The BEST MOD ever

Have the gas cap on both my Rockets. My only ***** is that they started out Black but they fade pretty quick. Otherwise the gas caps serve their purpose well. Have Ken's Keyless system on both my bikes as well. All of the good things said about the system and Ken are true. My 09 has one of the early versions of the system and as such has a few idiosyncrasies that are not common to the newer versions...like I can turn my headlights on and off at will...not sure that is included in the newer versions.
 
R3Tex said:
.... My 09 has one of the early versions of the system and as such has a few idiosyncrasies that are not common to the newer versions...like I can turn my headlights on and off at will...not sure that is included in the newer versions.
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That is actually part of the headlight relay system, not part of the key-less ignition system per se.
(That particular version of the headlight relay kit R3Tex has included a micro-controller circuit that allowed you to turn headlights on/off by using the start switch as a trigger - I don't offer this option any more, just capability to add a manual headlight switch if desired; honestly it was a bit 'buggy' and although figured out a fix, only ended up doing a handful of these)
 
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First time I saw the keyless in action was on your bikes. Back then however I didn't know the turn signals flashed when you got close to the bike. I was like "WTF is up with the turn signals?" lol
Took me awhile to catch on.
Hanso had the fob in his pocket up in Maggie Valley and I was under the same impression when he would walk out of the motel room.
 
Mine does not do this indicator blink, I may have accidentally switched it of but i dont know.
 
Mittzy said:
Mine does not do this indicator blink, I may have accidentally switched it of but i dont know.
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If they don't blink when arming/disarming Tony, the problem is almost certainly that you have higher wattage incandescents in the Turn Signals (there is a note in the install guide that you cannot fit more than the std 10W bulbs)
(I run into this all the time with the UK guys particularly, where the clear lens/orange bulb mod is quite popular)
It's not 'broken', the drivers simply current-limit when they are 'asked' to drive higher current than the designed 10+10 watts.
You can test this by simply disconnecting your front (or rear) turns and if it works to flash the other end still connected, this confirms the issue.

The solution will be to either go back to OEM rated 10W bulbs, or perhaps better, install LED bulbs (in which case you will also need an LED-friendly relay)
In actual fact, you can probably get away with just changing to LEDs at the front ONLY, leave the 20's in the rear and it should flash at normal rate with the std flasher relay

This is the note in the installation guide:

 
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funny I was going to ask you about this, I have LED (including the relay) front and back and the fact I have a signal minder
 
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