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Apr 22, 2011 | 09:00 AM

pd76

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starting problem

1990 electraglide classic would not start has a new starter relay, locted a breaker near the relay and touched the post together and then the bike started.Does it sound like this breaker is the culprit.

Apr 22, 2011 | 10:58 AM

V-Twins & Bowties

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That breaker is the main. Everything else should have been dead also until you jumped it. Did you notice this?

Apr 22, 2011 | 12:24 PM

pd76

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+everything else was on , lights horn radio, you could hear the stater relay clicking and then i jump the breaker and it started

Apr 22, 2011 | 04:38 PM

Spanners39

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Bearing mind that a bike that old may have some "alternative wiring solutions" present I would replace the breaker and go from there...will probably cure it.

Often with older bikes (especially FXRs it seems) what should happen and what actually works may be two different things.

Apr 22, 2011 | 06:30 PM

Jim Kraft

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All the lights and stuff would work until you hit the starter button, and then the load from the starter would create a high resistance at the breaker to keep it from starting. Changing out the breaker should fix it. The key word here is 'Fix". Let us know.
Oops! I should have said the key word is "should".

Last edited by Jim Kraft; Apr 22, 2011 at 06:33 PM.