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From: Aitch on 2 Dec 2009 16:37 Evening barkeep, patrons of the bar... This round is on my tab, I have a technical question to ask. Rode to work this morning no indication that anything would be wrong later in the day. This evening I'm faced with taking public transport home as Mr Bike refuses to fire up! Mr Bike is a 2000 Wide Glide, only had a stage 1 kit added. This evening I turned on the gas, turned the ignition switch on, set the engine switch to run, pressed the starter button not a damn thing as far as getting the engine fired up. The headlight works, turn signals, horn, butt.... not the brake light using either front or rear levers. I know for a fact that the brake light was working last night when I rode home. When I turned the ignition switch on there was the usual brief, quiet whirring sound. Everything appeared to be as it should be up until the moment I pressed the starter switch. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've got to go and get on the tube, go home and dig out the workshop manual. Tomorrow I think I'll be carting it and a bunch of assorted tools back to work. Cheers all -- Aitch PH�#19 BS#209 '09 FLTR (Miles) '00 FXDWG (Mr Bike)
From: LarryInEastTn on 2 Dec 2009 20:35 "Aitch" <rmaitch.vbg(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:7no4usF3h6tj2U1(a)mid.individual.net... > Evening barkeep, patrons of the bar... > <snippage> I replied with some serious info, & drunken witticisms, of which I'm too lazy to repeat. But after several F5 refreshes, don't see it. So I might have hit X, instead of send. Who knows? Hope you find the problem. SHIRLEY!!!!! More PBR. -- Larry AH#136 Owner, rmh VB&G
From: TL Mitchell on 3 Dec 2009 01:55 "Aitch" <rmaitch.vbg(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message news:7no4usF3h6tj2U1(a)mid.individual.net... > Evening barkeep, patrons of the bar... > > This round is on my tab, I have a technical question to ask. > > Rode to work this morning no indication that anything would be wrong later > in the day. This evening I'm faced with taking public transport home as > Mr Bike refuses to fire up! > > Mr Bike is a 2000 Wide Glide, only had a stage 1 kit added. This evening > I turned on the gas, turned the ignition switch on, set the engine switch > to run, pressed the starter button not a damn thing as far as getting the > engine fired up. The headlight works, turn signals, horn, butt.... not > the brake light using either front or rear levers. I know for a fact that > the brake light was working last night when I rode home. > > When I turned the ignition switch on there was the usual brief, quiet > whirring sound. Everything appeared to be as it should be up until the > moment I pressed the starter switch. > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've got to go and get on the > tube, go home and dig out the workshop manual. Tomorrow I think I'll be > carting it and a bunch of assorted tools back to work. > > Cheers all > -- > Aitch > PH�#19 BS#209 > '09 FLTR (Miles) > '00 FXDWG (Mr Bike) Had a similar occurance on an old shovel. Farted around with the kill switch and sometimes it'd fire, sometimes it wouldn't. Found a broken wire to the kill switch. YMMV..... 112
From: Billski on 3 Dec 2009 16:43 On Dec 3, 5:55 pm, "TL Mitchell" <tlmitchel...(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > "Aitch" <rmaitch....(a)ukonline.co.uk> wrote in message > > news:7no4usF3h6tj2U1(a)mid.individual.net... > > > > > > > Evening barkeep, patrons of the bar... > > > This round is on my tab, I have a technical question to ask. > > > Rode to work this morning no indication that anything would be wrong later > > in the day. This evening I'm faced with taking public transport home as > > Mr Bike refuses to fire up! > > > Mr Bike is a 2000 Wide Glide, only had a stage 1 kit added. This evening > > I turned on the gas, turned the ignition switch on, set the engine switch > > to run, pressed the starter button not a damn thing as far as getting the > > engine fired up. The headlight works, turn signals, horn, butt.... not > > the brake light using either front or rear levers. I know for a fact that > > the brake light was working last night when I rode home. > > > When I turned the ignition switch on there was the usual brief, quiet > > whirring sound. Everything appeared to be as it should be up until the > > moment I pressed the starter switch. > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. I've got to go and get on the > > tube, go home and dig out the workshop manual. Tomorrow I think I'll be > > carting it and a bunch of assorted tools back to work. > > > Cheers all > > -- > > Aitch > > PH©#19 BS#209 > > '09 FLTR (Miles) > > '00 FXDWG (Mr Bike) > > Had a similar occurance on an old shovel. Farted around with the kill switch > and sometimes it'd fire, sometimes it wouldn't. Found a broken wire to the > kill switch. > > YMMV..... 112- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - Hey Aitch, Sorry I didn't get to see you on my last trip to the UK. I have been chasing a non starting on the old Heritage for ages and it turned out to be the battery. I discovered after fitting a new circuit breaker, all small guage wires, solenoid, regulator, starter motor, and battery cables that you must have a genuine Harley battery for reliable starting. My entire starting system should be good for another 20 yeras though. Say hi to Mrs Aitch Billski 86 Heritage
From: Road Glidin' Don on 3 Dec 2009 22:12
On Dec 2, 6:40 pm, "AH#104" <AH...(a)yourhat.att.net> wrote: > Aitch sed: > > >The headlight works, turn signals, horn, butt.... not the brake light > >using either front or rear levers. > > This sounds like a fuse maybe. > > Try to jump the starter with the power on. > If you get nothing, run a wire from the positive side of the battery to > the positive side of the starter. > (Make sure it's in neutral!) > > That's what I'd do first. Not sure, but you'd probably want to use a pretty heavy wire for that, right? That's probably a lotta juice going there. |