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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 10:57 AM
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Question My Softail Will Not Start....Help?
Hey, I just put a battery in my Softail and I cannot get the bike started...It seems like it must be linked to the alarm system. Any ideas?
 
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Did you check to make sure the kill switch wasn't engaged?
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 01:27 PM
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If your bike Fuel Injected???? Can you hear the fuel pump turn on when you flip the "run" switch? Is it completely dead, or is it turning over?
 
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 02:18 PM
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did you short out the fuse?
 
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Old Feb 1, 2009 | 02:54 PM
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sounds like you need to print more info. Is the Battery fully charged? Did you hook it up backwards? Clean connections? Will the lights come on? Need a few more facts from your end. Could be a number of things.
 
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Does it crank over? If its carbed is the fuel on? Is the arlem light flashing? Need more info.
 
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must of got it started
 
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Hey, The bike is carburated, and it will not even turn over. Battery is hooked up right. Someone said that it could be the factory installed alarm.....not sure where to go from here.
 
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more info still... lights on? run switch on? fuses intact?
 
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