Im an Idiot

[Chappers]

So I crossed the wires trying to jump start! What an Idiot.

I have had to do this the last few mornings to get my Intruder going and then normally fine the rest of the day. My previous post was that I bought the wrong battery and now I'm waiting to get the proper fitting one. As I have done this a few times and it was raining I was kind of rushing the job hence the muck up.

There were a few additional sparks but I thought this was as I had some rain coming down. Now the car is fine but my bike does nothing at all. Nothing seemed melted or damaged.

Ill buy a new battery anyway when it comes in but is there a fuse or anything else I probably need to replace also?

Thanks for helping an idiot.

Chappers
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[Nobby the Bastard]

There should be one main fuse (up to 30 amp, a big bastard), typically next to the battery.

Whats the full name of the bike, cc etc?
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[cb1rocket]

Check battery with multi meter, also check main 30a fuse on starter solnoid.
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[misscrabstick]

Not so sure about bikes but when this happens with cars, and having worked at import centres I have seen it done a million zillion times, damage is mostly the fusible link, usually found near the battery, sometimes though I have seen alternators go pop and refuse to charge afterwards as their regulators have become damaged.

Once at a used car dealer I worked at a valeter jumped a Rolls Royce silver shadow with backwards polarity,it killed a lot of gauges plus the ignition control box and cost a lot to put right.

[Chappers]

Its a Suzuki Intruder 125 VL. I'm struggling to confirm the actual battery size to find a proper replacement!

I'm going home soon from work so can check fuse.
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[MarJay]

It'll be a fuse. There seems to be often a main fusebox on most bikes with a secondary fuse somewhere else in the system. For example, on my Street Triple it's on the Starter solenoid.
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[Chappers]

So I bought a new battery and fuse and all is well. I even managed to swap the dodgy battery without the company noticing!!! he he

Thanks All,
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