I installed an aftermarket fuel gauge and temp gauge last year. The fuel gauge was wacky because apparently the OEM dash gauge sends some sort of signal to the fuel sender. I fixed that problem but then the OEM gauge thought I was out of gas and set the amber low fuel light. I worked out the resistance needed to make the OEM unit think there was 3/4 of a tank of fuel (all the time) and everything was fine. It's been working well since midsummer last year. I used downtime this winter to install the air rear suspension system. As y'all know, the bike had to go to the dealer so the BUDS computer could tell the bike about the new stuff and set the limits. Annoying, but OK.... I waited for 2 hrs. at the shop and apparently everything I installed worked properly. I rode home and on the way I noticed the low fuel light on again and the fuel and temp bars were gone.
Anybody got a guess what the dealer did to mess up my system? Can BUDS be told to turn off the fuel and temp bars? Perhaps the dealer did that without saying anything. I have a shop manual but it has nothing about BUDS. The REALLY annoying part is that I did not ask for any changes to be made in those systems and I was sitting there the whole time if the dealer wanted to ask me. He never said anything about it. He did volunteer that he performed a factory software update of some sort, but as per usual, I got almost no info.
While the fuel and temp bars are gone, (actually that's good) there are still labels saying "Fuel" or something similar where the bars used to be. Is that what shows when two external OEM gauges are on line? At this point, I just want the Low Fuel light to go off. I suppose the crude method would be to take the thing apart and snip the LED. That'll probably make the headlight stop working.
BTW: I also put in some "Ride-on" and I like it. Dealer doesn't. He says the CHP tried it for one day and took it out. The explanation made no sense. I'm leaving it in.
Anybody got a guess what the dealer did to mess up my system? Can BUDS be told to turn off the fuel and temp bars? Perhaps the dealer did that without saying anything. I have a shop manual but it has nothing about BUDS. The REALLY annoying part is that I did not ask for any changes to be made in those systems and I was sitting there the whole time if the dealer wanted to ask me. He never said anything about it. He did volunteer that he performed a factory software update of some sort, but as per usual, I got almost no info.
While the fuel and temp bars are gone, (actually that's good) there are still labels saying "Fuel" or something similar where the bars used to be. Is that what shows when two external OEM gauges are on line? At this point, I just want the Low Fuel light to go off. I suppose the crude method would be to take the thing apart and snip the LED. That'll probably make the headlight stop working.
BTW: I also put in some "Ride-on" and I like it. Dealer doesn't. He says the CHP tried it for one day and took it out. The explanation made no sense. I'm leaving it in.
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