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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 09:24 PM
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My buddy ask me to ask about his 2008 Street Glide.

He needs to know what's on the 15 amp "battery" fuse?

Battery is good, bike will start, but the fuse blows.
 
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Old Jul 21, 2011 | 09:27 PM
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Wish I was home man. Only right up the road from you and have a perfectly good Fluke. Unfortunately not gonna be off the rig for another week.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 06:18 AM
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anybody ?
 
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 06:22 AM
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You might have a short in the stator... could be a loose ground wire, check battery cables, manual helps in this case also tracking wiring..
 

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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 06:36 AM
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You could always do a search on here for that particular problem and you may find a thread where someone else solved it.
 
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 08:36 AM
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Thanks it's for a buddy. He just asked me to check.
I'll bet he buys a service manual soon. I'm surprised he doesn't have one already.

The bike wouldn't start the other night with the switch, but it started and ran being push started.

Anybody else with any ideas?
 
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Old Jul 22, 2011 | 12:17 PM
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Mine just stated doing the same this. The battery fuse powers the tsm module and the speedo and tach. I have gone through 4 fuses in 2 days. It kills the 2 main gages and odometer and the stater button and all the functions of the tsm module witch includes the alarm.
I can not reproduce what is causing it.
I will be trouble shooting till I figure it out.
 
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 10:34 PM
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My 05 sportster 1200c is doing the same thing, chased wires all over the place and can't find the problem
 
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My 05 road glide just shut off doing 70. Had the radio playing and all of a sudden I'm coasting off the highway. Now it won't start and keeps popping battery fuses. Been thru a dozen already. Can't find any bare wires.
 
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Originally Posted by Texas Fat Boy
Thanks it's for a buddy. He just asked me to check.
I'll bet he buys a service manual soon. I'm surprised he doesn't have one already.

The bike wouldn't start the other night with the switch, but it started and ran being push started.

Anybody else with any ideas?
I think your answer might be found in the area of the only clue you gave. The starter circuit. I’ll assume (I know what that means) after the bike was push started the rider was able to make it home with no issues.
Diagrams can be seen on a internet search which might help.
 
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