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In the Sportster manual it has "Under left side cover" for location. Does that mean the cover has to be removed to see it or does it mean that it is lower down than the cover on the bike? It isn't mentioned in the index of the FSM.
It is mentioned in the electrical diagnostic manual though.
You a not helping anyone with non relevant, non Sportster information.
I am by saying some factory manuals have a page that tells you where they all are . How is that not helpful? I am talking Harley factory manuals. Are they completely different by model!???? Maybe by year.
I don't know every year. We wasted a lot of time talking about this. All I am saying is he might have a page that lists every connector and location if he looks for it
Also there are only 3 places it could be.
Last edited by Rounders; May 29, 2026 at 07:36 AM.
This is nothing to do with Sportsters and especially not 2021 year models.
Explain how it's helpful?
It is helpful as I said that some years they put it in the manual. To be honest I am not convinced they stopped putting it in. But I don't care
Why waste all these posts. It did not even warrant a second post.. if you feel the need you could have had a second post saying the practice has been discontinued.
A factory manual is a factory manual regardless of model.
It is helpful because someone else might read this and check for their bike.
In the Sportster manual it has "Under left side cover" for location. Does that mean the cover has to be removed to see it or does it mean that it is lower down than the cover on the bike? It isn't mentioned in the index of the FSM.
It is mentioned in the electrical diagnostic manual though.
Thanks for that. Like you said, the Sportster Service Manual only says "under left side cover." If you knew exactly where it was and what it felt like, you could maybe dig it out without removing the cover. But in general it's probably better to take it off. When the bike's on the sidestand, you have to look in there from a very low angle in order to see the DLC. The fact that it has a black cap when the internet had me looking for a red one was also unhelpful.
In any event, I now know where it is. Thanks, everyone!
Last edited by HoosierWagon; May 31, 2026 at 05:31 AM.
Reason: Added stuff
It's not hard to look, but it's hard to find when you've never seen one and every description of it is inaccurate. You keep saying there are only 3 places it could be, but there's a nearly infinite number of places it could be. And you can look right at it a dozen times and not identify it because the described red cap isn't there.
I figured it out because it was the only cable with any kind of cap on it. And the only way I found it was by following each and every cable to a junction until I found one that had a dead end. If that illustration from the electrical diagnostic manual had been in the Service Manual, I would've found it in moments, wouldn't have posted here, and wouldn't have met some nice people and others who'd argue with a wooden Indian.
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