Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start

By Fix My Hog Editors

We have a lot of questions come in concerning starting issues. Not only do we see these questions on the website, but we frequently have these jobs in the shop. There are many possible issues that will keep your Harley from starting, so we created this hub full of information to help you diagnose what could be wrong and how to fix it! Be sure to save or bookmark this page to access your daily tips.

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Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Intermittent Starting Problem

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Intermittent Starting Problem
Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Starting Problems 2006 FLSTCI

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Starting Problems 2006 FLSTCI
Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Won’t Start When Warm

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Won’t Start When Warm

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Chasing Starting Issue
Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Sportster Will Not Start

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Sportster Will Not Start

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In The Shop: Starting Issues

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Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Clutch and Brake Applied to Start

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Clutch and Brake Applied to Start
Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Sportster Not Getting Spark

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Sportster Not Getting Spark
Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - In The Shop: Jump Starting A Harley

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In The Shop: Jump Starting A Harley
Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Issue With Starting My Harley

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Issue With Starting My Harley
Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Ultra Starting Issues

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Ultra Starting Issues
Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Fuel Pressure Issue

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Fuel Pressure Issue

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Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Chasing Starting Issue

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Chasing Starting Issue
Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Harley Cold Start

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Harley Cold Start
Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Sportster Tach Jump and Stall

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Sportster Tach Jump and Stall

Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Starting and Stalling

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Starting and Stalling
Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Starting and Stalling 2

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Starting and Stalling 2
Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Electrical Cleaner in Switch Housing

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Electrical Cleaner in Switch Housing

Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start - Bad Cam Bearing

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Bad Cam Bearing

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4 Responses to “Tips for When Your Harley Won't Start”

  1. Lester Corbit

    I have a 2007 softail deuce I recently removed the primary to charge leaking tranny seal. Put the bike back together when I tried to start it the starter just clicked. I wound up buying a new starter thinking old one somehow went bad, new starter does exact same thing. Starter bendix engages starter ring but starter motor doesn’t turn or even try any help would be appreciated

  2. Ray coates

    Just got a HD will not start

  3. mike Leahan

    1980 glide...intermittent starter action ...turned out to be a nearly broken wire to the starter case that was a ground wire (just barely made contact but not sometimes)..made a new jumper and all is well

  4. Rod Hummel

    Finally retired, finally getting my dream ride!