Girly Check Engine Light

[sooner02r1]

First off I searched for similar questions but found none, so here goes:

My 06 Girly recently had the Check Engine light come on.  It came on when the bike had been sitting for a few weeks and the battery was barely strong enough to start it.  I have ridden the bike quite a bit and the battery seems much better charged now but the light stays on.  Do you think this is battery related, or should I be worried about another sensor somewhere causing this?  And if so is there a common sensor known to go bad on these, like an o2 or something??

Thanks a lot

[Mustang]

it will reset after 3 normal engine cycles
IE go for a ride get to operating temp return home . do it three times and it should reset  the light .

[JetdocX]

If you have ridden it three times or more since and the light is still on, you have a hard fault stored in your engine management system.  There are off the shelf codereaders for your bike, but it might be just as easy to let the dealer read them for you.

[sooner02r1]

Great.  Thanks guys.  It's only been run twice since then so I'll ride it tomorrow and see what happens.

[flux]

I had to bump start my Girly a few months ago and had the same issue.  They are right, after 3 heat cycles it shut off.   8)

[sooner02r1]

Just did the 3rd heat cycle today and it went off.  Thanks a lot guys.

[FrostedFlake]

One more question on this subject - should the bike run normally while going through the heat cycles if the cause of the code was just a drained battery?  I accidentlally let mine run down, charged it up, took off for a ride and it started stuttering like it a fuel problem.  Took it back home and let it cool completely, went back out and again, same thing.  Actually died at a couple of red lights.  Back home, did a couple of cycles in the garage, more sputtering.  Sounds to me like something is up besides a dead battery.  Maybe some bad gas?  Am I in the "limp mode"?  Oh, I'm 350 miles from the nearest dealer!

[HockleyBoy]

I flattened the battery a while back and had to go through the three cycles to get the EML to go out but the bike ran fine during that time, it didn't go into limp home mode, I did a 900 mile ride on the first restart with no problems. Your problem could be the gas.

[FrostedFlake]

Yep, it seems bad gas was the culprit.  I had a bottle of Stabil in the garage and thought I'd try that before draining the tank.  Went out for my third heat cycle and within a few miles everything was good.  I'm guessing I had some water and the drying agent in the Stabil took care of it.  Life is good.  Oh, and the light went off like it should.

[Stretch]

I love happy endings.

[Bixxer Bob]

I love happy endings.

Just an old softie eh???

[FrostedFlake]

Happy indeed!   :)  I'm supposed to head down to Big Bend on Friday, would have hated to miss that!

[flux]

I love happy endings.

Me too.  She love me long time.   8)