Yes,cord is connected straight to battery.

 

thank you!

 

The biggest issue I find when I start unplugging stuff (like changing bars) is remembering how the heck to get in diagnostic mode to clear the codes.

 

had to watch this

 

The tender leads are connected to the battery terminals so you’ll be fine………. Were it my bike and I was waiting another two weeks for parts, I’d pull the battery, bring it in the house, and hook it up to the tender to get the battery out of the cold…… But I’m OCD…..

 

i have thought about doing that. i had intended for this swap out to be done over a 2 day period two weeks ago when we had upper 60 degree weather, but changing my mind on the parts and then waiting has squashed all plans. based on weather, and whenever all the pieces arrive, this could be another 2-3 weeks, and the weather is hanging in the 30's most days, dipping lower at night.

 

No not on newer bike the tender cable is part of the harness it is not connected directly to battery.
Started with Rushmoore. It also has it's own 20 Amp fuse . Good idea to know where it is in the fuse box. I think it is number 4

 

I'm paranoid... adding "run new tender port wire from battery" to my list! I mean really how can a tender work properly if it is taking into consideration so many other variables through and to the battery? Might explain short Battery lifespan for continuous tender users I have read about. Done ranting I guess...

 

Yep!

 

A little off topic but has been mentioned so. Of all the bar installs I’ve done. I have yet to pull the fuse. The only bike to throw codes so far was the Freewheeler. And that was just the speedo code and a turn signal code. Probably done bars about 8 or more times. Not saying you don’t have to or shouldn’t. So what you’re comfortable with. But not pulling it and doing bars is no big deal.
I guess a was way to check is keep your fuse out and plug in the tender and have a volt meter on the battery. See what happens.

 

A little off topic but has been mentioned so. Of all the bar installs I’ve done. I have yet to pull the fuse. The only bike to throw codes so far was the Freewheeler. And that was just the speedo code and a turn signal code. Probably done bars about 8 or more times. Not saying you don’t have to or shouldn’t. So what you’re comfortable with. But not pulling it and doing bars is no big deal.
I guess a was way to check is keep your fuse out and plug in the tender and have a volt meter on the battery. See what happens.

I've done two bar installs on my 2022 FLTRXS. Didn’t pull the fuse. After I buttoned it up I had a check engine light and half a dozen codes both times. They are easy enough to clear, but I don’t recall that happening on my 2020 FLH that I also did two bar installs on.

 

whenever i've messed with bars, speedo, etc. i haven't gotten any codes unless i turned the ignition on while something was unplugged.

 

There is no down side to pulling the fuse other than miss placing it.

There a plenty of down sides to not pulling it on these bikes.

 

Most important thing would be to pull it correctly. Key on, engine off, fob in hand.

 

I haven't pulled the fuse either, guess also have gotten lucky. Also DON'T REMOVE THE IGNITION! Remove the the horseshoe thing under it! You can then turn the ignition to acc and wiggle the console over it. No worries to miss-align the switch and swear a lot trying to get it aligned again.

 

the tender was not charging until i plugged the 50A fuse back in.
everything from the stock triple tree up is removed and has been for a week(triple tree, bars, cables, ignition switch)

thanks for the schematic above NCPiper!

 

what if its a CVO setup where the right handlebar switch is the only "on/off"?

i assume flip the switch to on with fob in hand, then pull the fuse?

 

On these newer canbus bikes, the ign switch just sends a coded signal over the canbus to the BCM to energize the circuits. Other than the signal, all the connecting of circuits happens in the bcm. With CVO's that happens without the ign switch circuit. I've never looked into exactly how that works on a CVO, but it's something that can be turned on or off with software. So the fob being in hand probably all that's necessary. But not knowing, I would probably check it at the HD service portal before pulling the fuse, if I had a CVO.