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Motorcycle Forum / General / Harley / September 2008Got me a new(ish) scoot!
Shirley, a round for the house on me. I just picked up a 2005 Road Glide Saturday. First impressions: I like it! I got it about 250 miles from home and it was a pretty sweet ride back. It was a theft recovery bike that had the fairing removed by the dirtbags. The guy I bought it from had purchased it from the insurance company and replaced the fairing. Mechanically it's in excellent shape but there are a couple minor things that need addressing: 1. Fuel gauge doesn't work. It's getting power. When I start the bike, it goes to 1/2 tank and stays there regardless of the fuel level. Two questions on this. Any hints on where to start looking? also, is the low fuel light triggered by the same sender as the gauge? Since it's injected and thus has no reserve, I really need to get this working to feel comfortable. 2. Ambient air temp gauge not working. Either that or it was below zero on Saturday. Again, any hints on where to start would be helpful. 3. Cruise control switch is broken. Anyone with a parts manual have a part number for this? 4. There appears to be a bad connection somewhere in the stereo system. When not running, the stereo works fine. When I'm riding, it cuts in and out. 5. No headlight cover (lens). Anyone know a part number for this? Other than those things, it's in really great shape. I'm really looking forward to doing as much riding as possible on it. Mark B > Shirley, a round for the house on me. I just picked up a 2005 Road > Glide Saturday. First impressions: I like > it! I got it about 250 miles from home and it was a pretty sweet ride > back. Congrats! Nice bike. Dunno anything useful about the issues you've got other than the standard RTFM kind of advice that's no use as you're probably in the process of getting the manual anyway. -- spunky hussein WaitingOnMyManualAndPartsBookToo tuna > Shirley, a round for the house on me. I just picked up a 2005 Road > Glide Saturday. Congrats > 1. Fuel gauge doesn't work. It's getting power. When I start the bike, > it goes to 1/2 tank and stays there regardless of the fuel level. Two > questions on this. Any hints on where to start looking? also, is the > low fuel light triggered by the same sender as the gauge? Since it's > injected and thus has no reserve, I really need to get this working to > feel comfortable. Fuel gauge is fed from a float sensor attached (I believe) to the fuel pump assembly in the tank. If the float arm is bent it won't get an accurate reading. > 2. Ambient air temp gauge not working. Either that or it was below > zero on Saturday. Again, any hints on where to start would be helpful. Pull the POS out and replace it with an oil temp gauge because its wrong anyway. Look in the fairing. The guy that put a fairing back on it knew the gauge wasn't worth sh.t so he didn't hook it up. It needs 12 volts to operate. Service manual will show you where to look. > 3. Cruise control switch is broken. Anyone with a parts manual have a > part number for this? Buy a parts manual. They're cheap. > 4. There appears to be a bad connection somewhere in the stereo > system. When not running, the stereo works fine. When I'm riding, it > cuts in and out. What cuts in and out, the sound or the power to the stereo? > 5. No headlight cover (lens). Anyone know a part number for this? Buy a parts manual. They're cheap. > Other than those things, it's in really great shape. I'm really > looking forward to doing as much riding as possible on it. > > Mark B Fins BS#221 > Shirley, a round for the house on me. I just picked up a 2005 Road > Glide Saturday. First impressions: I like > it! I got it about 250 miles from home and it was a pretty sweet ride > back. They're nice bikes, aren't they? And it seems more and more people are discovering that. Had to chuckle yesterday because I was talking to a woman in our HOG chapter (with more riding experience than most guys have). She has been ragging on the Road Glide for years (how ugly they are, etc.). She recently bought one. Absolutely loves it - even the looks now! She feels so sheepish about her previous remarks to everyone with Road Glides that she published an "I'm Sorry" article in this month's newsletter. I'm not going to let her off the hook that easily... <evil grin> > It was a theft recovery bike that had the fairing removed by the > dirtbags. The guy I bought it from had purchased it from the insurance > company and replaced the fairing. Mechanically it's in excellent shape > but there are a