me young blokes got a 2010 street bob and just got a set of aftermarket pipes to bolt on but takin off the old stock system we found this cable that runs down to one pipe.so just disconnect this and go or what cheers BRUSH
The active exhaust valve is for emission requiremnents on Australian bikes. The other reason is so the exhaust sensors get to a tempreture that they operate so to send info to the ECM at start up , ie valve is in the closed postion. There is a thought that at start up when to disable the active exhust valve let the bike warm up for an extra couple of minutes so the exhaust sensors get the the required tempreture, so as correct info from exhaust sensors is being sent to the ECM.
There are a few ways to disable the Active Exhaust Sensor. ( In your case, you have new pipes with no Active Exhaust Sensor)
Disconnect the wire and cable tie this wire somewhere safe . The wire will still move back and forth about and inch from commands from the ecm. No error codes . ( Not great , but will work.)
Disconnect wire all the way back to the actuator . No error codes. ( Better , but the actuator will still turn on commands from the ecm )
Disconnect wire all the way back to the actuator. You then buy a Eliminator thinging, which tricks the ecm that the active exhaust valve is operating. No error codes. (Better, but will cost about $100).
Disconnect wire all the way back to the actuator. Go to dealer and they will disable the valve via their computer. No error codes. ( Better still, takes about 15 minutes)
As you have new pipes that dont have a valve attached this is probably your best bet as you dont want a cable that my get in the way with something down the track.
Good Luck.
thanks guys, young bloke had heard from someone that disconecting this cable stuffs up the little black box, so just wanted to check first, cheers BRUSH
if you leave the actuator there and just disconect the cable you will be fine but if your going to remove the actuator all togetheryou will need a bypass modual to stop the fault light comming up on the dash.
same with the air box if you change that toa heavey breather you will need a modual for that also they come as a pair, but then its rewcomended if you do both those mods to ad a tuner of your choice there are many out there like the thundermax and tts etc.
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hope this helps
here is a picture of my "cheap and nasty" fix
easier to explain what i did. this is not a harley but the principle is the same.
put a small spring at end of cable to trick the ecu that the flap was still working . i had to use a small cable clamp to get the tension correct with the spring that i used. you can see it in the picture .
this is by far the easist way to fix without tripping the error code on modern bikes.