spec, however I can't tell what it does once I'm moving and the light comes on.
Now for the strange part and the reason I feel it is something electrical:
Several times now when I'm riding home at night my headlight suddenly gets brighter as if I turned my high beams on. About 2 seconds later the check engine light will turn on.
I had the bd43 headlight mod installed but after unhooking the cable and reverting back to the single lamp the symptom still occurs and is even amplified.
Anybody have ideas? I was about to just buy a new battery to test or bring it in to the shop but after seeing the headlight get brighter a few times I figured it might actually be possible to diagnose this thing.
For about a month now my check-engine light has been coming on. At first it would only come on for a few seconds when travelling at highway speeds. These days it comes on most times I ride. The bike's performance remains the same it has always been.
-Only comes on after 5-10 minutes of riding.
-No fault code is presented on the dash
-Light always turns off when I come to a stop. It used to turn off at lower speeds but now stays on for that, too.
-Last I checked the voltage at a stop read within spec, however I can't tell what it does once I'm moving and the light comes on.
Now for the strange part and the reason I feel it is something electrical:
Several times now when I'm riding home at night my headlight suddenly gets brighter as if I turned my high beams on. About 2 seconds later the check engine light will turn on.
I had the bd43 headlight mod installed but after unhooking the cable and reverting back to the single lamp the symptom still occurs and is even amplified.
Anybody have ideas? I was about to just buy a new battery to test or bring it in to the shop but after seeing the headlight get brighter a few times I figured it might actually be possible to diagnose this thing.