couple minor things that need addressing: Hopefully that fairing's put on right. Some people don't realize there are inner hooks to engage and stuff like that. First job for any Road Glide owner, IMO, is to get familiar with properly removing and installing that fairing. Figure out how to get things fitted properly and don't over-tighten the screws. If you should need to replace a headlight bulb on the road, you'll pretty much need to remove the fairing. > 1. Fuel gauge doesn't work. It's getting power. When I start the bike, > it goes to 1/2 tank and stays there regardless of the fuel level. Two > questions on this. Any hints on where to start looking? also, is the > low fuel light triggered by the same sender as the gauge? Since it's > injected and thus has no reserve, I really need to get this working to > feel comfortable. In addition to the things mentioned already, maybe make sure the wiring inside the tank isn't looped around the float, preventing it from ascending/descending. I did that once, after taking the guts outta there and putting together again. After all, who knows what's been monkeyed around with in the case of a 'recovery' bike? > 2. Ambient air temp gauge not working. Either that or it was below > zero on Saturday. Again, any hints on where to start would be helpful. Screw it. It's not accurate anyway. Mine hasn't worked properly in 5 or 6 years now. Don't miss it. > 3. Cruise control switch is broken. Anyone with a parts manual have a > part number for this? Just talk to the parts person at a Harley Dealer. <snip> > 5. No headlight cover (lens). Anyone know a part number for this? <snip> Parts person at a Harley Dealer again. >> 2. Ambient air temp gauge not working. Either that or it was below >> zero on Saturday. Again, any hints on where to start would be helpful. > >Screw it. It's not accurate anyway. Mine hasn't worked properly in 5 >or 6 years now. Don't miss it. Totally agreed. The one on our bagger (2003 FLHTCUI) never worked. Andrzej took it out and put something else there, maybe an altimiter or something. Compass? I can't remember. Dana Bitch 16 Wench 22 BS 23 BOTY VI ret. '05 FLHRSI "Belle" '03 FLHTCUI > On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 09:26:20 -0700 (PDT), "Road Glidin' Don" > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > Andrzej took it out and put something else there, maybe an altimiter > or something. Compass? I can't remember. Maybe some enterprising individual should come up with a decal to fit in it; something like "# of Payments Remaining" for the needle to point at. I've had a home-made decal of sorts on one of my instruments for years now: A small, circular patch of electrician's tape, precisely placed so that the engine trouble light doesn't bother my eyes when night riding. >Maybe some enterprising individual should come up with a decal to fit >in it; something like "# of Payments Remaining" for the needle to >point at. I need one of those on the Road King. >I've had a home-made decal of sorts on one of my instruments for years >now: A small, circular patch of electrician's tape, precisely placed >so that the engine trouble light doesn't bother my eyes when night >riding. I'm a big fan of the tape over annoying lights thing. (Phones, PVRs, everything I buy seems to have an annoying light on it.) Dana Bitch 16 Wench 22 BS 23 BOTY VI ret. '05 FLHRSI "Belle" '03 FLHTCUI > Shirley, a round for the house on me. I just picked up a 2005 Road > Glide Saturday. First impressions: I like [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > company and replaced the fairing. Mechanically it's in excellent shape > but there are a couple minor things that need addressing: <Snip> Sorry man, it's a total loss. It's not really worth the money to fix but I tell you what, you bring it here and I will work on it for free and do some trading for parts. It might take a couple of years but I would get it back to where you could enjoy riding it. :) BoboTWG > Shirley, a round for the house on me. I just picked up a 2005 Road > Glide Saturday. First impressions: I like [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > > Mark B Think I saw one of those light covers on ebay the other day. I'm personally looking for the light for one of my Tour Glides that is used when taking the fairing off. When I didn't want one, I saw several, now that I want one, the only one available has a bunch of guys in a bidding war over it.  SignatureOld Crow '82 FLTC 'Pearl' '87 FLTC 'Fugly' '61 F-100 BS#133, SENS, TOMKAT, SLOB#13, MAMBM |
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