'02 Sportster Intermittent Speedo, Odometer, and loss of electrical power
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'02 Sportster Intermittent Speedo, Odometer, and loss of electrical power
Hello,
My wife has a 2002 Sportster.
Occasionally she will loose the speedomoter, and the odomoter will go blank.
On very rare occasions the bike will stall, loosing all electrical power (no starter, no signals, no speedo, no odo, no status indicators, but headlight stays on).
She is about to go on a road trip and I am really uncomfortable having her go out with this problem, even if it only happens every few weeks. (Note the speedo/odo issue is VERY common, stall/no start issue is very uncommon).
Can anyone make a recommendation?
My wife has a 2002 Sportster.
Occasionally she will loose the speedomoter, and the odomoter will go blank.
On very rare occasions the bike will stall, loosing all electrical power (no starter, no signals, no speedo, no odo, no status indicators, but headlight stays on).
She is about to go on a road trip and I am really uncomfortable having her go out with this problem, even if it only happens every few weeks. (Note the speedo/odo issue is VERY common, stall/no start issue is very uncommon).
Can anyone make a recommendation?
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Thanks
I went through and reseated and tested every connection except those under the tank. On Saturday I will bring it into the garage and inspect the remaining connections.
The coil plugs sounds plausible but would that explain and inability to run the starter and blinkers while the headlight continues to work?
I went through and reseated and tested every connection except those under the tank. On Saturday I will bring it into the garage and inspect the remaining connections.
The coil plugs sounds plausible but would that explain and inability to run the starter and blinkers while the headlight continues to work?
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Apologizing in advance for being frank, I wouldn’t let my wife go anywhere on a bike that was not 100% ... that’s why mine rides on the back of my Ultra. That being noted, you need to get this resolved before she goes anywhere. Start at the battery and work your way out to the problem circuit.
Last edited by run1fsr; 08-13-2012 at 08:39 PM.
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I totally forgot about this thread.
Before she went on the trip I stripped the bike as much as I could in an afternoon, tested every connector, traced every main wire and eventually found a bad connection through the ignition switch. I forget the exact problem now, but I seem to remember there being two circuits that are connected through the ignition switch and I could intermittently loose either one or both of them by wiggling the key.
A new ignition switch has resolved the problem.
Thanks
Before she went on the trip I stripped the bike as much as I could in an afternoon, tested every connector, traced every main wire and eventually found a bad connection through the ignition switch. I forget the exact problem now, but I seem to remember there being two circuits that are connected through the ignition switch and I could intermittently loose either one or both of them by wiggling the key.
A new ignition switch has resolved the problem.
Thanks
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