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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 06:03 AM
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Greetings All,
Last night on the way home from college my 99 Road King had problems starting. After about 3 miles on the road I noticed that my headlights were just not brite at all. It was then that the engine light came on in the speedo.
Because I was on a secondary highway and there was no place safely to pull over I thought that I would nurse it to my garage. After about another 5 miles the lights just dimmed out almost completely, the RK began to fun very rough and finally died. Had to call freind with trailer to finish assist in getting it home to the garage for safe parking. PLEASE, any help would be greatly welcomed. Thank you!
 
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 06:08 AM
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Probably your stator.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 06:36 AM
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NO charging battery or stator IMHO
 
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 06:43 AM
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Could be voltage regulator, stator or battery.....with the same symptoms on 2 different bikes, it was my voltage regulator
 
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