T6h6o6r
XS650 Enthusiast
So I have an '80 special that I've been working on, cleaning up and slowly removing the unnecessary bits. A few weeks back I yanked the stock battery box and replaced it with a little welded electronics box under the seat and was about to install a little bracket to hold the battery, but I've been testing every step of the way, haven't really run into any problems. I have done a lot of shortening of wires that were unnecessarily long and whatnot, but like I said always tested afterwards always okay. So 2 days ago I noticed the wires going to/from my fuse box looked a little worse for ware, so, one pair at a time I cut the ends off and replaced them with brand new connectors. No big deal right? Well, now the bike is completely dead in the water. No power at all. I have been checking continuity like a mad man and everything seems to be connected where it ought to be, I bridged the starter solenoid with a screwdriver and it turned over, the battery is at 12.8-12.9 volts. I'm at a complete loss and about to pull out my hair. Someone please help me out and tell me what/where I should be checking with a multimeter or anything I can try to get power back to my bike. I am so friggin confused and lost I simply don't know what to do from this point. Any help would be just so greatly appreciated, thanks everyone.
P. S. I also unplugged my headlight cause I was painting the bucket... I don't think that should have anything to do with it, but for the sake of being thorough I figured I would add it..
P. S. I also unplugged my headlight cause I was painting the bucket... I don't think that should have anything to do with it, but for the sake of being thorough I figured I would add it..