2006 Rocket Won’t Start

Joe Brogren

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Rocket III 2006
Battery (maybe a year old) is fully charged. Battery leads are solidly attached.
Turn key to ON, Run switch ON. No dial movement, no lights, no system noise or lights at all. No different if stand is up or down.
Fuses all appear to be fully seated.
I’s there a wire or cannon plug I should look to reconnect?

I rode it two days ago and it was running like a champ. Today, no life at all.

Thanks and ride safe.
 
more than likely it is a bad ignition switch
there is a blue and i think white wire that comes unsoldered
might try moving handle bars back and forth with key and kill switch on to see if it lights. (to confirm problem)
you can also check to see if you have 12 volts at the ignition fuse.
hope this helps
you also have other options if this is the problem
 
Good to go! I think the handlebar movement may have helped. I rolled the key to LIGHT and the headlamps came on. I then went to ON & RUN. No issues.
 
Joe Brogren said:
Good to go! I think the handlebar movement may have helped. I rolled the key to LIGHT and the headlamps came on. I then went to ON & RUN. No issues.
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that was just a test and if that worked then you need a repair i would not even drive it around the block.
 
The early model Rockets (2004-10) had the headlight power routed thru the ignition switch barrel. The 55 watt draw of the headlamps overheated the solder joints in the barrel and desoldered them. To get around this design flaw Eastern Beaver offered a relay kit for the headlights that directly powered the lights from the battery and retained the handlebar dip switch to toggle the brights. I installed that on my '05 Rocket and never had an issue with desoldering. You can either remove and resolder all the barrel joints or replace the whole unit, as is you are risking a failure on the road.
 
thanks for explaining
another option is the
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