Hi guys!

After a long winter's sleep I dropped a new fully charged battery into my 2010 FLHTK today. All battery connections are good. I turn the ignition and all my panel lights came on...so far it's all good. Then I hit the starter and all I hear is "click, click, click..."

I decided at the end of last season to get a new battery this spring because on one occasion late last fall after the bike sat for a good 10 minutes with the 4-ways on and motor off, it wouldn't start. I boosted it from a guy's lawn tractor. Rode the bike home and turned it off, then started it back up no problem. But I decided that come spring I'd get the new battery. I left the old battery in the bike over the winter until today when I swapped in the new one. Now it's just "click, click, click..."

What do you think?

Thanks.

Dave

 

Is the new battery fully charged?

 

Some times new batteries are bad

 

Check you ground connection to the frame and the positive to the starter.

Also check your starter bolts.

 

Your new battery is dead or your connections are bad. A volt meter should show about 12.6 volts

 

Can you move(roll) the bike in neutral with clutch pulled in, if not clutch plates could be seized. Other wise I would suspect an connection on cable loose or dirty, or low bad battery.

 

Once you get this problem figured out and repaired, I'd go out and spend some coin on a battery tender. That's what I think !

 

Make sure your "kill" switch is in the "run" position and transmission is in neutral.

 

My guess is that you have a bad new battery, possibly with a bridged set of cells.

If you have a voltmeter, check the resting DC voltage--new and fully charged batteries should read well over 12 volts at rest. Something like 12.5-12.8.

Then, while the meter is still attached, hit the starter. If the voltage drops way down past 9-10 DC volts, there's your problem.

It's been known to happen...

Good luck!

Shane

 

Bad or undercharged battery