Gents;

Hoping you can help me out here, my '12 Road King 103 is starting to act up.

Only when it's cold (that's a cold motor), turn the switch, press the start button and it's hard to start.

Hoping that it's just bad gas, but I ran most of the gas out of it yesterday and it did the same thing this morning.

Now after it starts and runs a while, it's start up like it always has. 7800 miles on the clock, she did set last week in the garage all week cause it rained all week. So the last three days when starting cold I'm getting this problem.

Y'all got any idea?

Trip to the dealer, still under warranty?

Let me know

 

Sounds like your battery is starting to go ... even if kept on a charger there comes a time when starting slows down. Guessing it starts OK when it's warm because that's when a)battery is warm and fully charged b)engine is easier to turn over ... there are other things that could cause this but I would look at the battery first, have it tested at places like AutoZone ... cheers

 

My 2010 RKC acted weird like that when the battery started going bad. I think the low voltage keeps the fuel pump from building up good pressure and the fuel injectors don't spray right. Whatever the reason my bike was totally back to normal once I put in a new battery.

 

Plus one on the battery my 2011 RKC acted the same way. I bought my battery at battery plus they had the best warrenty 2 year free replacement and not pro rated like everybody else does.