corndog
New Member
Hello my friends. I drop you a note from the Arctic Circle Finland!
I got my Bulldog -07 and immediately had a problem. I changed the stock pipes into Big Radius 2-1, fired it up and everything looked just fine. I switch off the bike and admired the result. Then I wanted to hear some more of that great sound and tried to start the bike, the ENGINE CHECK / MALFUNCTION-light came up and didn’t go out even though I pushed the RUN-button…starter didn’t make a sound…nothing! Pissed is not the right word, I was scared! You see I am a “mec-retard” i.e. all my fingers are thumbs - I can admit that! What to do next because in our country (5,5 million people) we have only 8 registered Big Dogs and none of them are EFI.
I started to surf on the internet and found this awesome website. I registered and tried to figure it out how to proceed. Here are members who know a lot and are willing to share their “wisdom”…sweet! I contact to Neil (nomad2today) because he had also -07 Bulldog and he kindly, patiently and very meticulously (with pics!) guided me how to fix this problem. I install the Pro Tune II and bought suitable pc-cable and then reset all the error codes - after Neil had showed me how the EFI- box looks like and where the port is - bang fired it up! I think that the bike was on AIR RIDE MODE…or something like that. I don’t know which makes me happier, that the bike started or I fixed it by myself (with Neil’s kind help of course).
Neil, once again I want to thank you in public and highly appreciate your help. I also want to thank people who invent this great forum.
I wish all the best to you good people and continue waiting my riding season which is about to start in few weeks. I need to stay focus otherwise it could pass by - it’s quite short
I got my Bulldog -07 and immediately had a problem. I changed the stock pipes into Big Radius 2-1, fired it up and everything looked just fine. I switch off the bike and admired the result. Then I wanted to hear some more of that great sound and tried to start the bike, the ENGINE CHECK / MALFUNCTION-light came up and didn’t go out even though I pushed the RUN-button…starter didn’t make a sound…nothing! Pissed is not the right word, I was scared! You see I am a “mec-retard” i.e. all my fingers are thumbs - I can admit that! What to do next because in our country (5,5 million people) we have only 8 registered Big Dogs and none of them are EFI.
I started to surf on the internet and found this awesome website. I registered and tried to figure it out how to proceed. Here are members who know a lot and are willing to share their “wisdom”…sweet! I contact to Neil (nomad2today) because he had also -07 Bulldog and he kindly, patiently and very meticulously (with pics!) guided me how to fix this problem. I install the Pro Tune II and bought suitable pc-cable and then reset all the error codes - after Neil had showed me how the EFI- box looks like and where the port is - bang fired it up! I think that the bike was on AIR RIDE MODE…or something like that. I don’t know which makes me happier, that the bike started or I fixed it by myself (with Neil’s kind help of course).
Neil, once again I want to thank you in public and highly appreciate your help. I also want to thank people who invent this great forum.
I wish all the best to you good people and continue waiting my riding season which is about to start in few weeks. I need to stay focus otherwise it could pass by - it’s quite short
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