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[1abastarsmda]

My 09 USE4 has never been able to find a satelite...meaning the gps has never worked.  My dealer is fantastic and is taking care to make sure he gets all possible problem parts in stock before he takes the thing apart so we are only going in to do the repairs one time. 

In the tech's conversation with the MOCO my bike is not the first, and apparently they think it is not just a gps problem but a radio problem as well.
Radio works great but it sounds like they may be replacing both.


 

I had that problem, or at least I thought I did.  The dealer was ready to take my bike back in to start dealing with it.  Hopefully, you read the part in the NAV system manual where you have to take it for a ride of at least a half mile.  I think that you have to have the CD in and the NAV system on if I remember correctly, and then it will catch the satellite.  Those are some terrible instructions and a less than user friendly system.  I finally got everything set up and tried to figure out how to get it to connect to the satellite, and then I went for about a 20 to 30 mile ride and when I got home, it was working.  I'm not sure when it kicked in, but it did.  So, in my case, after trying to follow the directions, I accidentally got it working, and I'm still not sure exactly how I did it.  As far as the dealers go, I realize that each dealer gets their hands on usually less than a handful of SE's with a NAV system and they don't know how to operate it or fix it.  I quickly realized that I knew much more about my NAV system than anyone at 3 dealers I spoke to about it, since I had actually read the manual and had played with the contraption.  That's more than they have done.  Before you have them rip apart your new bike and start replacing things, I'd read back through that part of the manual one more time and take it for a ride to see if it kicks in. 

At first, I couldn't even get the CD to load, but that was because these old eyes of mine couldn't see the difference between the "ON" and "OK" buttons.  The last thing I remember doing on the NAV system before it actually worked was I programmed in an address to find, and it wouldn't work since it hadn't connected to a satellite.  After the ride, my turn by turn directions were available to me.  Good luck!  I just hate to see your bike torn apart to end us with the same issue after they are done.

[miker]

Coming up on 1k miles the average oil temp has dropped to 240-250 ish from 270 and metal remp down a little...
No problems, I haven't loaded the gps yet due to lack of interest.
I am a little dissapointed the the sound quality of the stereo but expected the typical junk harley rears shocks.

Overall so far so good.   

[1abastarsmda]

I'm surprised to hear that you are disappointed with the sound on the stereo.  Have you adjusted the bass/treble and fade between front and rear?  I'm quite happy with mine and that thing really rocks.  I've been listening mainly to CD's thus far, but I like it.  I also like the setup where it gets louder when you are riding and quiets down a bit when you aren't moving.

[miker]

Just a little with the sound, Hawg wired will fix it when I get around tuit and extra cash.
My SERK had a Deadcenter fairing with Panasonic headunit plus a 45 watt aux amp and Polk Audio 6.5 inch speakers, now that rocked...Til 90 or so.

[chanman]

I have to tell you I am wondering if I have made a mistake. I had an 06 SE Ultra that I just loved. The 103 engine ran like a top. I didnt do much to it new air breather,race tuner and some vance and hines slip ons. Put 34K on it in 2 years and never once had a problem. Well I just got a wild hair and purchased an 09 in Sept. THis was before reading as much as I should have about the 110, as I have written before we were in Vegas in Traffic and it started clattering, as soon as we started moving it quit but did it again on Las Vegas Blvd. AS soon as we are moving it quites down but it was so loud it sounded like it was coming apart. I have not had a break down problem YET. We were on a chapter ride yesterday and in traffic I started hearing noises in the top in like metal bouncing around but again it quieted down when we got to moving along steadily.
I just know this SOB is going to break down sometime soon and leave me stranded, it is just a matter of time. And what I hate the most is going out to get on it with no confidence. I wish I could just undo it all and have the 103. I am not sure out on the road my 110 runs that much better anyway.
When I took it to the dealer they said well we havent heard of many problems with the 110, I started laughing and referred them to this site. They tried to "recreate" the problem but of course they couldn't.
We are travelers taking weekend, week long and sometimes 2 week trips as time allows, anybody got any ideas how how to bring the issue to a head so it either blows up or steadies out

[1abastarsmda]

That's the sound that I heard, sitting in traffic also.  It's apparently the rear cylinder automatically shutting down.  There is another thread where this was discussed.  It sounds like the engine is ready to go.  As soon as you take off, the problem is gone again.  To duplicate it, I think you would need to ride a bit, and then park it at the service door and let it run for a while, and maybe get it to overheat and shut down the rear cylinder.  Then they can tell you "that's normal" and for once be telling the truth.