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does the 'service' word on the instrument cluster always come on after you have disconnected and reconnected the battery?

i installed my warm n' safe heat-troller direct to the battery today and in doing so disconnected the battery for a few moments and now the word 'service' is showing up.

i know i can't get rid of it myself, unless anyone near pasadena, ca has a gs-911. i just wanted confirmation that it always shows up if you disconnect the battery. seems odd.

wes

Well, all I can say is that I have disconnected the battery a few times, installed a battery tender port, charged it, and never had any warning lights come on.

Hi Crazy

the service light has always come up when I've disconected the battery. Annoying at first but after a while I don't notice it there.

Regards Mick

hjsbmw wrote:Well, all I can say is that I have disconnected the battery a few times, installed a battery tender port, charged it, and never had any warning lights come on.

Mine has not come on either. I have disconnected the battery more than a few times.

Mark

Just took battery out last week, charged batt. with tender, installed it yesterday, no " service" lite here.

hjsbmw wrote:Well, all I can say is that I have disconnected the battery a few times, installed a battery tender port, charged it, and never had any warning lights come on.

Mine either. I have disconnected battery to wire in GPS direct to battery and did not experience any "service" or other warning lights. Since getting a service light has happened to more than one of us it would be interesting if anyone knows what causes it.

mickyt wrote:Annoying at first but after a while I don't notice it there.

Mick, that would drive me nuts

that is weird. it's not a 'light' per se, it's the word 'service' on the LCD section to the right between the clock and the odometer.

my bike is an 08. perhaps there was a difference in model years. i should try disconnecting it for longer and see what happens, since it was only a couple of seconds that i had it disconnected.

wes

The '07 bikes were lucky enough not to have that "feature"..

crazyhorse wrote:my bike is an 08. perhaps there was a difference in model years. i should try disconnecting it for longer and see what happens, since it was only a couple of seconds that i had it disconnected.

Yep, my '08 had the service indicator come on after battery disconnect too.

I wonder if we can get this cool new feature added on to our older, woefully out of date motorcycles?

Mark

Well, it may not be the manufacture date that's at fault, mine is an '09 (and a lovely shade of blue, I might add) and has exhibited no such behaviour after several battery disconnects...

Next theory : rampant over-farkelization leading to canbus confusion.

I have 100% of my electric farkels hooked non can't -bus. Installing a Cen-Tech under seat fuse box (directly connected to the battery) was one of the first things I did for my bike.

Mark