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Alright, so I needed a new battery (was using a friends last season). I called McBrides in the morning, they said they had one, they'd put it on the charger and I could come in to pick it up 4 hours later.
I ran some erands and then went to picked up the battery.
I hadn't stabilized the fuel in the bike to put it away, just stopped riding. It was also overdue for an oil change. So I syphonned out the fuel, just to be safe, and I threw it in my car. I drained the floats. I put fresh fuel in the tank, set the selector to primek to refill the floats while I then changed the oil and filter.
GREAT! Time to drop the new battery in and fire it up!! Oops, wrong battery. The terminals are on the wrong side and it does not fit in the tray. SomammaBi@tch!.. and McBrides is closed now! I should have checked that first thing.
So I heard that it was alright to jump a bike (93 Katana 600) from a car battery if the car is not running. I hooked the car battery up to the actual connetions on the bike with no bike battery in the system... nothing.
No lights, no click... nothing. In my manual, it shows that there is a master circuit breaker just behind the battery tray. My first instinct is that I popped that but I cannot find it.
Does that sound right? Or is there some other reason that nothing would happen? Both blinkers are disconnected and off but that can't be it. A couple weeks ago, I turned the ignition to on before removing my friends battery. I did indeed get a headlight, neutral light, tail/braklights, blinker. I just didn't want to turn it over until I hade changed the fuel and oil.
Any suggestions?
N
I ran some erands and then went to picked up the battery.
I hadn't stabilized the fuel in the bike to put it away, just stopped riding. It was also overdue for an oil change. So I syphonned out the fuel, just to be safe, and I threw it in my car. I drained the floats. I put fresh fuel in the tank, set the selector to primek to refill the floats while I then changed the oil and filter.
GREAT! Time to drop the new battery in and fire it up!! Oops, wrong battery. The terminals are on the wrong side and it does not fit in the tray. SomammaBi@tch!.. and McBrides is closed now! I should have checked that first thing.
So I heard that it was alright to jump a bike (93 Katana 600) from a car battery if the car is not running. I hooked the car battery up to the actual connetions on the bike with no bike battery in the system... nothing.
No lights, no click... nothing. In my manual, it shows that there is a master circuit breaker just behind the battery tray. My first instinct is that I popped that but I cannot find it.
Does that sound right? Or is there some other reason that nothing would happen? Both blinkers are disconnected and off but that can't be it. A couple weeks ago, I turned the ignition to on before removing my friends battery. I did indeed get a headlight, neutral light, tail/braklights, blinker. I just didn't want to turn it over until I hade changed the fuel and oil.
Any suggestions?
N
The car was not running and it was only for a few seconds. I'll have to wait until I exchange the battery to know for sure. I didn't want to hook this one up.
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