I went to start my bike, heard a loud click and then it acted like the battery was dead. I removed the battery cover and was pushing in on the battery bracket to remove it, when I pushed in on the battery my lights came back on. The speedometer was going up and down and the bike was not even started.

I pushed in on the battery with more pressure and pushed start, fired up like normal. Now every time I start it I have to push in on the battery. At idle the odometer flashes until I push in on the battery again.

ANY IDEAS ???

 

Sounds like loose terminals. Check batt connections, especially the neg going to the frame,

 

^^^ What CouchMaster said

 

Sounds like the negative terminal on the battery is loose. I think your battery installs like the one on my 1200C, negative terminal coming out of the back of the box and down to the case. It's a real pita to remove and install. Since I pull my batteries in the winter and put them on maintenance chargers in the basement, I decided to change that, got a new cable about 4" longer (forget automotive, won't match up the terminal size; there's a Harley cable that long) and ran it around the front so the battery will slide in and out with the terminals fastened - there's room for the negative cable to fit in front and above the battery. To tighten the negative terminal on the battery, it has to come out, and to do that, you have to take the other end loose at the case with the stock setup.

Here's a pic of mine relocated; it's the shiny cable, and with all that's crammed in that area, I don't notice one more. The tie wrap on the frame above the battery cover is to hold it on; I drilled a small hole in the top where it's covered by the seat, those cover clips are another piece of engineering that doesn't impress me, almost lost the cover once when it pulled loose at the top, stopped it with my leg.

 

Thanks for the info guys, I was freaked out so I ran it down the road to the harley dealer, said that the battery was shot, corrosion on the terminals, said it should be done in a half hour. Tanks again

 

Corrosion can be cleaned. Had something similar happen to me Wednesday night while riding my Kawasaki.
Rode to a couple of stores, stopped by a neighbors house, hit the starter & nothing.
Torqued down the battery terminals and she fired right up.
Got home and cleaned up battery connectors, and battery was holding at 13.5 + volts. Battery tender went solid green in under 20 minutes.
Good clean connections is a must for smooth riding on today's modern fuel injected bikes. The Kawasaki Vulcan series will start to miss or backfire with bad connections, or a weak battery.