Frigging Road King Dead
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Frigging Road King Dead
I rode my '07 RKC all day yesterday with no problems. This morning when I tried to start it, it just cranked over and over and never fired. I took one of the spark plug wires off and stuck a screw driver inside it to see if it would arc. No spark at all. Does anybody have any ideas?
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RE: Frigging Road King Dead
I saw this post a minute ago, dunno if its the same problem, but just in case... https://www.hdforums.com/m_1846660/tm.htm
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RE: Frigging Road King Dead
You may have a bad coil or the plug wires are not fully seated there. Road King has a history with bad coil. It's under warranty, have the dealer come pick it up and repair it.
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All of my fuses look ok and I assume the run switch is ok because it cranks in the run position and doesn't in the off position.
All of my fuses look ok and I assume the run switch is ok because it cranks in the run position and doesn't in the off position.
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ORIGINAL: Kahuna
You may have a bad coil or the plug wires are not fully seated there. Road King has a history with bad coil. It's under warranty, have the dealer come pick it up and repair it.
You may have a bad coil or the plug wires are not fully seated there. Road King has a history with bad coil. It's under warranty, have the dealer come pick it up and repair it.
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It's a beautiful day and the SOB is a $20,000 boat anchor. This reminds me of why I quit buying American cars. The last new American car that I bought was a 1984 Ford Thunderbird. Dead on the road at about 6 months. My Road King only made it 4 months. The Honda Magna that I sold to buy my Road King was 23 years old and I never had one problem with it. I'm supposed to leave for Colorado in three weeks for a 10 day tour with a group. I suppose that gives me time to pick up a new Gold Wing if the frigging dealer can't fix it or the parts are back ordered.
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Its something simple Im sure. But goldwings are nice, but if you think they dont have issues just go vist the goldwing forum. Flip the run switch a few times, work the switch back and forth, does it have ample fuel in tank? is your key fob in your pocket, (sec. equiped bike) in neutral. Did you wash it when you got home? If all this of no help, dealer will get it going in a very short time im sure. good luck
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I'm sure your dealer will find it quickly. We had another brand new bike - I forget the model - might have been a RK - anyway, that one proved to be a starter relay. However, that one wouldn't even turn over. Any bike can give you a problem - these forums sometime paint a bleak picture of a particular brand of bikes. But, just go to your favorite car forum and you'll see the same thing. It would be like an alien landing at a hospital and finding everyone sick. None of my Hondas, BMW's or Harleys have ever let me down (yet) - LOL.
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Well, the dealer came outTuesday and hauled it into the shop. I just talked to them and they said that a wire had rubbed through near the transmission and caused a short. I guess that explains the puff of white smoke I saw near the oil filler cap. It should be ready to pickup in about 30 minutes. I wonder if the short screwed up any of my electronics?