My buddy has a 2002 Heritage and one day the bike wouldn't start so he bought a new battery. After installing the battery the bike still wouldn't start.

When you turn on the ignition everything powers up like normal.

Hit the start button and the relay clicks a few times and the bike goes dead. Turn the ign off and back on and you have power again.

I changed the relay and still same problem.

Cables look good and so do all the grounds.

Before I yank the starter out can I test it on the bike? Is there something else it could be?

Thanks Brett

 

I was kinda having similar problems on my 07 deluxe, where it would have a hard time cranking over when hitting the start button. Sometimes I would have to try several times before it started. But then I started trying something I learned here on the forum. I hit the start button almost IMMEDIATELY after I turn the ignition on and it starts up right away. No more problems...

 

This bike doesn't even try to turn over. Just a click in the relay then the bike goes dead.

 

Damn, if a new battery didn't help that out, then I don't know what to tell you.

Hopefully one of these old timers with more knowledge than me will be able to help you out.

 

I got it started.

Just in case anyone else has the same problem I did I'll share what I found since I didn't get much response maybe my problem isn't common.

I took the ground wire completely off the bike and found the heat shrink on the end was tore through and the ground wire was rubbing the frame. Fixed that.

Then I took some needle nose pliers and wiggled the green wire on the solenoid. I tried to get it off but it's real tight under the oil tank.

Then I hit the start button and it fired right up.

Not sure what I did but I'm still going to try and get that connector off the starter so I can check it for corrosion.