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Author Message   Tbowdre Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 02:07 pm:        Installing a new battery today and I touched the positive to my sub frame for like a milisecond. Everything seems fine but I KNOW there are smart people here.... anything I should check? thanks, todd   Nillaice Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 02:17 pm:        was the key on? did you hear any noises other than the spark? check fuses -they should have blown before dammage to the components happened   Daggar Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 02:31 pm:        I've done that before. lol. Melted one of the battery posts but the bike was fine.   Sprintst Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 02:37 pm:        the big question - was the negative terminal grounded to the bike? if it wasn't, no juice flowed. however, I'm assuming you got a spark. Just check out that everything works, keep an ear open for how it's running to see if the ECU took a jolt or not   Tbowdre Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 03:02 pm:        I love this place. Thanks for the fast reply. Key not on, negative connected... seems fine. No codes. Didn't start it yet. Thanks, todd   Sparky Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 05:39 pm:        Re battery in the future, always: disconnect the negative cable first, then the positive; when installing, connect the positive first, then the negative. That way, the chance of accidentally sparking to ground is kept to a minimum. Incidentally (accidentally), that's how I got to be known as Sparky   Tbowdre Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 06:40 pm:        Connect the positive first.... now you know how I came up with the title of the thread! LOL   Ratbuell Posted on Friday, January 21, 2011 - 07:04 pm:        Just curious on this one...how did you touch the positive to the subframe? Did you connect the terminals before you physically installed the battery?   Tbowdre Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 12:08 am:        now you're just picking on me! 1/4 drive ratchet handle hit the sub frame luckily the bike is fine todd   Ratbuell Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 12:42 am:        Glad the bike is OK. I have a 10mm box end wrench specifically for battery terminals. You can see the claw...and the box at the other end...and that's it. The rest of it is wrapped completely in electrical tape. Looks like a shiny black tennis racket grip. And, no welding   Shakeliner Posted on Saturday, January 22, 2011 - 08:17 am:        My son swapped the battery on my bike connected it backwards. It ruined the fuel pump.   Nillaice Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 02:54 pm:        yeah, XB and 1125 battery termanials are opposite FYI   Bwbhighspl Posted on Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 09:44 pm:        We had a saying at a job I had: They put the smoke in at the factory. You can't put it back once you've let it out.

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