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If youre lucky, maybe you can find a wrench/shop open today. Let them run a continuity check on your system, they should be able to find the problem. Could be the stator, regulator, starter, fuse block, etc. Same thing happened to me on my Softail, had to replace everything, and it ran me about 8 bones. Been three plus years now, and never another problem. Good luck, and congrats on a hell of an iron butt run. 😎
p.s. Ive got an 03 Raider and love it now that the early issues have been laid to rest.
The regulator is mounted on the down tubes and has a connection into the front of the motor. Check those wires they may be loose.
The next item to have a shop check is the charging system. Its inside your inner primary. (Note: The battery is only being charged above 1500 RPM so test it by puttng a multi meter on the battery and rev the engine it should be charging above 12V.)
Heres a link that show you a picture of the regulator and charging system.
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