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Need some tech help 02 Fatboy



On my last ride before I put her up in December, I parked the bike to run
into a store. Came out, ent to start the bike as usual but got only ticking
from the starter area.

The battery seemed to have plenty of juice but just to be sure I put another
one in. Same thing.

Got it into the garage, put a trickle charger on the battery. A few days
later, I tried it again, Nothing.

Took the battery out checked the ground, paced a charger directly on the
battery line. Got loud ticking from the starter area.

Tried to click the ignition switch off but that had no impact.

I'm thinking that either:
Ignition switch is bad (AND OR)
Solenoid is bad (AND OR)
Starter is bad.

In order to pull the starter, I have to drop the tank so I'd rather not
start just replacing parts.

This is a FI bike.

Any help would be appreciated. I've never had her into a shop except for
State Inspection so I'd like to keep that streak up.
Jump across the starter wires to see if it starts. I don't think it is your
switch if it sends the information to the solenoid to make it click. If it
starts by jumping the starter then I'd replace the solenoid.