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Old May 9, 2015 | 12:06 PM
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My main relay has been acting up a bit. A couple times lately, it locks up and I lose all electrical. I just let it sit for a minute, and it's fine. Buy it usually just goes out. Just now, on my way home, first the radio went. Didn't understand it, because everything else seemed to be doing fine. Then everything went. I can't figure how the radio went before everything else. I'll pick up a new one next week, but it still seems odd.
 
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Old May 9, 2015 | 01:23 PM
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I thought you sold it...must have missed something
 
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Old May 9, 2015 | 01:51 PM
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I thought you sold it...must have missed something
The guy that bid on it on eBay was jerking me around, wouldn't pay except cash in person. Kept talking my ear off one the phone, telling me he couldn't wait to get back in the wind, how great it is, blah blah blah. So I agreed, sure is nice to ride! Changed my mind, called eBay, they said they would side with "the seller", me, so told him it wasn't available. I don't think he had the money, I think he was stalling me while he tried to drum it up. Then, after I called off the deal, he tells me he was going to see what kind of cash I'd really take! And he told me about another FLT in Wisconsin he was looking into, an '84 for $4900, and he tells me he wanted to go out and ride it first. The guy obviously doesn't know about auctions, thought he could still test ride and dicker about the price. So, he lost out, and I'm keeping my bike. When I started thinking about it being gone and someone ELSE riding it, made me sick! Screw it.
 
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Old May 9, 2015 | 02:14 PM
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Check the voltage across the battery with it idling and at, say, about 2K with the headlights and the radio on.
 
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Old May 9, 2015 | 02:14 PM
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Just to clarify, you mean breaker, not relay, right?

If it is the main breaker, you would not lose the radio, you would lose all power at the same time.

I would follow Dr Hess` advice and check the charging system while you are at it.
 
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Old May 9, 2015 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan89FLSTC
Just to clarify, you mean breaker, not relay, right?
No, I meant relay. Am I wrong? A breaker I can reset, I can't reset a relay. Or, are they one and the same?
 
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Old May 9, 2015 | 02:19 PM
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you have 3 or 4, 15 amp breakers on the bike too. i would replace them also. my 85 has them under the tach- speedo.
 
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Old May 9, 2015 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Dan89FLSTC
Just to clarify, you mean breaker, not relay, right?

If it is the main breaker, you would not lose the radio, you would lose all power at the same time.

I would follow Dr Hess` advice and check the charging system while you are at it.
Yer right, the book calls them breakers.
 
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Originally Posted by bagga
you have 3 or 4, 15 amp breakers on the bike too. i would replace them also. my 85 has them under the tach- speedo.
That's a good idea, they are old.
 
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I dunno how your bike is wired up, but my bike has exactly one relay. I can't see as a 88 would be much different.
 
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