lpsouth1978
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Hello everyone. I bought my 2022 Ryker 900 Sport about 2.5 years ago. It has been an amazing bike and so much fun to ride. I enjoy it so much that it has become my only vehicle and I rely on it to get me to work and back daily. Almost immediately after getting the bike I noticed that the steering was pretty loose and would bounce around a lot with ANY bump in the road. After a little bit of research I was encouraged to add the steering damper to my Ryker. After carefully following the installation instructions I successfully got the system working. It was amazing! Fast forward a few months and I started getting the dreaded left turn wobble, VSS faults, and LIMP mode, and my Ryker journey truly began.
I'm not going to bore you with all the details, however I will say that my battle to find and fix the problem took more than 2 years. In that time I installed the steering update kit, replaced the steering angle sensor, the YAW sensor three times, front knuckles, wheel bearings and tone rings, speed sensors, had two alignments done, replaced the sway bar and end links, and replaced the steering angle sensor sleeve a staggering number of times. I even had the dealership look at it twice to see if they could find the problem. Each time they said they fixed it and found no problems on a test ride, only for it go into limp mode before I even got it home. Each time I replaced a part, the bike was better for a moment, but in a short time, usually days, the problem would start again. Finally in the last couple of months, it has become so bad that every time I rode the bike around a curve, it would go into Limp mode and throw a VSS Fault. It was so bad that I ALWAYS had my laptop and BUDS2 on the bike with me.
Finally, 2 weeks ago, I decided to spend the weekend removing all of the panels on the bike and go through every nut, bolt, wire, and connector to make sure nothing had come loose and no wires or connectors were damaged. I found nothing. The last thing I did before clearing the fault codes was to remove the steering damper. I don't know why I decided to remove it other than having no other ideas for a fix. I had no expectations from it, but took it for a test ride, and it did NOT throw codes or go into limp mode. It did not wobble or misbehave in any way. I was shocked!
It has now been 2 weeks since removing the steering damper, and my Ryker is like a new bike. It rides better than ever and I finally feel confident that the problem is behind me. The only explanation I can come up with is that the Ryker's computer system is measuring steering angle, wheel speed, etc... and is VERY sensitive to any changes. The steering damper must be causing enough deviation from the standard to trigger a VSS Fault and LIMP mode. I don't want to discourage anyone from trying out the steering damper, because it does make a big difference in the riding experience. I just want to let people know what I went through in the hopes my experience can help someone else avoid the frustration I experienced. Perhaps I had a bad piston or a defective product, we may never know.
P.S. - The fault codes were ALWAYS C006C and C0063
I'm not going to bore you with all the details, however I will say that my battle to find and fix the problem took more than 2 years. In that time I installed the steering update kit, replaced the steering angle sensor, the YAW sensor three times, front knuckles, wheel bearings and tone rings, speed sensors, had two alignments done, replaced the sway bar and end links, and replaced the steering angle sensor sleeve a staggering number of times. I even had the dealership look at it twice to see if they could find the problem. Each time they said they fixed it and found no problems on a test ride, only for it go into limp mode before I even got it home. Each time I replaced a part, the bike was better for a moment, but in a short time, usually days, the problem would start again. Finally in the last couple of months, it has become so bad that every time I rode the bike around a curve, it would go into Limp mode and throw a VSS Fault. It was so bad that I ALWAYS had my laptop and BUDS2 on the bike with me.
Finally, 2 weeks ago, I decided to spend the weekend removing all of the panels on the bike and go through every nut, bolt, wire, and connector to make sure nothing had come loose and no wires or connectors were damaged. I found nothing. The last thing I did before clearing the fault codes was to remove the steering damper. I don't know why I decided to remove it other than having no other ideas for a fix. I had no expectations from it, but took it for a test ride, and it did NOT throw codes or go into limp mode. It did not wobble or misbehave in any way. I was shocked!
It has now been 2 weeks since removing the steering damper, and my Ryker is like a new bike. It rides better than ever and I finally feel confident that the problem is behind me. The only explanation I can come up with is that the Ryker's computer system is measuring steering angle, wheel speed, etc... and is VERY sensitive to any changes. The steering damper must be causing enough deviation from the standard to trigger a VSS Fault and LIMP mode. I don't want to discourage anyone from trying out the steering damper, because it does make a big difference in the riding experience. I just want to let people know what I went through in the hopes my experience can help someone else avoid the frustration I experienced. Perhaps I had a bad piston or a defective product, we may never know.
P.S. - The fault codes were ALWAYS C006C and C0063
