Well, then I am wrong....
I will ask one thing tho, when you installed the new unit, and it registered zero, what occured when you rode it a few miles? Did it correct itself to show the additional miles?
Just curious. Id also be curious to plug in a KDS3 to the bike after say, 10 miles on the new gages, and see what was stored in the data file onboard...
The Kawasaki dealer did the change. When I got the bike back it had less than 1 km on it. It has continued from there, never did it add the previous mileage. When I put the original back in (temporarily for pictures) it showed the miles (or km) before the swap. There is possibly a store in the ECU but it is never referenced by the cluster. Maybe the KDS3 can see it, I don't know.
It certainly seems like a good way one could commit fraud by swapping in a new display on a bike with high mileage and then trying to sell it that way. I would have thought they would perhaps have been more sophisticated- like storing the mileage in both the ECU and display unit and then having the computer set everything to whatever is higher. Of course that could have bad outcomes too, if someone was legitimately swapping parts from other bikes just for testing. Maybe the factory has a super-secret way to reset or set it manually... but I doubt that kind of functionality would ever be put in KDS3 because it would be hacked pretty quickly by someone for shady purposes.
Well, then I am wrong....
I will ask one thing tho, when you installed the new unit, and it registered zero, what occured when you rode it a few miles? Did it correct itself to show the additional miles?
Just curious. Id also be curious to plug in a KDS3 to the bike after say, 10 miles on the new gages, and see what was stored in the data file onboard...
My display fades when the sun shines on it for too long but it's the entire display, not just some of the digits.I had the exact same thing happen to me on my last ride. Sun was right on the display while we ate breakfast, started up and what characters you could see were very faint. Started riding and everything came back within about 5-10 min.
I had the exact same thing happen to me on my last ride. Sun was right on the display while we ate breakfast, started up and what characters you could see were very faint. Started riding and everything came back within about 5-10 min.
Been happening to me since new on my 2010. I always put something over the display when parked in the sun. I keep a white paper plate in a side case for this purpose.
I had the exact same thing happen to me on my last ride. Sun was right on the display while we ate breakfast, started up and what characters you could see were very faint. Started riding and everything came back within about 5-10 min.
Hey! You'll be back to a brand new zero-mile bike! (maybe)
Hey everyone, I dropped my bike off at the dealer last Saturday morning and I was given an update today. They said the issue was submitted to Kawasaki along with the pictures and they are waiting for them to respond. They said they checked the connections, battery and all cables but they all looked good. On my way to the dealer on Saturday morning one letter on the dash freaked out a little but then corrected itself. Once I have more info I will post it.
I just heard back from the dealer who said that Kawasaki contacted them and told them to replace the display unit!! The service writer indicated he only told that the dash is "faulty" and needs to be replaced. He said they ordered the new one this afternoon and it should be here by the end of the week or first part of next week. I asked if that is all that Kawasaki them and he said yes. So, new display on the way.
So they kept/keeping your bike while they waited to hear back from mama Kaw and while they wait for the part to come in? How long all together, two weeks?
Yeah, that sucks. I would insist on having the bike back, if it were me.