Kawasaki Concours Forum
The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: gnuse on June 25, 2013, 01:54:03 PM
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This is not about the battery, but a low tire pressure message. I didn't find an answer in the manual so I thought I might find an answer here.
If my tire is below, I think 33#, the low pressure warning flashes. I can't find a way to access any other information on the panel, so can I acknowledge it and continue with the other information I might want?
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The answer is in the manual, but to save you some time the way to reset any alarm indication is:
1 - press and hold the top button on the instrument cluster
2 - press and release the lower button
3 - release the top button
You will have to do this every time you restart the bike or just remedy the alarm condition.
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I didn't find an answer in the manual
Page 59
A. Warning Indicator Light
NOTE
When pushing the lower button with the upper button held in while the warning message and warning symbol without the warning light are displayed alternately in the multifunction meter, the display in the multifunction meter is shifted to the previous display and warning indicator light goes
on for noticing the warning message leaves.
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That's great engrish right there!
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That's great engrish right there!
Hey- never said it made any sense or it was easy to read... but it is in there. In fact, that is just one of three places in the manual with essentially the same info about it.
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Page 59
A. Warning Indicator Light
NOTE
When pushing the lower button with the upper button held in while the warning message and warning symbol without the warning light are displayed alternately in the multifunction meter, the display in the multifunction meter is shifted to the previous display and warning indicator light goes
on for noticing the warning message leaves.
That is to be information for to be useful of accuracy for all not knowing of which the question stated.
Right?
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That is to be information for to be useful of accuracy for all not knowing of which the question stated.
Right?
That would be yes as to question asking that did they.
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uh...
I might be a bit stupid...
but.........
put some air in the tire.........? ???
and the light should go away.
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uh...
I might be a bit stupid...
but.........
put some air in the tire.........? ???
and the light should go away.
:)
But you are not SAYING it correctly....
"I might to be stupid a bit but some air the tire and light will away"
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Thanks for the help.
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Given the choice between [less than perfect English] and perfect Japanese, which one would you want? Yep, thought so....
The manual has a few outright errors, and overall is a odd but amusing translation but really, we can glean the meaning off the pages. And have a chuckle or two along the way so what could be better?
Chinese road sign: 'Go soothingly in the grease- mud for therein lies the skid demon'. I think that means the road is slippery ahead but their way does have a certain elegance and silliness about it.
Brian
That's great engrish right there!
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Given the choice between [less than perfect English] and perfect Japanese, which one would you want? Yep, thought so....
The manual has a few outright errors, and overall is a odd but amusing translation but really, we can glean the meaning off the pages. And have a chuckle or two along the way so what could be better?
Chinese road sign: 'Go soothingly in the grease- mud for therein lies the skid demon'. I think that means the road is slippery ahead but their way does have a certain elegance and silliness about it.
Brian
ウィリスについて何を話している？
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ويليس يتحدث عن كيفية استخدام مترجم جوجل كونراد.
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Chinese road sign: 'Go soothingly in the grease- mud for therein lies the skid demon'. I think that means the road is slippery ahead but their way does have a certain elegance and silliness about it.
Brian
I've always suspected (now confirmed) that there are demons and gremlins afoot when it comes to accidents.
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I thought that was some chinese sex move.
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The manual has a few outright errors, and overall is a odd but amusing translation but really, we can glean the meaning off the pages.
Actually, there are times I really don't know what they are trying to say. And although amusing, at times, it can be rather frustrating and slow to read. I do wish they would have paid someone to do a PROPER translation. There is no excuse for this from a major company like Kawasaki and in this century.
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ويليس يتحدث عن كيفية استخدام مترجم جوجل كونراد.
(http://www.emofaces.com/en/smilies/a/arab-smile.gif)
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I thought that was some chinese sex move.
where ! where !!!????
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I thought that was some chinese sex move.
Not that there is anything wrong with that...
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Actually, there are times I really don't know what they are trying to say. And although amusing, at times, it can be rather frustrating and slow to read. I do wish they would have paid someone to do a PROPER translation. There is no excuse for this from a major company like Kawasaki and in this century.
I have to agree with this. This manual is worse than any I have had. Honda manuals were always top notch, and my 1986 Kawasaki ZX1000R manual was much better than the one that came with the Concours. Something went awry with their manual translating efforts. I wonder if they tried to automate the process rather than use human translators.
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I have to agree with this. This manual is worse than any I have had. Honda manuals were always top notch, and my 1986 Kawasaki ZX1000R manual was much better than the one that came with the Concours. Something went awry with their manual translating efforts. I wonder if they tried to automate the process rather than use human translators.
Didn't someone discover that the newer manuals ('12+) have a better translation? I'm too busy (ie "lazy) to go find it in the forum.
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Didn't someone discover that the newer manuals ('12+) have a better translation? I'm too busy (ie "lazy) to go find it in the forum.
That was me. I discovered they fixed a few of the more infamous errors. However, once I started digging into it again, it turned out to be largely unchanged. The quote I made, above, was from the 2013 manual.
I mean, really, although some sections are muddy and would need clarification, I could "fix" the rest of the entire manual in probably just a day or two, it is not like it would cost them that much.
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@$200 a pop that would be expensive toilet paper. Not to mention liability for paper cuts......
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Of course they could have done better. I even have a pretty good idea why they did not but would not voice that thought. Back to the point though, I do not think it is that bad and I have not been thrown yet, that I know of, in taking the information away from the manual. I also freely admit to using it much more as a general guide than an exact document and feel free to violate whatever it might specify when I disagree with it.
But again, overall, I think the C-14 is a great bike and is a pleasure to own. If I have to take a bit of pain, and all of us always do have to take <some> amount of pain, better it is in the poor language skills used in the writing of the manual rather than the poor assembly skills of the handbar installers. :yikes:
I think we would all like utter perfection. I personally am happy with the nearest thing to it, which is day- to- day life.
Brian
Actually, there are times I really don't know what they are trying to say. And although amusing, at times, it can be rather frustrating and slow to read. I do wish they would have paid someone to do a PROPER translation. There is no excuse for this from a major company like Kawasaki and in this century.