2000 Harley Davidson FXST Softail Standard "test battery drain road" Questions

...Petrol still in tank and oil not drained. Dump the gas tank out, put fresh gas in. Put a new battery. Try to get it started. Run it for a min., then change oil. Test your brakes and check your

problem. Battery needs to go on a charger and fully charged before you can conduct any electrical output test from the stator or voltage regulator. Just happened to me again this week. Hope this helps

...battery tested first, if it has 1 bad cell it may appear fully charged on the read out on a charger but 15 miles down the road it can just die off, running the bike on 3 cyls, then cutting out all ...