My book has 6 listed, Main=30amp, and 5 15 amp: ignition, lights, accessory, radio, and constant. The main is under the right side cover, and I don't remember where the rest are.

 

Those are breakers, not relays. You should have one relay, the Start Relay, under the right side cover. I suppose technically the starter solenoid is a relay also.

 

reading this thread reminds me why i use a mechanic...relay, breaker, i wouldnt know the difference....you guys make me feel so "duh"

 

I thought that thing under the right side cover was the main breaker/relay/whatever. So where is the main breaker if that is the starter relay?

 

This is a 30 amp, must be the main. The little black box I suppose it's the starter relay. I'd like to know where the 15 amp ignition breaker is.

 

That's probably the main breaker. The black square thing is the starter relay. The ignition breaker should be under the radio inside the faring.

 

Doc, some trivial info.... the solenoid is technically not a relay, because a solenoid performs a physical function, such as a opening or closing a valve, or extending and retracting a starter pinion gear.

Harley used some pretty big starter relays on some models in the `80s, they were the same units that Ford used.

These units are capable of carrying the current required to power a starter motor, but they only make an electrical connection, and don`t do any physical work, so they are technically just relays.

 

Not to belabor the point, well, maybe, but the solenoid while pushing the gear in or releasing it out on our bikes, also acts as a relay with a low current (if you call 10 amps "low") and high current side. Perhaps we should refer to it as "The Combination Starter Solenoid and High Current Secondary Starter Relay"?