Dang warning light
12-16-2009, 08:36 PM
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Dang warning light
I took my new SH (actually a 98, but very new to me) out for a very COLD winter ride. My first real ride on it to boot. When I got back I stopped by a gas station close to my house to fill up. I pushed the bike away from the pump and started it up to see if there were any noises going on that I couldn't hear while riding. I see the yellow warning light on the instrument pod turned on. Dang, what the hell could be wrong and what could 'S' possibly stand for. $hit is about to hit the fan? I am really Sucking right now so turn me off? I am not Safe? I probably did about a million searches on this forum using my iPhone and could find nothing. I didn't want to drive it home if something was wrong enough to have a warning light on so I killed the engine and started to push it home. The second I put the stand up the light went off. Soooooooo, now all is well in Newville 
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12-16-2009, 10:34 PM
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i did it once in downtown Pomona, right next to a bum digging cans out of the recycler. When I realized it was off, i flipped it on and started it, leading to the loudest backfire I've ever heard. It honestly sounded like a gunshot, and scared the hell out of the poor guy lol.
12-17-2009, 03:59 AM
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Done that a few times. It shut off once during a twisty run on a straight and another time during tourist season in niagara falls on the parkway. The tight road with no shoulders. Took a minute but I figured it out and she backfired pretty good. Lol.
12-17-2009, 06:44 AM
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i did it once in downtown Pomona, right next to a bum digging cans out of the recycler. When I realized it was off, i flipped it on and started it, leading to the loudest backfire I've ever heard. It honestly sounded like a gunshot, and scared the hell out of the poor guy lol.
12-17-2009, 09:39 AM
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12-17-2009, 09:45 AM
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got this mistake out of the way right off the bat. when I went up to wisconsin to test ride my future baby, I pulled back in to the lot and used the kill switch to turn it off, then forgot I had done it. tried to start it again and nuthin. so standing there infront of the current owner, I realize my mistake and flipped off the kill switch. tried to start it again and BOOM! biggest backfire you ever heard. had to laugh, but I'm standing there looking at the owner like "yeah, I know bikes." lol
12-17-2009, 01:59 PM
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i find it weird that with the kill switch engaged the bike will still crank. they should have designed it so itll shut off the ignition or something and not let it turn over. would make more sense that way
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I took my new SH (actually a 98, but very new to me) out for a very COLD winter ride. My first real ride on it to boot. When I got back I stopped by a gas station close to my house to fill up. I pushed the bike away from the pump and started it up to see if there were any noises going on that I couldn't hear while riding. I see the yellow warning light on the instrument pod turned on. Dang, what the hell could be wrong and what could 'S' possibly stand for. $hit is about to hit the fan? I am really Sucking right now so turn me off? I am not Safe? I probably did about a million searches on this forum using my iPhone and could find nothing. I didn't want to drive it home if something was wrong enough to have a warning light on so I killed the engine and started to push it home. The second I put the stand up the light went off. Soooooooo, now all is well in Newville .
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