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Offline Coomers

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Windshield lowers intermittently
« on: April 28, 2021, 06:45:41 AM »
Good day,
I was ridding my 18 Conny yesterday when for no reason the windshield lowered itself. When I hit the switch to move it back up it would go but as soon as I released the switch it would lower itself again to the lowest position. I could sometimes stop the shield from lowering if I pushed the switch to raise the shield a few times.
I restarted the bike a couple times before the gremlin went away and didn't come back for the rest of the ride.
Any ideas on what may be causing this?
Thanks,
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Offline Rubber_Snake

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Re: Windshield lowers intermittently
« Reply #1 on: April 28, 2021, 08:00:16 AM »
Quote from: Coomers on April 28, 2021, 06:45:41 AM
Good day,
I was ridding my 18 Conny yesterday when for no reason the windshield lowered itself. When I hit the switch to move it back up it would go but as soon as I released the switch it would lower itself again to the lowest position. I could sometimes stop the shield from lowering if I pushed the switch to raise the shield a few times.
I restarted the bike a couple times before the gremlin went away and didn't come back for the rest of the ride.
Any ideas on what may be causing this?
Thanks,
I think most obvious cause would be a bad/dirty switch and easiest to rule out.  I don’t think the 2 Gen bikes have an auto-down feature.  Did you recently wash the bike and possibly get some water in the switch housing?  It isn’t too tough to take it apart and inspect.
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Re: Windshield lowers intermittently
« Reply #2 on: April 28, 2021, 03:58:29 PM »
Quote from: Rubber_Snake on April 28, 2021, 08:00:16 AM
I think most obvious cause would be a bad/dirty switch and easiest to rule out.

That would be my thought too.

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  I don’t think the 2 Gen bikes have an auto-down feature.

I think you meant to type Gen 1.  Anyway, I think the gen 1 has auto-down on ignition turn off.  But it doesn't have memory, like gen2 does, for auto-up on ignition on (which I have never used).
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Re: Windshield lowers intermittently
« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2021, 12:58:55 AM »
Gen1 has auto nothing. The screen stays where you put it until you choose to move it elsewhere.
Gen2 and later has the auto-down/auto-up/position memory thingy.
As others have said, water in the switch is usually the culprit, especially if you use a jetwash.
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Re: Windshield lowers intermittently
« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2021, 08:11:45 AM »
I guess I'll take a look at the switch, I was kinda hopping it was just one of those electrical gremlins that appear on Conny's occasionally.
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