Indication of EITM activated?
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Page 145 of the handbook says turn the ignition on but dont start the bike.
Trust me, you cant do it with the bike running. My dealer has turned mine back on a couple of times after a service. A 124 with 4 5/8 stroke running on 1 cylinder is a bad idea. Vibration is enough to rattle your teeth. Rotating the grip backwards does nothing, gotta stop the engine.
Trust me, you cant do it with the bike running. My dealer has turned mine back on a couple of times after a service. A 124 with 4 5/8 stroke running on 1 cylinder is a bad idea. Vibration is enough to rattle your teeth. Rotating the grip backwards does nothing, gotta stop the engine.
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Will the EITMS "engage" when the bike is rolling, or only when stopped at a light?
I was under the impression that the system will engage (or turn off the fuel to the rear cylinder) when the bike is at idle *and* meets some other criteria (such as heat). I was also under the impression that it will not activate (thus shutting down a cylinder) when the bike is actually moving under power (I.E., you are giving it some gas) as it turns the cylinder back ON when the throttle is rolled back. In short, I assumed the system is designed to help prevent overheating while *STOPPED*, not while traveling slowly as it won't "Activate."
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I was under the impression that the system will engage (or turn off the fuel to the rear cylinder) when the bike is at idle *and* meets some other criteria (such as heat). I was also under the impression that it will not activate (thus shutting down a cylinder) when the bike is actually moving under power (I.E., you are giving it some gas) as it turns the cylinder back ON when the throttle is rolled back. In short, I assumed the system is designed to help prevent overheating while *STOPPED*, not while traveling slowly as it won't "Activate."
Please correct me if I'm wrong.
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I turned on the EITMS system on my 08 RK last week for the first time .I was riding in downtown Toronto on a really hot night.After a couple of red lights it kicked in.I noticed it right away.The idle was rougher.It almost made like a pumping sound.As soon as I twisted the throttle it ran normal again .I am going to leave the system activated.I figure anything to help the engine. If I remember right the manual says do it with the engine not running.Hope this helps.
#28
Heat management
Aside from turning it on, your ecm reads the temp sensor on the front cylinder head and lowers the idle, starts enriching the fuel mixture and also starts skipping the fuel injectors when it senses a temp of 300. This is what my SEST with smart tune 2010 users manual says about the ecm that HD uses on at least my 2010. This is going to work with or without the EITMs turned on or off. I think that it is page 12. I noticed that i have a oil temp of 210 and the EITMs turned on and i can hear and feel it kick off the rear cyl. at a stop. This tells me that the oil temp is not showing what you cyl. temp is and it climbs real fast at a stop. EITMs in my owners manual says it comes on at 287 and in the sest users manual the other heat management starts in its three phases to try to control the temp of the engine at 300 and the rider would not be able to tell when it was switching through the three. How many are familiar with this three phase heat nmanagement? If i did not buy the SEST and soft ware i dont think i would have known this. This could explain why some are complaining about lose of power when hot. My bike was very sluggish after i got stuck in traffic and the EITMs kept kicking on and off. I am suspecting that this other form of heat management was enriching or skipping the injectors to try to cool it down. Maybe someone could verify this?
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