1980 FXE Shovel-When I accelerate in Gear the entire bike shuts down.&nbsp\\; While in nuetral it is fine, put it in gear with a load going slow is okay but as soon as I gun it it loses everything.&nbsp\\; Lights go out, starter doesnt work, etc...as soon as I come to a complete stop everything comes back???&nbsp\\; Starts right up, idles strong.&nbsp\\; It has a dual-fire revtech coil, if i am even going the right direction???
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Any advice would be great!

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matthew a straub

I had a similar problem with a sportster. It had a short in the wires under the seat and hard acceleration depressed the seat and pressed the bare wire to ground.&nbsp\\; Circuit breaker would trip and reset once the pressure was off the wire.

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AJ

+1 I've seen similar on a lot of my shovels.&nbsp\\; First and foremost, ground wire to battery and frame, pull it off completely.&nbsp\\; Clean the frame mount with fine emery cloth or similar to get good contact.&nbsp\\; Clean each end of the terminal cable until they are shining and clean.&nbsp\\; Clean the battery terminal and bolt everything back together.&nbsp\\; See if that cures it.&nbsp\\; If not, move to the positive side (after you disconnect the ground, of course) and do the same thing.&nbsp\\; If it still happens after that, sounds like a loose or broken wire.&nbsp\\; These can sometimes be tricky to find.&nbsp\\; I had one where the terminal end was broken, but seated itself so well, you would never know.&nbsp\\; Put the bike under load, it would die.&nbsp\\; Restart it and it idles fine, pull away in gear, dead again.&nbsp\\; Found it by gently moving the wires around, off it came.&nbsp\\; My bet is on the battery or the fuse blocks on the fender, something is loose, allowing it to short out and kick the breaker or opening the circuit.

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