2018 Deluxe anyone
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11-01-2017, 01:16 PM
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2018 Softail Owners Manual page 59 Ignition Mode...With security fob present, set Off/Run switch to Run. The lights and instruments become operational and the motor can be started. Accessory Mode...With the security fob present, press and hold the TRIP switch. The instruments and accessory circuit are powered. The headlamp and turn signal lamps remain off. The speedometer displays the odometer functions. The headlamp can be activated by pressing the headlamp flash to pass switch. The stop lamps can be operated. To turn off accessory mode, press and hold the TRIP switch.
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11-01-2017, 01:28 PM
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2018 Softail Owners Manual page 59 Ignition Mode...With security fob present, set Off/Run switch to Run. The lights and instruments become operational and the motor can be started. Accessory Mode...With the security fob present, press and hold the TRIP switch. The instruments and accessory circuit are powered. The headlamp and turn signal lamps remain off. The speedometer displays the odometer functions. The headlamp can be activated by pressing the headlamp flash to pass switch. The stop lamps can be operated. To turn off accessory mode, press and hold the TRIP switch.
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#23
11-01-2017, 01:52 PM
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2018 Softail Owners Manual page 59 Ignition Mode...With security fob present, set Off/Run switch to Run. The lights and instruments become operational and the motor can be started. Accessory Mode...With the security fob present, press and hold the TRIP switch. The instruments and accessory circuit are powered. The headlamp and turn signal lamps remain off. The speedometer displays the odometer functions. The headlamp can be activated by pressing the headlamp flash to pass switch. The stop lamps can be operated. To turn off accessory mode, press and hold the TRIP switch.
Yup...I miss those labeled switches...even the passing lamp toggle. It's labeled at least but I miss the metal radio switch.
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11-01-2017, 03:12 PM
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No kidding. Who would have thought you would have to do the hokey pokey just to turn lights on with the engine not running.
Kind of gives you some appreciation of simpler times.
A much better implementation on these new bikes would have been a three position switch, off, accessories, and run which would still achieve the goal of being keyless.
Kind of gives you some appreciation of simpler times.
A much better implementation on these new bikes would have been a three position switch, off, accessories, and run which would still achieve the goal of being keyless.
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#25
11-01-2017, 05:00 PM
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No kidding. Who would have thought you would have to do the hokey pokey just to turn lights on with the engine not running.
Kind of gives you some appreciation of simpler times.
A much better implementation on these new bikes would have been a three position switch, off, accessories, and run which would still achieve the goal of being keyless.
Kind of gives you some appreciation of simpler times.
A much better implementation on these new bikes would have been a three position switch, off, accessories, and run which would still achieve the goal of being keyless.
#27
11-01-2017, 05:22 PM
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Woulda shoulda....in 3000 miles I didn't figure it out and I'd even perused the manual...although not for that specifically. You are right....We'll learn...but did we really need to? I guess there's reasons for everything....cost savings, design simplification...but I'll always miss the console switch on a big tank. Good design does not ask the user to learn, it anticipates our natural instinct and puts the right function where we would look.
#29
11-01-2017, 05:41 PM
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That could help. Especially for things that are long standing features that have been relocated. I'm just nitpicking my own ignorance really, but glad to learn there is in fact still an accessory mode.
