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Anonymous Posted on Jun 09, 2010

I'm having problems with my charging system on my 08 1125r. While riding the battery light comes on and the voltage display comes on while losing power to my instrument panel.

  • Anonymous Jun 09, 2010

    while riding my battery light comes on. Lost power to my tach. and the system voltage display comes on the instrument panel. The bike starts to run rough. Then it goes away for awhile and then same thing happens again. I've heard there is a recall on the charging system for the 08 1125r.

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I had a problem when I first purchased my bike, I could start the bike 3 times and even after riding the bike would die. I ended up having to have the Harley Dealer come out and pick up the bike to fix it. Turned out, they had to "update the system software" on the bike. Hope this helps.

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