V7III Check Engine Light

[Siamese]

2018 V7III, check engine light just came on at about 1350 miles.  Grrrrr.   

Nearest dealer is an hour away.  I'll have to rent a trailer.  Boo hoo, right? 

Okay, so this is going to be a bit newbie-ish.  I sure would like to know in advance why the light is on.  Is it possible for me to find out what the code is without going to the dealer?  Connect phone...computer... cables?  Arrgh.   

[Kiwi_Roy]

My new V7iii check engine light comes on from time to time, it will stay on for a while then next time I go for a ride its out.
I have learnt to ignore it, its only a low priority warning.

I occasionally get the ABS light on also, a stop and restart always clears that.

[Bigboy3000lbs]

Rent a trailer? An hour? In Texas that's called down the street

Also mine comes on a lot and its always for the o2 sensor and clears after riding it a few

[Rich A]

The light on my '16 V7 Special came on twice in the first thousand miles or so. I hooked up the bike to Guzzidiag, hasn't come on again.

Rich

[Kiwi_Roy]

To put it in perspective mine probably came on 4 times in 7,000 km (4,300 miles)

Don't worry about it, ride it to the dealer if you must.

Start thinking about the first service, if the dealer wants to check the tappets he will want it over-night to cool down, that's why I decided to do my own, too hard to drop it off.
Of course if you have never done tappets you might be better off to let them do it.
I purchased the supplies off him, they were quite happy about that.
Kev M will back me up there.

[Siamese]

So, what I'm hearing is, it's not an indicator of impending catastrophic engine failure.  That's always good to know.  I suppose the oil indicator light with the "!" would be a greater concern.  FWIW, I checked the oil and it's fine.  It starts and idles fine, but I didn't take it down the road.   

Looks like I'm going riding tomorrow, then.  And, not to the dealer. 

Thanks.