sawride
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I bought a new leftover 2014 NC700XD a couple months ago. Some may have seen my post from March 14th when I noticed after I got home the Combination Meter (instrument cluster) didn't have a parking brake or ABS light. It wasn't that they didn't work, they didn't exist. So I took it back to the dealer. I didn't get straight answer if the recall work had been done or not and they said they would order a new combination meter. It took me a few minutes to get back out to the bike and when I did the head mechanic was taking the windshield off and showed me a new combination meter they had for a DCT bike like mine. He installed it and everything worked so I asked him was this the original that they had swapped out for the wrong type and just put it back on the shelf. He got on the phone with Honda and rattled off a bunch of part numbers and eventually told me the bike was good and should not have any more problems. I kind of had the nagging feeling that when they did the recall work before I bought it they had put the non-DCT meter on and when I brought it back they just slapped the original back on but didn't have a way to be sure.
So today things got a little weird. The first thing was the low fuel indicator started flashing when the tripmeter said I had 121 miles on the tank. When I stopped the tripmeter said I had 141 miles and had used 2.5 gallons but it took 3.1. With the small tank I do try to be sure I fill it all the way but maybe I slacked off last time. I rode about 80 miles and took a break. A while after I got back on I flipped ovver to the tripmeter and was surprised to see it showed 9.something miles. I KNOW I reset it when I fueled up. I had also checked it during the previous 80 miles and I remember seeing 50 miles on the tripmeter. I stopped again a little later (at a covered bridge) and when I got back on I checked and the tripmeter had reset itself to 0 again. When I got home I made a point of turning it off while I opened the garage door and sure enough when I turned it back on the tripmeter reset to 0 again. The fuel consumption seems to stay at 2.5 gallons also.
Sorry this has been a bit long winded. I will take it back to the dealer but I'm curious if anyone has experienced these symptoms after the recall work was completed? Based on the search I did it sounds like what some were experiencing BEFORE the recall but I don't see any complaints AFTER the recall.
So today things got a little weird. The first thing was the low fuel indicator started flashing when the tripmeter said I had 121 miles on the tank. When I stopped the tripmeter said I had 141 miles and had used 2.5 gallons but it took 3.1. With the small tank I do try to be sure I fill it all the way but maybe I slacked off last time. I rode about 80 miles and took a break. A while after I got back on I flipped ovver to the tripmeter and was surprised to see it showed 9.something miles. I KNOW I reset it when I fueled up. I had also checked it during the previous 80 miles and I remember seeing 50 miles on the tripmeter. I stopped again a little later (at a covered bridge) and when I got back on I checked and the tripmeter had reset itself to 0 again. When I got home I made a point of turning it off while I opened the garage door and sure enough when I turned it back on the tripmeter reset to 0 again. The fuel consumption seems to stay at 2.5 gallons also.
Sorry this has been a bit long winded. I will take it back to the dealer but I'm curious if anyone has experienced these symptoms after the recall work was completed? Based on the search I did it sounds like what some were experiencing BEFORE the recall but I don't see any complaints AFTER the recall.