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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 08:24 AM
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Default Battery running down

I just got a 94 Road King and absolutely love the bike. BUT, something is running the battery down, even while I'm riding. At the end of a short ride yesterday the speedo quit. Its my first non-cable driven speedo so I figured something was up. I parked it and came back 3 hrs later and there was not enough juice to engage the starter. The battery is new. Any ideas of what's going on?
 
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 08:28 AM
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Is it charging?
 
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Old Oct 25, 2010 | 08:28 AM
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Sounds like to me,the first thing you need to do is unhook the stator cable from the voltage regulator and use a voltage meter to see if your stator is charging.Should be at least 32 volts AC at 2,000 rpm.
 
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