hopefully someone can help me out .i have a 83 shovel FXSB i put in a new battery and a new starter and a new selanoid but the ole girl barley turns over then just makes a buzzing noise . if i put it on my battery charger boost at 20 amps it rolls over perfectly.i took battery back they said it was fine ?? also previuos owner has a relay hooked to positive with 2 wires attached to it ?? can anyone help me get some sleep :-(

 

Obviously something is drawing power,,bad ground somewhere? Is your regulator hooked up proper? Main Breaker,thats the one attached to the pos battery terminal.

 

i'll check the grounds berndogg but what i cant figure out is why starter rolls over fine when hooked to 20 amp booster charger and the folks at the Harley shop said battery was ok . i'm thinking they sold me a dud and dont want it back but i'm not too thrilled about spending another 150.00 for another battery when this one is not even a week old .

 

did you do a load test?

 

I use 4 breakers one solo for regulater one for ignition then lights then one for starter.

 

take the battery to any automotive shop and have it tested -- if bad get it in writing and take the battery back-- or do as above and take the WHOLE bike and have them load test it.. when running lights on volt meter on it should say over 12 volts like 13.5 if not its in the charging system.. i think your right. they dont wanna fess up to a dud battery they sold ya..