I finally got my heap up and running after about 2 1/2 years, really got serious this past month figuring out why it wouldn't turn over. Looks like I'll need a bigger battery to turn over this high torque starter though, even though it's fully charged it still needed the charger to spin it completely over.
Now here we have a merger of 2 cultures once vehemently opposed as could be. At one time those who embraced the golf scene (Doctors, rich f**ks, old farts), were ridiculed and the subject of derision by the Harley crowd. Those who rode Harleys were viewed as criminal,*******, thugs etc. by the duffers. That Freedom has always been jealously hated by those not in possession of it. The local H-D dealer now hosts a charity (Huzzah) golf tournament that sells out due to the large number of spawned by television "Bikers" ...truly sad.
Not to say anything bad , but those HD12 batteries are strange birds . Have you but a volt meter across the battery while it’s trying to crank ? Starter relay that looks like a Ford unit needs clean good ground also . I normally run a piece of # 10 from battery - side to starter relay also . 1 st ride on the last Shovel (84) I have , brand new fresh AGM battery , dead on the darkest stretch of road home for me . Not a fun day to push the SOB to the nearest street light . Good luck my friend , I wish I lived near . I’d be hangin with you
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