Engine Light coming on.

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The Tin Man

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During the first 5 minutes of my ride I notice the engine light is coming on for a minute or less then its gone. I have to take my 08 XB12Ss in for a service anyway in the next couple of weeks. If the light is not on when i get it serviced will the techs still be able to reg the fault?
Anyone else have this happen?
 
Yes they can, the code is stored on the ECM, I only know this because someone else asked and either LeFox or BPG chimed in with that little tidbit of information. Makes sense though. I would call your dealer to verify just in case. But, I'll stand by my statement because it's the same way in all the newer cars as well.
 
Just got back from a ride and this time the light stayed on. I noticed the bike bucking a little so i pulled over. Turned off the bike and restarted it. The instrument panel went nuts, lights dimmed and the bike sputtered. I turned it off and then tried it again but this time the bike was dead. Nothing, nodda, sip. I pulled of the seat to check the negative wire coming out of the battery because I noticed it chaffing a little on the seat the week before but it was still solid. I decide to try and start the bike again with the seat off and this it started fine. No engine everything seemed great. I was only a kilometer from my house so decided to head back. I popped the seat back on and proceeded back. As soon as I sat on the bike it started to sputter, the engine light came on and the gauges went nuts flicking up and down, light got dim, blinkers never worked, etc.

I got back to the house and popped of the seat again for a better look and I discovered the positive (red) wire terminal was loose and was causing the trouble. I tightened it back up and went for an hour ride and everything was great. Problem solved. I had to reset my clock and the tripometer reset itself but other then that everything was back to normal.
 
discovered the positive (red) wire terminal was loose and was causing the trouble.

I had the same dam thing happen....is locktite ok to use and if so which one?
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You could use the blue Lock-Tite on the threads, but I would just a nylock nut to avoid stripping the threads when you have to remove the terminal at a later date.
 
I had a problem where while cranking my time, and trip meters would reset.. it too was a loose cable on the battery
 
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