Slow going !
- Thread starter cowjammer
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I know i,ll hear (Edit)for this but hook jumpers to the bike and if it fires right up you need a higher amp battery with high cold cranking amps like a oddessey battery i use it on my 120 and it works a yulsa won,t fire it unless its warm,jel
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Log Hog Kust'em
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I had a 90 elgide where the starter stalled. Read in a Harley shop manual that it was normal. It did get worse after the Hi-comp pistons and cam. I had to keep the batter fully charged. As soon as the voltage dropped a little it didn't start. I chalked it up to they way she was and rode the daylights out of her.
Jammr
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Hey jammer, did you check your cables? I'm guessing you did, but you can check these out also. More cranking power is a good thing. 
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Ride safe,
Jammr
Gorilla Cables, Howard's Horns, motorcycle air horns, battery cablesRide safe,
Jammr
As said above, you might check out your cables. If you have a VOM, take the cable loose and check resistance. If they are shot, check out the Yooper link here:
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Checking the cables when removed will not return a very accurate result. It's best done with the cable attached and one lead from the DVOM attached to each end of the cable , then crank it and see if you get any reading. The reading will be the resistance value in the cable.
cowjammer
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IT WAS THE BATTERY ! I know every one said check it{on this site and off }
But every time I said it was new they said well next.....
I want to thank Y'all for the help and Glider my brother {hogrotten} had said he read youre post on load testing so we started there and BANG !! The brand new battery they said had plenty of cranking power would drop to 3 volts when I hit the starter. I returned the Tiawan battery and bought the U.S.A brand and its the cats meow ! Also put in a new jet, went from 150 to 170 and the cam seemed to come to life !!! THX to all who read my whinning
and took there time to help {TOM}...
2000classic
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I had a 91 UG that acted the same way. Tried to save money with cheaper batteries. Finally went with H-D battery. WHOA! Much better.