2017 CVO Street Glide Stage 4. On March 27th, I was riding from Seattle to LA. I didn't make it to LA on my bike, to say the least. It was cold and rainy when we left. I got about 700 mile south to Redding CA. My buddies and I pulled up to an In-N-Out for a bite. The weather was about 80 degrees. After eating, I sat on my bike idling while my buddies got ready. We took off and hit I-5 south. As we do, we hit the highway full throttle, but this time, my bike was in limp mode. I had no power. I dropped to 5th, 4th, 3rd trying to hit 70mph. I read all the forums so I assumed sumping. I got about 20 miles south of Redding before I decided to call it and pulled over. The bike was hot, about 287 degrees. It had a weird smell, bit no oil leaks. I had the bike towed close to a dealership in Chico, CA. The dealership was closed, so I stayed at a motel 6. The next day, I rode the bike in limp mode to the dealership. I explained to the dealership that I believed I was having sumping issues and caught it before the rear cylinder blew. I told them to order an oil pump and I would deal with warranty issues later. I rented a 2016 Ulta Limitedfor 4 days with an awesome military discount of $100 a day and rode to 430 miles to LA. While in LA, dealership called and told me they couldn't find any issues, but that the EITMS kicked on while riding and wouldn't turn off. They told me that they disabled the EITMS and the bike was running perfect. I argued and told them to order me an oil pump because I didn't want to deal with being stranded (I read all the oil sumping issues, so I know what's going on). I still had another 700 miles from Chico to Seattle. I got back to Chico, returned the rental bike that I had paid for 4 days but only used it for 3 days. The dealership decided not to refund me the extra day to call it even for the work they did on the bike (I have the power vision tuner on my bike). So $100 bucks for 4 hours of diagnostics. Anyway, rode the bike all 700 miles with the EITMS off, and she ran strong.
Lesson Learned:
1. Listen to the professionals!
2. If the bike goes into limp mode, pull over when it's safe and stop riding.
3. Check the status of the EITMS