Horn and Emergency Flashers.

[T.Byrd]

I was riding today, buy the way with this weather we are having that is a lucky thing. And back to the matter at hand I was going down the road and the motor quites, just after the horn beeps and the flashers start flashing.It stays on a battery tender and the battery is not a year old. It's a 310 battery. It done this about 6 or 7 times today in about a 60 mile ride.When it does this you can turn the key off and it will start right back up but who knows for how long. I know it is going to strand me some where before long if I don't get it fixed. Any suggestions appreciated.

 

[KnotSo]

Are the battery connectors on the top or side of the battery? If on top, seat could be making contact with Battery and causing issues.
How old is the battery?

 

[T.Byrd]

Connectors on top and battery about a year old. When it started doing this it only done it once in a while now it does it every time I ride it. Some one said something about the sensor up by the oil filter.

 

[Raywood]

Put a volt meter on the battery and verify your voltage. The horn & flashers are an indicator of a weak battery.
Check it out before it causes other issues. With the 05 you may want to pull the EHC plugs and ensure the thing is full of die-electic grease and the terminals are tight in addition to the above recommendations. Also check out the thread on the voltage regulator. Do you still have the circuit breaker or was it replaced with the fuse?

 

[KnotSo]

Mine are also on top and as of yet no issues. Some I ride with warn of the seat sagging down after awhile and contacting the connectors, possibly kinking or crushing the wires. may want to look at that area.

 

[Raywood]

Connectors on top and battery about a year old. When it started doing this it only done it once in a while now it does it every time I ride it. Some one said something about the sensor up by the oil filter.

The sensor down at your oil filter is only for your coil firing like the points in an old car.

I would still check the voltage of the battery.

 

[T.Byrd]

I don't know if it has the breaker or fuse Ray I have done all the recalls and tech. Bulletins on it. But I will check thevoltage on the battery and check the VR.Thanks Ray, and you all.

 

[Raywood]

I don't know if it has the breaker or fuse Ray I have done all the recalls and tech. Bulletins on it.

Easy to tell. The new fuse is a red plastic thing and the circuit breaker is a metal thing with a button on it. Pictures around here somewhere but easy to tell the difference just by the color of the piece. I'll see if I can find the picture.

 

[T.Byrd]

Ray, I have the fuse, Checked voltage and it is running 13. something and with the engine started it started climbing so voltage regulator is working ,checked battery termanals and they were a little loose tightened them and went for a ride and it seened to help some but it still did it once got home and tightened the terminals on starter and have not got to ride yet.I also cut a piece of rubber and put over the battery and it did not help eather.I don't know if Im talking about the right thing when I say it has the fuse it is on a positive wire leaving the battery.

 

[T.Byrd]

Dead when I checked the battery today we did do a load test on it it was ok.I cleaned them all up and retightened them at the starter also. I also don't know much about the d plug you are talking about. I looked on the how to and could not find anything about it.

 

[CHOPPED]

Sounds like you need a new battery. You could have a dead cell in your battery, which is preventing it from holding a charge. The fact that it died soon, points to this. Good luck.

 

[bushman]

Hey T-Byrd my 05 chopper did that very smae thing to me and what I found out was there is an in-line resistor I think it was by the coil. I can't remember. It was white and very small. I know this is not much info, but hopefully some one will chime in and give you better info on location. By the way when I removed it no troubles since.
Wes

 

[Moespeeds]

When the EHC failed on my friend's 05 Chopper, he had the headlight and flashers blinking, horn beeping, and starter engaged all at once while riding down the road at 40MPH. Seems fishy that when you cycle the key, it starts right back up. Sounds like an EHC.

 

[bushman]

thats what i had to do when mine quit going down the road. pulled over, turned the key off then back on and it started back up.

 

[bushman]

T-Byrd I looked in the search section for resistor and sure enough it was a service bulletton for the 05 choppers N8KAM was the person who said he removed his. I am computer stupid or i would send the link from my original post on this subject. just punch in resistor in search and then look for my post (REALLY WEIRD). N8KAM has a pic of the resistor that needs to be removed. It is by the coil like I thought

 

[Raywood]

There haven't been any posts on that resistor in a long time. I've posted pics of it before. If I remember right it was a quick fix to a VR issue but the factory told me that keeping it in doesn't harm anything. I pulled mine anyway.

 

[Night Train]

Have you checked your ground cable at the starter bolt? Don't just tighten it up, pull the bolt and look at the eyelet. If it looks OK put it all back together. Start the bike and do a "wiggle" test on all the wires going to the battery and the main EHC connectors.

 

[RRRUFF]

If you haven't replace the key switch it might be a culprit also. But the horn and flashers sounds like a low battery or a low charge. Like Night Train said check those connections.

 

[cyclecat]

My '06 K-9 just recently started doing this only when I started it cold. Turn key, press run, press start - it would turn over once, horn would beep and flashers would come on.

I thought it was in the handlebar switches. Took it apart and found the throttle cable had worn into one of the wires. (the big black one, I assume "start" wire) Taped and re-routed the wire. Couldn't do much of a test cause I didn't want to wake the neighbors, but it seemed to fix the problem.

I guess the start wire was grounding to throttle cable.

 

[Raywood]

I thought it was in the handlebar switches. Took it apart and found the throttle cable had worn into one of the wires. (the big black one, I assume "start" wire)

That big fat one is your brake switch wire for the brake lever. I would still check the voltage of my battery and have it load tested. Your lights are a low voltage warning.

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