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Victory Empulse / "RELEASE START" problem!?
« on: February 26, 2017, 11:17:12 PM »
Hi,
I'm a proud new owner of a 2016 Empulse TT that I purchased from Arlen Ness Motorcycles in Dublin, CA, last Wednesday, February 22nd.
I live near Folsom Lake near Sacramento, CA, so I took a spirited ride around Folsom Lake on Friday and had a great time. This starts with about an 18 mile ride up to Auburn (800' higher), then an up/down ride around Folsom Lake for about 28 miles back home. I made the spirited 46 miles with an indicated 32% and 24 miles remaining.
I took another ride yesterday, Saturday, and stopped after about 8 miles at around 5:30pm at Folsom Lake at the Rattlesnake Bar Boat Launch, to look around and took a picture of the Empulse.
After a few minutes, I went to start the Empulse, and rather than seeing the normal
It just says "RELEASE START" instead, and of course I'm not pressing START, so I can't release it, and pressing it and releasing it, or just pressing it doesn't do anything, i.e I can't start the bike!?
I tried turning it off and on, but try as I might, I never got the "HOLD START FOR 1S" message again, only getting "RELEASE START", so I couldn't start the bike.
I called a tow truck, and through a comedy of errors, it took 3 hours for them to arrive, so there I sat in a cold dark state park parking lot with the Park Ranger wondering when I was going to leave since the park closes at 7pm.
Anyway, the tow truck shows up at 8:30pm (yeah!...I guess)...
I tried "starting" it again after I got home and still got the "RELEASE START" message.
I get up this morning, and lo' and behold, I get the normal "HOLD START FOR 1S" and the bike powers on no problem!
Has anyone experienced this problem with only seeing "RELEASE START" when powering on?
Thanks!
Jim M
I'm a proud new owner of a 2016 Empulse TT that I purchased from Arlen Ness Motorcycles in Dublin, CA, last Wednesday, February 22nd.
I live near Folsom Lake near Sacramento, CA, so I took a spirited ride around Folsom Lake on Friday and had a great time. This starts with about an 18 mile ride up to Auburn (800' higher), then an up/down ride around Folsom Lake for about 28 miles back home. I made the spirited 46 miles with an indicated 32% and 24 miles remaining.
I took another ride yesterday, Saturday, and stopped after about 8 miles at around 5:30pm at Folsom Lake at the Rattlesnake Bar Boat Launch, to look around and took a picture of the Empulse.
After a few minutes, I went to start the Empulse, and rather than seeing the normal
It just says "RELEASE START" instead, and of course I'm not pressing START, so I can't release it, and pressing it and releasing it, or just pressing it doesn't do anything, i.e I can't start the bike!?
I tried turning it off and on, but try as I might, I never got the "HOLD START FOR 1S" message again, only getting "RELEASE START", so I couldn't start the bike.
I called a tow truck, and through a comedy of errors, it took 3 hours for them to arrive, so there I sat in a cold dark state park parking lot with the Park Ranger wondering when I was going to leave since the park closes at 7pm.
Anyway, the tow truck shows up at 8:30pm (yeah!...I guess)...
I tried "starting" it again after I got home and still got the "RELEASE START" message.
I get up this morning, and lo' and behold, I get the normal "HOLD START FOR 1S" and the bike powers on no problem!
Has anyone experienced this problem with only seeing "RELEASE START" when powering on?
Thanks!
Jim M