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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 08:40 PM
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4 or 5 at most here, no matter how long its been sitting. Not waiting on the fuel pump has never made any difference for me, though I know many others find it helps. If this is a fairly new symptom a good tune and battery test could be in order. If its been this way for a long time, you may want to talk to Dynojet about it and see if they have a different map to help.
 
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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 09:32 PM
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plugs are new . and when I let the pump run then try to start it, starts after about 2 cranks that's with the tender plugged in , yes I believe the battery is going , when I do get a battery I will get one with more cranking amps .
 
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Old Sep 8, 2013 | 10:17 PM
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My 2010 ultra turns over maybe twice before it fires even if it's been sitting for a week and I have about 12k on my plugs. My bike was tuned with the Power Vision.
 
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Old Sep 9, 2013 | 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by dulley
plugs are new . and when I let the pump run then try to start it, starts after about 2 cranks that's with the tender plugged in , yes I believe the battery is going , when I do get a battery I will get one with more cranking amps .
I'd load test the battery first. I doubt more CCA's are going to fix the problem if you have the right battery in there now.
 
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