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Limp home mode

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I have recently hear of a case where the owner of a new Guzzi (sorry don't know the model) claims his bike went into a limp home mode because one of the indicator bulbs failed.
Anyone ever heard of this?
Trouble is, he is using this story to work up opposition to the proposed new European Directive on bikes which insists they all have on board diagnostics.
 
Could you please supply me with a decent drawing of his tinfoil hat? You could also ask some pertinent questions abut the 'Little Green Men' in his bathroom cupboard!

No. If a bulb fails the dash is kind enough to tell you, (In an irritating, nanny-state sort of way!) but it doesn't effect the performace of the bike in any way. The only sort of people who are *AGAINST* OBD technology are fruit-loops. Almost as bad as those who are proposing satelite conrolled speed devices, but that's another matter.

Pete (Who's pissed off because he picked up a 3 pointer today!!! In the bloody VAN!!!!!)
 
Hope this will put a smile on your face. :)
Sorry could'nt resist .... stronger than me!
 

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pete roper said:
The only sort of people who are *AGAINST* OBD technology are fruit-loops. Almost as bad as those who are proposing satelite conrolled speed devices, but that's another matter.
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It appears that there are many who think OBD includes satellite speed control. They seem not to be able to understand the word Diagnostic.
Anyway, thanks Pete, you confirmed what I thought. The guy who came up with this is on the MAG general council here in the UK. Bit worrying really.
 
I agree there is no need to get paranoid about these things without good reason, but its a damned good idea to be kept up to date with whatever the Eurocrats are planning to compel us to do.

We need people like MAG / BMF to help lobby those who make the decisions, and try to make sure we dont eventually end up riding bikes that are impossible to modify, and with two extra wheels to protect us from ourselves.

I would have thought that in these troubled times, the politicians should be concentrating their energies on fixing the important things in our lives, rather than proposing expensive waves of probably unnecessary legislation.
 
Things are simple:
We must all buy cars - motorcycles induce dangerous ideas of freedom to their users and must be withdrawn from the roads. (...talk about off topic...)
 
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