Posted: Today 12:27:36 AM EST
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Now, I know all about the v-rods design history and how it’s not really a Harley, and how purists hate them… get over it for a sec and tell me how bad a 100,000 mile v-rod can be. My uncles bike is the bike. It’s a 2005. 98,615 miles. Looks almost new. It’s been sitting for a couple years, but, after a jump, turned over fine. It seems to have an alarm system that is keeping it from starting. I go it to fire off with one key fob, but then tried the other. It started, then it died and won’t start again. We sold that 59 panhead and now have a v-rod to deal with. I said I’d take it, but apparently, that’s not an option…. |
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So... I find comfort in the fact that if Trump has to work so hard to go to Heaven, then there is a shit load of Democrats that have no f-cking chance to go anywhere but HELL. Sometimes it is entirely appropriate to kill a fly with a sledge-hammer.
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Originally Posted By DasRonin: Porsche designed engine... really! Assisted by Porsche, I don’t think they did ground up design. If I recall correctly they mostly helped in the cooling department. It was their first dip of the toe into the water cooled world, so they asked the Germans who were at the same time abandoning air cooled…. |
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Originally Posted By Positronic: Stop fucking around and PUT A NEW BATTERY IN THE V ROD, before you fuck up more shit.. . . . . .edit: ....drain, pump, or siphon all the shit out of the  fuel tank, and refill with fresh NEW unleaded pump gasoline too. I’m not jumping it off of a car battery, using a charger on a low setting, so, jump was the wrong word… I let it sit for a couple hours before cranking it. But it is going to need a new battery as it won’t pass a load test. The bike was fully winterized before it was put under cover. There was no fuel in it. I added some non ethanol 92 with a little fuel stabilizer in it just in case there was any water hiding in the tank. |
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Originally Posted By larryjr: put new fob batteries in also, and make sure they are in correctly This seems to be next. I also found the sequence for the alarm, I’ll try that next and hope he didn’t change the code. Otherwise it looks like it’ll need to go to the shop to be reset. |
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I owned a 2006 VRSCR for a few years. Really loved it for country road riding. Mine was the orange one. Nice on the highway too The main complaint I had was the hydraulic clutch line is routed near the exhaust, on mine it burned through, lost fluid, and I lost the clutch while in a high speed turn on a country road. I shifted without the clutch and made it to a safe spot around the bend, but had it towed as I didn't want to abuse the gearbox by shifting clutchless. It was exciting for a minute there when my clutch lever went slack. Other than that it was a fun bike. Heavy as a tank though. Id say replace the battery, drain the fuel and add some fresh premium gas, and try again. Make sure you check the tank petcock and fuel line for position/patency if it has one. Can't remember if mine had one or not. |
"According to Argonne National Laboratory, it takes 100 pounds of battery in an EV to go a distance achieved by only one pound of gasoline in an ICE vehicle"
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The alarm systems sometimes use a rechargeable 9v looking battery. When new they are basically drained. Harley suggests riding the bike 8 hours to use the system to charge the alarm battery once installed/drained. The system will only charge the alarm battery when the system is actively charging, more so highway speeds. You may want to look at replacing the rechargeable little battery too. I independently charged mine slowly before installing the little 9v looking alarm battery on my 2011 Ultra. Key fob batteries only last 2 years on Harley’s. |
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