I bought the land shark(silverish 08 c14) from the second owner in pristine condition with 5700 miles in november, 2011. After recovering from malaria the guy gave me( flu) while coughing, I go out to play with my new toy, and theres this warning" tps battery low" stupidly blinking on the display like i missed it the first 3000 times it's blinked at me already.
So I quickly waist the continental tires that r on it by shreading in the hill's, so I can fix the sensors( no warrenty) and mount my new Q-2 dunlop's.
The dealer says no warranty, and there 200 buck each, and both r bad now. I dismount ties( bike looks like a ship in drydock), take sensors apart, pry the spot welds off the batteries, go to batteries plus, buy 2 standard watch/camera batt's. and the guy there solder's them in place for me. Had to do this twice because u need good battery placement to re assemble it.
So b4 i go , I use meter to check batt. voltage, and they lost 50% of there charge from the solder heat. The guy didnt even charge me 4 second batt's. These in place, I install, mount tires, and "BAM", working tps sensors for like 10 bucks( 4.75 per batt, no labor charge-awesome)
They last 30 days and fail. ****. I cal;l dealer( good times kawasaki in sacramento). She say's( I think Laura) "I will call kawi and see if they will good faith warranty the tps's. since so many have failed so quickly and repeatedly". I think ya, right. Wonderwoman calls me a few days later, kawi will change um for "free", including r&r, mount/balance,etc. Can u say wow?
I drop the bike, they call me later, and BAM, working tps sensors this time for free. Shocker, yes?
A true story.