I have a 2008 Street Glide with the electronic throttle.When I left the dealer it ran fine untill we stopped to eat. When I started it up the idle went up to 2000 RPM. It dropped back to 1500 RPM, it should idle at 1000 to 1100 RPM. It ran that way the rest of the day. The next time I rode it idled just fine. It has done this several more times and now has about 600 miles on it. This happens every 3rd or 4th time I go to start it up. I have had it to the dealer 3 times for this. They say that they cant find anything wrong with it. The last time they had it for 2 weeks. Has this happened to anyone else? The dealer says mabe it will quit on its own. This dosen't make sense to me. Any input would be helpfull.
2008 Electronic Throttle
- Thread starter qman
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Tell them you want a factory rep to look at the bike or else you want it replaced that you feel it is a safety issue.
Only have 200 miles on my 2008 SG but it hasn't happened to me ever. I agree - dealer's response is total BS!
daharleyrdr
New Member
Freeman
I checked it out on pg 140 the OM says "an optional dealer enabled calibration is available, see your dealer for details" so did you have the dealer do it or did youu? thanks Bill
I checked it out on pg 140 the OM says "an optional dealer enabled calibration is available, see your dealer for details" so did you have the dealer do it or did youu? thanks Bill
The manual I have says nothing about optional dealer enabled calibration. It just explains what EITMS is and list the 4 steps to enable/disable the function.
1. Turn the ignition switch to the on position (do not start the motorcycle).
2. Push the throttle to roll-off position and hold.
3. See figure 7. after approximately 3 seconds, the cruise indicator lamp will either flash greem (EITMS enabled) or red (EITMS disabled).
4. Repeat the procedure as needed to enable or disable.
1. Turn the ignition switch to the on position (do not start the motorcycle).
2. Push the throttle to roll-off position and hold.
3. See figure 7. after approximately 3 seconds, the cruise indicator lamp will either flash greem (EITMS enabled) or red (EITMS disabled).
4. Repeat the procedure as needed to enable or disable.
ultraspark
New Member
I had the same issue "after" the 1K scheduled maintenance on 08 Ultra. When I cranked it to leave dealer, it burst idled to 2500...then down to 2000 rpm. The fellas told me it was "cold" and could shift by rolling "full off" on throttle to bring engine down to 1000. The next morning to take it back to the shop, it did the same thing...2500 rpm...air temp was 54F. The tech plugged it into the diag system, cranked it and it ran at 1000rpm. I thought I saw him roll full off on the throttle for a few...before cranking it. He might've reset the EITMS, but don't know for sure. It's idling fine ever since. I've enabled EITMS with no change in idle rpm...so far. The Harley techs are stratching their heads and are supposed to elevate to Harley electonics engineers. I'm not holding my breath...
Vibratinharley
Junior Member
On the earlier 08 bikes I think before November 07, The Computer heat management system had to be done via a download from dealership, the later 08's can be done by the user following the procedure in manual.