temp light flicker

[slider]

temp light will sometimes  come on and stay for a few seconds,antifreeze  is good,speed doesent seem to be a factor.it has been close to 100 here almost every day,with heat index 110  to 105.....is temp sender going bad  or  is there something else going on///thanks

[3fan4life]

The only time that I've had a temp light come on was when the water pump went bad.

But it was also making a noise and it started to drip a little antifreeze.

[Bagger John - #3785]

What year and model bike?

[Punisher]

Depending on the model year it could be this:

http://www.valkyrieforum.com/bbs/index.php/topic,78286.0.html

You can find these temp indicator units on Pinwall's Ebay site.   If you look through the different ones that Pinwall puts up sometimes you can get all the relays and such from under the left side cover for the same price, not expensive at all.    Don't just look for Temp Indicator, look for relays.    A lot of times they don't list the proper name for it and just pull everything from that location and throw it all in a plastic bag listed as relays on the buy-it-now.   You will see from the pic that it is the relays and the indicator unit in one bundle.

Simple plug and play.   Just remove the coolant overflow tank under the left side cover and you will see all the relays and that temp indicator.

[hubcapsc]

Simple plug and play.   Just remove the coolant overflow tank

If that thing wasn't flexible plastic it'd be harder to take off than
an alternator or starter 

-Mike

[SPOFF]

My 97 Valk did this about 5 years ago and scared the crap out of me. Once I did the research and determined it was harmless the light never flickered again. My understanding is that unless you want to use salvaged parts (which will also fail) this "problem" can't be fixed.