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This weekend I removed the stock chain and let it soak in the parts cleaner overnight. After the soaking I cleaned it thoroughly with a brass brush, let it drain, installed it, ran it down the road to fling the fluid off. I finished the cleaning process with fresh chain wax lube. Much quieter...

I'm not the first to mention this on the forum (can't seem to find the person or the post in a quick search), but I took the rear brake lever off and cleaned out the thick white pasty grease installed at the factory and used a Maxima water proof grease for the reassembly. The factory stuff...

Riding at the state forests we end up stopping at the end of the trails to wait for the group to catch up. We always shut the bikes off to keep the noise down. We'll be back at Pachaug this Sunday morning for another ride. I'll keep the key on this time and see if the range increases. In an...

Fantastic! Just wait till they get older and faster than you...... ask me how I know......

BMS -- Battery Management System CAC -- Calculated Amp-hour Capacity BCU -- Battery Control Unit (confirmation needed) POS -- Positive

Interesting. I must have shut my bike off 10 times during my last 40 mile ride. I wonder if your theory would have resulted in a longer ride. I'll test your theory out next weekend.

We should start keeping track of the error codes and what they mean. Code 007 - Battery isolation -- Reference: Code 007 isolation Code 32 - Service Required -- Reference: Error: Service Required Neg Weld Code 33 - Service Soon -- Reference: Warnings on dashboard on new MXR Code 34 - Service...

LOL! We all survived it. What could anyone do? The dealer doesn't have the experience (how could they?), Alta couldn't figure it out, so they eventually they tossed parts at it until it worked. I hope Alta gets all the parts back, pinpoints the problem, and then can add code or change...

Agreed. Normal. I put a couple hundred miles on a SM while my MX was getting fixed. The MX has more noise due to the tires, but the SM is smooth and quiet so you notice sounds more. You hear so much more without an ICE running. I thought I had a flat a couple of times, the noise the tire...

Final update! I'm considering this issue done and over with. The pump is working as it's supposed to. Ultimately I don't know what the cause of the problem was, but it must have been the pump, ACM, or the wiring as all of them were changed. It took a good ride to purge the air trapped in...

Hahaha, well, it was hotter than normal for CT and I am out of shape............

Tonight the display issue is gone. I wonder if the issue was the nearly dead battery, or from sitting in the sun for a while in temps in the high 90s.

Good point but it does happen. I just finished rebuilding a 8kw Westerbeke that had a stator failure due to a short. The protective coating will crack due to age, then it gets corrosion from moisture, then it shorts out. The older generators are definitely better quality.

I was riding with a buddy yesterday and charging the Alta came up. He recently purchased a Honda generator and mentioned that in his research he thought that Honda was one of the only companies that use copper winding in the heads. The cheaper gennys are using aluminum windings which certainly...

No leaks that I have seen. It's clear the system is hard to purge. Seems the bike needs a good ride to help with the bleeding process. After adding the last 100ml the pump got quiet as it should.

Ah, another trip to the dealer. I wore out my welcome there with the water pump issue. Oh well, what's another two weeks?

Today I got 39 miles in at the state forest. It was hot, 99 degrees. The bikes sat in the sun while we packed up and load them. After getting home I noticed the display was very dim, hard to see actually, and the lower left quadrant stays on. The quadrant stays on for about 45 seconds after...

Today my buddy and I got 39 miles in at Pachaug State Forest in CT. I tried bleeding the coolant system before riding it, and I was able to get 100ml in it, but half way through the ride the pump was running dry and was making a buzzing sound. Back at the truck I added another 100ml and the...

That's a pretty good discount and reduction of the delivery fee! Was this on a 2017 or a new 2018?