Hello all, new to forum, didn't seem to be a thread that quite answered this situation, so I'm entering a new one. I was checking out a 2009 RSTD at Stubbs Cycles in Houston yesterday. It's a good looking bike with only 13K on it. The first thing I notice about this bike is that it's been wired for trailer lights by previous owner. For some reason, although there are wires wrapped in a bundle near the trailer hitch there is no plug at the end of the wires, it's just electrical taped at the end. Hhhhmmm. When I ask to start it, it has a dead battery. They bring out a jumpbox of some type and the bike starts right up and sounds great at idle. However, the speedo display keeps flashing all "needles" of the display, effectively blacking out the screen. The odometer was flashing along with it. The mechanic said the battery was trying to "catch up", I assume he meant the battery had to have a minimal voltage to display the speedo properly. That seems possible, but what's also possible is that the trailer wiring was done wrong and that's whats screwing up the display. I used to own a '05 RSTD and I THINK I remember something like that happening when the battery died once on me...but that's been a long time ago. Does anyone have a more recent experience with something like this? Thanks
