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03 road king. Little back ground, I dumped at low speed pulling out of a parking lot bout 3 weeks ago. No damage. Wouldnt start right away and my buddy says tip sensor, I was not thinking as I had a mild shock going on lol. So several minutes later, fires right up, continued with the day.
this afternoon, i was coming home from a poker run, just shifted into 3rd gear, check engine light comes on, medium volumed "pop" and then i lose power to everything. All electric is off as if I disconnected the battery. 10 minutes later I get power back, it starts up and runs but when I stop it stalls. Starts up everything but stalls instead of idle. Give it throttle and it's good.
Where do I start? Is it possible that the tip sensor went and shut it down? I didn't do any kind of reset, but messing around with the switch might have done some sort of reset unintentionally.
Tighten battery cables. Put charge on battery too. How old is it? Battery new last year, I always keep the tender on.
Are you getting 14.4ish when reved up? Don't know, haven't gotten out the meter yet. This happened yesterday afternoon.
I would think about battery, battery cable, or ignition switch cause went dark. But then you said if you rev it up it runs. Went dark for approximately 10 minutes where I had no power to anything at all electrically, then it came back on and I was able to start. When ever I stopped at a stop light/sign it stalled. I could restart no problem and keep it running with throttle. If I didn't throttle it would stall. This all happened on my way home. Started the ride at 8 am and no problems at all throughout the day. Rode in some heavy rain for about an hour which is not normal for me, have done some light rain numerous times (might be irrelevant) the "gremlins" started at around 515 in the afternoon.
Need to pay attention to exactly what happens, and what you do when it happens. Simple description. No one cares about the story. It distracts.
Hopefully code is helpful codes D01-D10 all day CLr (clear) PPU 82883 was last but I understand that to be normal.
What model do you have? How many miles? New to you? How long? 03 FLHRCI 28629 I've had it 6 years. First time giving me trouble that I don't understand, trouble at all really aside from maintenance.
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Last edited by Cmreschke; Aug 13, 2023 at 10:59 AM.
Did you have the recall the service performed on your bike?
I seem to remember something about the 40 amp fuse circuit breaker being replaced with a 50 amp fuse circuit breaker to remedy the issue of the bike shutting down and restarting after the fuse circuit breaker resets.
Plenty of information out on the web about this:
RECALL
DEFECT #1 - ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
Description
On certain 2000-2003 touring and police model motorcycles, the 40 amp main circuit breaker can open for reasons other than which it was designed, causing an unexpected interruption of all electrical power to the motorcycle.
Consequence
This condition could cause the motorcycle to stall, which could result in a crash.
Corrective Action
Dealers will replace the circuit breaker. Owner notification began april 23, 2004. Owners should contact harley-davidson at 1-414-343-4056.
Had the same problem with 03 Ultra, dealer recall had replaced the 40 amp with a 50 amp! Happened again with the 50 amp, dealer mech said it was not unusual for the breaker to get weak, $12 replaced myself and bought a spare to keep with me.Ref: 28
74600-94A
FUSE,50AMP
This part replaces 74600-94.
Price:$12.73
Ref:79
74600-94A
FUSE,50AMP
This part replaces 74600-94.
Price: $12.73
Last edited by CoolBreeze3646; Aug 13, 2023 at 01:25 PM.
For once Rounders is close.. Bike does have a circuit breaker, self resetting. IIRC it's 30 amps.. Don't really need to be more but the terminals to the breaker should be clean and the terminal lug makes to make good contact to the wire. If either connection is ohmic, terminal to crimp lug or crimp lug to wire, it needs fixing. Soldering the lug to the wire helps with bikes this old. The issue is that any small amount of resistance can cause the circuit breaker to overheat and trip. The breaker uses internal heat to trip normally.
If you have a ton of extra accessories, go 40 amp but still make sure the wires are good.
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