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[Tmcmillan]

While riding in the BBB rally my 2011 CVO Softail convertible went into limp mode due to an alleged ECM malfunction.  Anyone else have this issue.?

[kraut]

might be just a faulty connection as happened to the TBW touring models. Check the error codes.

[timo482]

i always used to complain about cables - throttle cables and clutch cables - they break - the ends fall off.. ick

so now no cables.....

but at least with the cables a small vice grip would get you home

should never have complained about the cables

*sigh*

[djkak]

i always used to complain about cables - throttle cables and clutch cables - they break - the ends fall off.. ick

so now no cables.....

but at least with the cables a small vice grip would get you home

should never have complained about the cables

*sigh*

I miss the throttle cables too, but not the sissy braided steel cables used after ’74 on the BT’s. I miss the unbreakable steel wire cables used on the early machines. I miss the manual spark advance, which also used the steel wire cable. Relinquishing manual control of the spark advance meant losing control of the pucky, pucky, pucky cadence of the engine’s idle.

When juice brakes were first adopted, the phrase “safety with steel from pedal to wheel” was sometimes heard. I don’t miss not being able to stop, though. The kindest thing you could say about the early brakes was that they were offered.

I miss shutting off my fuel and filling up more than one gas tank. I miss scraping the carbon out of my spark plugs with a steel bristle from a street sweeper’s brush. I miss kick starting my machine…OK, you got me on that one. I do miss closing the choke and forgetting to open it, though.

I still carry around a set of 32661-70, just in case I decide to start smoking Pot and need a roach clip; couldn’t use em for much else anymore. On the ’67 through ’69 Baggers, you could fix a vapor locked Tillotson with a paper clip. I might be able to remove the Sim Card from an iPhone with a paper clip. Maybe I’ll try to find my old paper clip if I ever decide to start carrying a Cell Phone. I miss lots of stuff, but I’m learning to live without most of it.

[donald p]

This summer I got stranded on Highway 50 in Nevada- Utah border. $450 towing $40 to clean the wire harness to servo.

[vtyanqui]

Tmcmillian
While running Spear Fish Canyon this past August my 09SERG went into “limp mode” twice.  The first time I called for a tow and they told me it would be about two hours and two to three hundred dollars.  What was I to do, I said okay.  About 10 minutes after my initial call I thought it prudent to move my bike a little further off the side of the road and since I was on an incline I chose to start it up and use what little power I had to propel it forward out of harm’s way.  To my surprise I had full throttle again. I immediately called the towing service and cancelled the tow.  Fortunately, they hadn’t even started out so there was no cost.  I rode on to Mt Rushmore where it happened again.  I knew all I had to do was wait 10 minutes and it would start up and sure enough it did.  I now knew this wasn’t just a one time deal so I decided I really needed to have this looked at and rode to Rapid City Harley.  I was told I needed to replace the TPS sensor pins at the actuator connection.  I did so and it ran perfect all the way back to Louisiana.  Hope this helps.
vtyanqui

[Tmcmillan]

Replaced the ECM and the bike runs great. The  seat medallion might be hitting on the ECM. The factory rep is looking into a solution.