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Old Jul 4, 2016 | 12:27 AM
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....anybody ever had this happen? Coming home from Northern Michigan yesterday (rode a motorcycle across the Mackinac Bridge for the first time in my life) - I was about 60 miles from home (down around Flint) and my 2008 96 C.I. just stopped running for a second, then came right back. The speedometer went to zero, then SLOWLY drifted back to 75 (or wherever I was running). My first suspicion was the battery cables, but they were both tight. Any other ideas? It did not happen again for the balance of my trip.
 
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Old Jul 4, 2016 | 12:36 AM
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I had the exact same thing happen last summer and it was the battery. I pulled over to check the cables and they were tight. I tried to restart it and nothing. Had it towed to the dealer and it was the battery.
 
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Lots of electrical possibilities. For instance it sounds similar to my ignition switch failing.
 
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Did you also check the battery ground cable?
 
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Did you also check the battery ground cable?

Check it where it attaches to the frame/engine...
 
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It's probably the leaded water...
 
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Check it where it attaches to the frame/engine...

No, I only checked at the battery. I'll look there as well. Thanks!!
 
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My sisters bike did this. I cleaned all of the contact points for the battery terminals and the ground wire and it solved it on her bike.
 
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No, I only checked at the battery. I'll look there as well. Thanks!!
Find some of these and use between connections, particularly the frame ground. Old trick from the shovelhead days.

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