sincityharley
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My bike recently quit working. I spent an entire weekend trying to pin point the problem. What I have come up with is that the fuel pump is not grounded properly. When I apply direct current to the fuel pump tabs it will start. If I jumper a wire from the frame to that chrome bolt on top of the speedomoter guage that holds the speedomoter/electrical panel in place, the bike will start! With the jumper wire removed the bike will start some of the times. It will also die while at speed sometimes. If I let the bike sit for about 10 minutes after it dies it will usually start again. Obvioulsy there is a ground issue. Where does my tank get grounded to the frame? How can my tank be grounded sometimes and not others? What does waiting 10 minutes have to do with why it would start again? Has anyone had this issue before? Also in case it matters I have my fuel guage unplugged as I origianlly thought that was causing my issues. Im super confused. Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks