Recent content by Joe_Delli

UPDATE: I had some time to go over the bike today. Popped the headlight off and it uncovered an absolute mess of wires. I was able to untangle a bit and found some wires that weren’t connected, and some exposed wires. I insulated a bit and the the bike started and ran without blowing a fuse. I...

For sure. I bought a multimeter with the battery. Went with the Mighty Max YB12A-A. Thanks for the advice on testing. Bought the multimeter didn’t really know much about using it lol. I’ll lyk what I find.

Got it. Gonna order one off Amazon. I’ll find some time to go poking around this weekend. The fuse would blow when I would flip the key but now when there’s any battery on it it gets no power at all. Never reversed the polarity tho the gold terminal on mine is the positive side.

Hi all, This is my first post and I’m electronically challenged so go easy on me. I recently bought an 81 xs 400 off of Facebook. Bike ran fine when I bought it. Electrical start, lights, dash lights everything worked. The battery died out the first day and wouldn’t charge so I bought a new one...