Left ignition switch on
Elite HDF Member
Joined: Apr 2009
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From: Booming metropolis
Came home from work yesterday morning and left my switch on overnight. This morning battery was dead as a doornail, i jumped it off from a extra battery and it started right up, but as soon as you remove the jumper cables it died. I than removed the battery and put the extra battery in, it has been sitting a few months but it did start the bike although it turned over slowly. The bike ran fine about 15min. and then it died and now this battery will not start the bike. the lights are also dim. Could leaving the ing. switch on overnight have damaged the stator, or voltage regulator ? any ideas are appreciated. Thanks ps: The bike is an 2003 Road King with 22,000 mi.
I charged the battery for 24 hrs as most of you suggested and it worked ....many thanks for all the great advice.
I charged the battery for 24 hrs as most of you suggested and it worked ....many thanks for all the great advice.
I tried a battery trickle charger but the trouble light activated after about a min of charging.
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Joined: Aug 2008
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From: eastern oklahoma
now if you'd have left the lights on your chevy truck overnite and went out the next morning to start it, what would you do? you'd charge the battery right? makes perfect sense. there's nothing magical about it, it's a harley. glad you got it fixed though.
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