That’s the thing, the manual only states that the service indicator should be reset by an authorised Kawasaki dealer.Does the owner's manual mention what to do with this light?
Hi. Yep, it looks like that's the only way. Thanks for the message.It seems that Kawasaki and other Japanese motorcycle manufacturers are getting on the European motorcycle manufacturers bandwagon of preventing owners from accessing certain ECU functions.
My Aprilia has the same issue, however, fortunately its ECU is shared across a few different brands and models, and a very smart guy developed some software that allows complete access to all ECU functions.
From what I have read on other forums, this is not the case with Kawasaki, so as you have stated, it will require a dealer reset.
So I called a local Kawasaki dealer and they want £50 to clear the service indicator and they're too busy to do it until next week. I've spoken to the in independent dealer who serviced the bike and he's going to see if he can find a way to do it.I've seen hacks for resetting Ducati lights. Sure don't want to see this happen for Japanese bikes as it's just a bad (read greedy) thing to do to buyers.
Totally agree. They were trying to make it sound like it's a big procedure, when we all know it's just 5 minutes work. If I end up riding around for a while with the service light on until someone finds a cheap solution, so be it. I've got the receipts and the stamps in the service book to prove the bike's been regularly maintained.£50 to clear a service light - like 5 minutes work? Wow, that's extortionist. Hopefully your other dealer will have some luck.
