Bike won't start
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09-30-2018, 03:26 PM
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09-30-2018, 05:44 PM
Check the diagnostic code on your bike before tearing it apart. My bike was running great. I washed it and then it wouldn't start. The diagnostic code indicated that the crankshaft position sensor had mysteriously gone bad. Ordered a replacement, installed it, and the bike started right up.
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09-30-2018, 07:06 PM
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Originally Posted by texashillcountry
A 12 volt car or motorcycle battery has 6 cells.
Each cell has only 2.1 volts at rest.
That means at rest a fully charged battery should read 12.6 volts.
You will get small variations depending on the quality of the volt meter you are using to check battery voltage.
The only time I've seen a battery have 13+ volts is when the vehicle is running.
That said if you are getting your 13.2 volts from the on board Harley battery voltage gauge then that makes sense as they are known to be inaccurate.
The only way to get an accurate voltage on a battery is to use a quality DVM.
Each cell has only 2.1 volts at rest.
That means at rest a fully charged battery should read 12.6 volts.
You will get small variations depending on the quality of the volt meter you are using to check battery voltage.
The only time I've seen a battery have 13+ volts is when the vehicle is running.
That said if you are getting your 13.2 volts from the on board Harley battery voltage gauge then that makes sense as they are known to be inaccurate.
The only way to get an accurate voltage on a battery is to use a quality DVM.
And you're right about every gauge on every Harley ever made. The accuracy is approximate.
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09-30-2018, 08:30 PM
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