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Old Mar 20, 2017 | 09:18 PM
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Bike rode fine, then went to restart and bike clicked and fuse in harness started to burn, completely melted. Now bike wont show any signs of life, Im thinking the starter grounded. Any ideas.
 
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Old Mar 20, 2017 | 09:29 PM
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Something grounded...guessing it's on a 1999 Sportster? Any recent electrical/bar mods?
 
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Old Mar 20, 2017 | 09:33 PM
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Just rebuilt engine, to replace lower gaskets, has been cranking and running, did tighten up positve cable on starter before incident.
 
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If the starter was bad you would melt the battery cable not a harness.
 
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Wiring issue. Which fuse burned? Start tracing back because it's shorted somewhere. My guess is it's along the start button power somewhere.
 
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