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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 08:24 AM
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My bike was cutting out all power speedo lights everything. So I turned the key on/off and the bike roared back to life I did not think much of it then about a week later it did it again??
Well upon closer inspection I have a slight flat spot in the ignition switch and the wind blowing on the Harley Davidson key ring would cause enough movement on the key to cut the power off! A real case of red *** when you need that power. Just thought I'd throw that out here in case you have same problem. Short fix was to remove keyring. Until I changed entire switch last night for about 68.00
 
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 08:29 AM
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Damn, shouldnt that of been covered by warranty?
 
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Old Sep 9, 2008 | 09:03 AM
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Glad you fixed it so cheap. What year scoot?
 
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