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[dahsen]

I have the same problem on my Rocker C (96'').  It started doing this after an oil change...  Tried many things and finally found out that the oil level has to be a little under the bar.  Everytime I put to much oil, the problem gets back and I have to remove some oil.....

Don't Know if your cause is the same but.....   just wanted to share...

Dah

[BreakoutCVO]

Got mine in January new. Just had my first starting issue, turned over slow and didn't catch. Hit button again and this time turns over too slow to fire then clickkkkk. Put it on the charger for about half hour and it started. Took it out for a nice long ride to charge it up. Been a hellacious few weeks so its been sitting. Two weeks sitting however shouldn't cause this much drain right? I'm just going to plan on putting the trickle charger on it from now on. Maybe someone will come up with a good explaination why this is happening.

[CVOBreak]

Got mine in January new. Just had my first starting issue, turned over slow and didn't catch. Hit button again and this time turns over too slow to fire then clickkkkk. Put it on the charger for about half hour and it started. Took it out for a nice long ride to charge it up. Been a hellacious few weeks so its been sitting. Two weeks sitting however shouldn't cause this much drain right? I'm just going to plan on putting the trickle charger on it from now on. Maybe someone will come up with a good explaination why this is happening.

Mine had the same issue after a while and at 3600 miles and 16 months old the battery was shot. it starts almost immediately now that the battery was replaced under warranty.
Just one more issue in a mountain of issues. Unless warranty covers it Harley is not going to get one more dime from me.

[BreakoutCVO]

Mine had the same issue after a while and at 3600 miles and 16 months old the battery was shot. it starts almost immediately now that the battery was replaced under warranty.
Just one more issue in a mountain of issues. Unless warranty covers it Harley is not going to get one more dime from me.

To me it sounds like my battery might just be a dud or too small cranking amps to begin with. When I hit it it turns over like once then hesitates a second then spins up and starts. Someone in this thread recommended pulling in the clutch as you start it so I am going to try that too, maybe it will help remove excess friction and allow it to spin. Haven't even had time to ride since my troubles the other day. At any rate my dealer is going to hear about it.

[zigscvobo]

REALLY? Pull in the clutch? The bike is in N when I start it. 

[Snapperkid]

Bad battery or not enough cranking amps. Seems like the 110B has higher compression than the standard 110 in the touring. I would trickle or change battery.

[grc]

Bad battery or not enough cranking amps. Seems like the 110B has higher compression than the standard 110 in the touring. I would trickle or change battery.

Nope, not higher compression.  But Softail batteries are smaller and of lower capacity than the Touring batteries.  Bikes that aren't ridden several times a week will probably benefit from being kept on a battery tender to make sure the battery remains fully charged.

Jerry

[zigscvobo]

Being that it has the factory alarm system on it I have kept on Battery tender on it from day 1. Seems that after bike is ridden it will start up pretty quick which might lead one to believe that it has charged the bike some.

[Royalroadie]

REALLY? Pull in the clutch? The bike is in N when I start it. 

 
Even with the bike in neutral your clutch basket causes a large amount of drag on the starter.  If your battery is low, have a weak starter, high comp engine any of these things add drag to the motor when starting.  The faster it spins the easier it starts, period.  If you have a motor that is not starting easily pulling in the clutch will increase the starters speed by 10~20% on a cold motor.

[HDBill]

Don't know if this is relative but my bike on first try cold would try to fire but die. Second or third time would start. After a long ride one day, about 3 hours, came home and went to leave again in about 15 min.and bike would not start at all. Wore the battery down where it wouldn't turn anymore. Took it for 1k service and dyno tune and they found it didn't have enough fuel pressure while doing the tune. It is still there waiting for new fuel pump..

[Stevie B]

Same problem, went in for 1k service and they found that fuell presure was about 50 percent, put new feul pump in and it is much better now and is much more responsive, they also did a reflash but no dyno yet .

[HDBill]

Stevie, did your bike have the same issues in the start of this thread? I too thought it might be acr or battery and it still may be. Just wondering.

[Stevie B]

Stevie, did your bike have the same issues in the start of this thread? I too thought it might be acr or battery and it still may be. Just wondering.

Yes same issue it would pop through intake and took 3 or 4 try's to start when cold stared fine after warmed up.
also with rear cylinder deactivated in traffic it coughed and sputtered and would sometimes stall.engine seemed to crank over good so I don't think it has a battery problem.It also seems to run a little cooler now, It must have been extra lean before.
Hope this helps someone,everyone on this forum has some great info.

[HDBill]

Thanks Stevie. Had identical issue only other thing was engine seemed to "catch" sometimes like not enough amps to starter or too much compression. It ran like chit when I first got it and returned to dealer. I told them then it seemed like a fuel issue then. They retuned it saying base maap wasn't any good, also an issue I saw others who had tuners ran into on this forum. Still didn't seem right but was somewhat better. Bought the bike at a dealer 3 hours away and had the SE pro kit installed. Then was informed they wouldn't dyno it till 1k but they charged for it in original price. Decided to have it dynoed at dealer here who did both my other bikes. Odd thing they wanted 7500 more for identical BO. Seriously?  After I bought 2 bikes and an additional 10k plus into each bike? Said you'll never sell me another bike. Their basic answer. We don't care. The stupidity that infected their front end hasn't seemed to effect the service department. Sure hope they don't prove me wrong.

[ChopperPilot]

Mine seems to be slow to turn over, like the battery is weak.  I rode Sunday and had not been able to ride for 6 days, on the second start after riding for a while it turned over fine.  Pretty sure my issue is battery related, or just need to keep on a trickle charger when I'm gone the whole week.