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Old 07-20-2015, 12:33 AM
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I have a weird thing happening that I haven't been able to figure out. My bike starts just fine when its cold. It runs fine. No issues. But after I get to where I am going and shut her down and come back out to start her again, she won't start on the first press of the starter button. She just turns over and over. When I let go of the button and press it again, she will start but its a kinda weak start at first. Almost like there was not enough fuel.

2009 xl883 28k miles
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VH blackout 2 into 1
SE pro race tuner. tuned.


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Old 07-20-2015, 12:55 AM
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I forgot to mention that I have ran diagnostic check and there are no trouble codes in the ecm.

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Old 07-21-2015, 05:49 AM
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This used to be a popular problem on the touring bikes with throttle by wire , kinda.
First thing to try is before shutting the bike off , let it idle for 5 seconds and then shut it off.
Don't touch the throttle for that last 5 seconds , the computer can confuse the zero throttle setting.
Let us know if this helps for the restart.
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