The Official Roadking "Picture" Thread
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From: Toms River, NJ
RE: The Official Roadking Thread
W00T!
okay, i'll discuss this since im working on it. 03 king
in november, my speedo stopped working, out of the blue, coming home from the philla, abate toys for tots run
i only bought this bike in sept, and found out it had a salvage "flood" title, which was not disclosed to me by the s**mbag
who sold it to me (title was at bank, paid for bike, he mailed title)
long story short, i can sue the ball s off of this loser, but im gonna have to pay my lawyer about 5 grand to make him take the bike back. dont make sense inmy world. i am just eating the loss
still a great bike, but has a few probs.
first the speedo
naturally, i figured cuz this bike was in a flood, and the water did it in. well, i got to taking it down, bought the new speed sensor, and when i took the battery out, the 3 wire harness that goes to the sensor, was under the battery, crushed, bad enough that the red and white leads were shorting. i looked at the new sensor i got, and the lead harness is about 5 inches shorter! so, harley knew enough of this problem to make the replacements have a shorter harness, hence, keeping them from getting pinched.
long story short, if you have an 03, pull the battery out, and make sure there are no wires crushed under it
next prob, and im hoping for some help
i noticed this tonight when puting batt back in
i connected the pos lead, when connecting the neg, i get a load spark. im an electrician by trade, so i know this means something is drawing on the battery, when ign. is off. i dont have an inline ammeter, will have one tommorow, but, does anyone know if the brain or alarm or anything draws power when the ign. is off? battery goes dead if bike sits not running for more then a day, and i have to jump it, and its a bitch to start
i've read that the stock harley starter is undersized
im going over all of the connections tommorow, and will load test the starter
any help will be appreciated.
Rayn
okay, i'll discuss this since im working on it. 03 king
in november, my speedo stopped working, out of the blue, coming home from the philla, abate toys for tots run
i only bought this bike in sept, and found out it had a salvage "flood" title, which was not disclosed to me by the s**mbag
who sold it to me (title was at bank, paid for bike, he mailed title)
long story short, i can sue the ball s off of this loser, but im gonna have to pay my lawyer about 5 grand to make him take the bike back. dont make sense inmy world. i am just eating the loss
still a great bike, but has a few probs.
first the speedo
naturally, i figured cuz this bike was in a flood, and the water did it in. well, i got to taking it down, bought the new speed sensor, and when i took the battery out, the 3 wire harness that goes to the sensor, was under the battery, crushed, bad enough that the red and white leads were shorting. i looked at the new sensor i got, and the lead harness is about 5 inches shorter! so, harley knew enough of this problem to make the replacements have a shorter harness, hence, keeping them from getting pinched.
long story short, if you have an 03, pull the battery out, and make sure there are no wires crushed under it
next prob, and im hoping for some help
i noticed this tonight when puting batt back in
i connected the pos lead, when connecting the neg, i get a load spark. im an electrician by trade, so i know this means something is drawing on the battery, when ign. is off. i dont have an inline ammeter, will have one tommorow, but, does anyone know if the brain or alarm or anything draws power when the ign. is off? battery goes dead if bike sits not running for more then a day, and i have to jump it, and its a bitch to start
i've read that the stock harley starter is undersized
im going over all of the connections tommorow, and will load test the starter
any help will be appreciated.
Rayn
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From: St George, UT
RE: The Official Roadking Thread
Hope to talk to about my new Road King in 2 weeks, factory was to ship it on friday to dealer. With the motor mount problem, what is the problem and do you think my new one coming next week will still have this problem or have they corrected it yet
Thanks for any answers
Thanks for any answers
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