HI all

Steelo

LOFB

put a multimeter on the battery and observe when cranking.

It should read 12.8 or thereabouts before cranking and once ignition turned on will drop to around 12.6 (headlight / fuel pump draw)  however if it drops below 9.6v whilst cranking then its likely on the way out or has a faulty plate internally (make sure connections are good and tight)
Mine did that last year and was only a few months old but replaced under warranty, sometimes would struggle however once 'warmed up' would seem ok and my tender (optimate) picked up the fault in that after riding would not trickle charge the battery (red fault light would come on), half an hour later or so the tender would kick in and start charging. Eventually, I went to start it one day and nothing....
my new battery voltage is around 12.9 (no load) and during cranking drops to just over 11v, then once started reads around 14.3 whilst motor is running & charging plus connecting the tender after a ride is no issue now with the new battery.

rob

Had the same issue with my 110 and reckon your spot on about the cranking amps.  Took my batt to dealer, did the diagnostic, reported battery good, gave me the print out with smiley face on it and batt stats. Can’t remember them exactly but I noticed the cranking amps were down. 

Good old ACR's not working. There is a recall for your bike. Harley Aus are useless and didn't tell anyone.

Google "strategy 621"

Essentially, even though the ACR's are turned On in the tune, they don't actually do anything. After the update you will hear an audible click as the ACR engages. The bike will start like it's connected to 415V after that.

Thanks lads for the input and info im going into the shop armed with the possible problem being the ACR and the possible update needed after reading about Strategy621 

Hi All,

Try putting your bike stand on a Harley jiffy stand or something like that. Someone on here gave me the tip a while back. 

What do you mean by on a jiffy stand? Isn't that just the yankee word for the side stand? Trying to understand how/why your bikes struggles less to start in these circumstances 

See image below. I not a rocket scientist, like some, but I live somewhere f’n cold and using this in conjunction with a tender makes a quantifiable difference to cold starts on my 2015 103 Dyna.

And yet it works.

Not sure about voodoo, sounds more like a leaky earth.

Will do that at next service however I think it works well noting what it is being asked to do. Not an issue to me, and certainly not an issue during summer months.

Thought I’d post this here beacaus it’s about the battery, 

I tend to be wired (yeah is sad) to last comment made by loopie.

Don’t worry I laughed when he said that, such rubbish, it just doesn’t make sense. Knew the battery was on the way out it’s been solid for 4 years so that’s not bad. Time of a new one

Thanks Brash and every one for the input , it was the ACR not working  and when I suggested to the owner of the shop he re programs the software with Strategy 621 his jaw nearly hit the counter. Remembering this was a new bike still under warranty nothing wrong with the battery, but he wanted me to replace the battery at my expense ! 

Love the way Brash like a wise old owl has just given his input in a concise post on the 13th July and then sat back. Well done Brash and glad it got sorted LOFB.