everythings good on both ends of the tender, but the light isn't indicating charge. Is the tender itself broken? It WAS made in china (by HD :/)

 

Try hooking it up to your car battery and see if it works. Are you using the adapter that connects to the battery or are you using the clips?

 

theres a plug mounted to the battery year round that I just pull out when needed and it hooks up to the HD tender. except it isnt working. contacts are clean.

 

Check the output leads with a multimeter, does it read anything?

 

good idea. I did that. no juice coming outta the tender.

looks like im going to the store tomorrow. Do they sell these at auto parts stores ya think?

 

I believe most parts stores do, not the China/HD brand though.

 

I can't really complain... they gave it to me with the bike.

 

I just bought a Black and Decker unit that does the same thing from wal mart. I think it cost $15 and uses the same pigtail as the HD unit. I used the extra pigtail on my pick up.