I have 2000 Heritage that is carburated. The bike is totally stock with 6000 miles on it.

I went to start it and only got the clicking, not turning over at all. First thing I did was tightened the battery posts, this seemed to work after push starting it.

Next day bike was dead again. So bought new battery, charged it to 12.5 volts and installed it. Started bike right off. Shut it off and it started again. Shut it off and it was dead again???

Let bike sit for a couple hours, buddy comes over to take a look at it. Starts right up again! He throws a meter on the battery terminals, bike is not charging at an idle. Crack the throttle a couple times to get the rpms up and starts charging. Let it idle again and still charging. Crack the throttle again and quits charging and battery falls to 10 volts.

Anyone know where I should look from here??? I have thought I should check the conections on the starter, but not sure what I have to do to get to the starter terminals???

Thanks!

Jim

 

I would look at your voltage regulator and then your stator. Check all of your charging system connections first. You could have a loose connection causing the intermittent charging. Check your grounding strap as well.

 

She is on the road again! It was the voltage regulator.

Thanks!