Cincyflstc
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While out riding my bike failed to start. Had been started many times throughout the day. Pushed the bike, kicked her over and away we went. Couldn't use turn signals due to it would cause the speedo to jump and I wasn't sure if it would hurt anything. The bike ran like a new one for over an hour to get me home. Whew. Once home the (new) battery was dead, not even a click. I placed the battery tender on her and it showed red and then the next morning it was green. I have to assume the battery accepted the charge. I turned her on and she fired right up.
ok now the question
It seems to me that the obvious problem is that the bike is not accepting charge from its' system. I am not an electrical person at all and I am going to buy my first tester this weekend so that I can try and track down what is not happening. Where do I start, is any tester better than any other, what should I expect once I do get the tester working?
She is a 1999 FLSTC with 68,000 miles on her. Pretty much all original and nothing fancy added or taken off over the years. I did install apes a few years back, new rear fender last year.
I am not affraid of getting dirty, just don't want to touch the wrong thing and short out something that makes this even worse.
Thanks in advance
Cincy
ok now the question
It seems to me that the obvious problem is that the bike is not accepting charge from its' system. I am not an electrical person at all and I am going to buy my first tester this weekend so that I can try and track down what is not happening. Where do I start, is any tester better than any other, what should I expect once I do get the tester working?
She is a 1999 FLSTC with 68,000 miles on her. Pretty much all original and nothing fancy added or taken off over the years. I did install apes a few years back, new rear fender last year.
I am not affraid of getting dirty, just don't want to touch the wrong thing and short out something that makes this even worse.
Thanks in advance
Cincy