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Jul 25, 2008 | 08:13 PM

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head light flicker

&nbsp\\;&nbsp\\; Today I was riding my 99 Fatboy to Mex and noticed that my headlight would flicker and my speedometer would jump to 0 from hiway speed, going thru the city it would sputter real briefly going thru the gears. Also noticed when starting my bike the last month or so that it seemed that it dragged trying to start, I put on a battery charger today and it said that the battery was full. Any thoughts?

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Jul 25, 2008 | 08:55 PM

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RE: head light flicker

ignition switch in dash, may be corroded or may just be going bad

Jul 25, 2008 | 09:04 PM

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RE: head light flicker

sounds like a bad ground or a battery

Jul 25, 2008 | 10:23 PM

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RE: head light flicker

Thanx guy's , but I started the bike up without the seat and heard a clicking noise, so I pulled out the rectangular fuse and the noise and the flickering has stopped, I hope thats all it is and will pick one up tommorow.

Jul 25, 2008 | 10:29 PM

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Is anybody here from SoCal?

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Jul 28, 2008 | 07:52 PM

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OK, so I got a new fuse and problem still exist. The side of the fuse says aux bat, does anybody know if you can still ride the bike without damaging anything, the lights still work and the speedometer works fine?