Tango Nevada
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- Aug 7, 2016
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Good Evening All (well, it's evening here on the other side of the pond...). I've just bought a 2010 Ulysses XB12XT with full OE luggage and a Remus end can, with 22K miles on the clock.
Do I like it; Oooooh yes! I like lots of torque, I like a low-revving engine, I don't want chain drive, I like/need a roomy, comfortable riding position but I don't want a cruiser; the Ulysses ticks all the boxes for me.
I'd heard of Buells, obviously, and seen a couple, but I'd never heard of the Uly. When I sought advice on the Moto Guzzi website for what I should buy next, a couple of members there said they'd got them, and they were excellent. They were dead right, I should have bought one years ago!:up:
It runs very well, and I'm very pleased with it, but: the EML comes on intermittently. It ALWAYS comes on after a mile or two when I go over 70 mph on the motorway (freeway), and goes out again when I drop to 60 mph or below after one/two/three'four miles. It also comes on from time to time at lower speeds, then goes out again after one/two/three/four minutes, depending on how the bike feels; you get the picture. If I stop, switch off the engine and restart it, the light invariably goes out.
The bike runs perfectly well whether the EML light is on or off, and sits on the motorway quite happily cruising at 4000 rpm in fifth.
I'm hoping it's just a sensor playing up. One of the other owners has suggested that it might be the sensor in the airbox contaminated with oil mist; I'm pretty sure the airbox mod hasn't been done, and the bike only did 800 miles in nearly two years before I got it.
I'm pretty good with a wrench, but electronics isn't my bag. Anybody got any ideas on what the problem might be? I'd like to fix it, if only so that if the light comes on again I know there's something else wrong..
Tango Nevada
Other bikes: 2 x VX800, XJ900F, VERY orange modified Moto Guzzi Nevada 750
Do I like it; Oooooh yes! I like lots of torque, I like a low-revving engine, I don't want chain drive, I like/need a roomy, comfortable riding position but I don't want a cruiser; the Ulysses ticks all the boxes for me.
I'd heard of Buells, obviously, and seen a couple, but I'd never heard of the Uly. When I sought advice on the Moto Guzzi website for what I should buy next, a couple of members there said they'd got them, and they were excellent. They were dead right, I should have bought one years ago!:up:
It runs very well, and I'm very pleased with it, but: the EML comes on intermittently. It ALWAYS comes on after a mile or two when I go over 70 mph on the motorway (freeway), and goes out again when I drop to 60 mph or below after one/two/three'four miles. It also comes on from time to time at lower speeds, then goes out again after one/two/three/four minutes, depending on how the bike feels; you get the picture. If I stop, switch off the engine and restart it, the light invariably goes out.
The bike runs perfectly well whether the EML light is on or off, and sits on the motorway quite happily cruising at 4000 rpm in fifth.
I'm hoping it's just a sensor playing up. One of the other owners has suggested that it might be the sensor in the airbox contaminated with oil mist; I'm pretty sure the airbox mod hasn't been done, and the bike only did 800 miles in nearly two years before I got it.
I'm pretty good with a wrench, but electronics isn't my bag. Anybody got any ideas on what the problem might be? I'd like to fix it, if only so that if the light comes on again I know there's something else wrong..
Tango Nevada
Other bikes: 2 x VX800, XJ900F, VERY orange modified Moto Guzzi Nevada 750
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