Kill switch or ?
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Kill switch or ?
Riding along this weekend - couple hundred miles and my 2005 fatboy and all of a sudden nothing....just coasting now cause the engine is off. I pull it over and flip the ignition and kill switch and I can restart right away. This happened to me about 4 times over the course of the trip. Not going especially fast or slow, up or down hill....ideas?
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Riding along this weekend - couple hundred miles and my 2005 fatboy and all of a sudden nothing....just coasting now cause the engine is off. I pull it over and flip the ignition and kill switch and I can restart right away. This happened to me about 4 times over the course of the trip. Not going especially fast or slow, up or down hill....ideas?
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From: Montclair, CA.
Riding along this weekend - couple hundred miles and my 2005 fatboy and all of a sudden nothing....just coasting now cause the engine is off. I pull it over and flip the ignition and kill switch and I can restart right away. This happened to me about 4 times over the course of the trip. Not going especially fast or slow, up or down hill....ideas?
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I think it's one of your switches to. I had something similar and it was my start switch. Sixty five bucks for a new one. Hint...we cut and soldered the switch on the handlebar. They want you to chase it all the way back under the tank...has worked fine for over a year. Good luck.
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Thanks all - I took the right handlebar apart last night and sprayed some electronic cleaner in the switch and added some electronic grease, also sprayed the ignition and switched it back and forth a couple times. Hoping to take it for a spin tomorrow night and see how it goes.
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Thanks Bone Doc - I hear ya - could be anything gotta check these things out. The first time it happened I wrote it off to me hitting something and just kept going. After that I was very careful so nope - not me the other few times.
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Seems to be resolved
Thanks all for the suggestions. Since I sprayed in the electronics cleaner and add a little electronics grease, no issues. Rode up to Hollister for the rally- all good.
Thanks again.
Thanks again.
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I've done this 9-10 times on the left signal, trying for the horn.
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