Fatboy electrical troubleshooting

Alright guys, here's the story...I hit a deer on my 2003 Fatboy back in June and am trying to piece it back together a lil bit at a time. I started with the handlebars cause I knew I could ride it if I fixed the bars. Needless to say, I got a great deal on the bars and decided to internally wire them myself. All went relatively smooth, keepin in mind everything is bent, and I took it up the car wash to uncover some more chrome rash. That's right, broken leg and all i rode it up there with no problems. On the way home it cut out, but I just assumed i got something wet, though I was very cautious. Took a few little trips around town and felt like I could go for a highway cruise

5 miles down the road the bike cut out again, this time it will not snap out of it and it came home a trailer...after checking fuses, i found 3 sometimes 4 fuses keep blowing as soon as i turn on the ignition: the accessory fuse, the ignition fuse, the lights fuse, and sometimes the guage fuse.

Heres the question already, is the wire short in the handlebars i wired, or is there a chance i broke something loose when i crashed? I am just not sure where to start looking and don't wanna do those bars again and find it was something else. Thanks already for all your help

Thanks guys...the fun starts today...supposed to have a heat index of 110-115 today, so we'll see how long I stay at it with my gimped up leg. I hope it is something out in the open, but I agree that it will probably be a PIA, but i thought that when i started this project

thanks...I took all the advice and started where i just rewired the handlebars because it was still popping fuses today after it dried. Everything was going a lot smoother the second time, but I am still having problems running my last set of wires for the "end of the handlebar blinkers", just too many wires stuck in there.


While pulling apart my work, I did find a couple/three small nicks in the insultation, so whether or not it is the problem I am glad I rechecked em...hopefully that's all it was, but we will see if I ever get the last wires ran...hopefully tomorrow's my lucky day, cause today was frustrating

thanks again for all the advice...pretty sure the water hose working back was the first time I heard of troubleshooting that way, but I love it...If my wires weren't the faulty problem, I am going that avenue next

Well, I started over at the beginning by pulling all the wires out and checking them closely, sure enough, a few small nics and found a pretty serious pinch due to the aftermarket bars and the pre drilled holes. I just rebored the holes, redid everything I did the first time, only with a little more knowledge and speed, and voila everything works. It is still probably not up to a professional's standards, and I still havent put on blinkers yet, but everything else works, so everyone can drink one on me.

On another note, I still need replacement 100th anniversary tins for a 2003 FLSTFi. Originally it is silver over black, but i would consider solid black, just not the blue

If anyone ha ever had to mess with Harley and their 100th anniversary stripe, you know how impossible it is. You have to turn in your old badges in order to even order new tins, not to mention pay for them up front and wait until they want to get around to special mixing the paint and doing it...think it took like 2- 3 months last time...so if anyone knows anyone that went custom with their's before they wrecked em up...send em my way...I now know I HATE WHITETAIL DEER

on another note....Rode it about 120 miles today...stiffened up the leg/ankle quite a bit but it was so worth it...much needed stress relief and a lil self satisfaction that I can now ride until I can afford to pay for the rest of the mess...