Unedited: Adding a second relay to fix the dreaded click
#111
Sounds like mine.
If I leave her overnight, 19/20 times I have to hit the button on the solenoid and make her turn over a couple times. After that the starter switch works fine.
I have not determined the exact length of time I have to leave her 'resting' before she won't fire up with the start button. But overnight seems to be the key...
oh, and BTW.... SWEET ride !!!
If I leave her overnight, 19/20 times I have to hit the button on the solenoid and make her turn over a couple times. After that the starter switch works fine.
I have not determined the exact length of time I have to leave her 'resting' before she won't fire up with the start button. But overnight seems to be the key...
oh, and BTW.... SWEET ride !!!
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#113
I also installed a hi-output headlight about the time it started to this. (2 years ago)
Should check it next time I fire up.
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I think your problem is in one of those two things.
Usually when something on my bike quits it is because of something I fixed.
#115
not just on my bike, unfortunately.
I redid the splice last year(orange power wire, if I remember correctly)
As I mentioned, once I turn it over she will aways start up from the switch.
Almost as if she has to shake the cobwebs out.
The starter button on the solenoid has kept me in the game.
This winter I will do the relay fix and see what happens.
#116
I would almost have to say dirty start button contacts or weak battery, possibly poor connection on one of the battery connections, either at the battery or at the other end of the battery cables. Check/clean all connections and the start button and also as suggested above, check the battery voltage after it has sat overnight before you go to start it.
#117
Sounds like mine.
If I leave her overnight, 19/20 times I have to hit the button on the solenoid and make her turn over a couple times. After that the starter switch works fine.
I have not determined the exact length of time I have to leave her 'resting' before she won't fire up with the start button. But overnight seems to be the key...
oh, and BTW.... SWEET ride !!!
If I leave her overnight, 19/20 times I have to hit the button on the solenoid and make her turn over a couple times. After that the starter switch works fine.
I have not determined the exact length of time I have to leave her 'resting' before she won't fire up with the start button. But overnight seems to be the key...
oh, and BTW.... SWEET ride !!!
Mike
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#119
I would almost have to say dirty start button contacts or weak battery, possibly poor connection on one of the battery connections, either at the battery or at the other end of the battery cables. Check/clean all connections and the start button and also as suggested above, check the battery voltage after it has sat overnight before you go to start it.
Battery was new last year, and still did it.
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Harley uses connectors that depend on two spikes to penetrate the wire jacket to make connection. It is my theory that after time corrosion builds up between the spikes and the wire and that is where all our problems come from.