I Might Have A Huge Problem Here - Battery Related - Trident 660

Can't help you, but I know that feeling. Sorry it didn't go to plan and I hope you're enjoying the bike again very soon.

 

Are you able to check if your battery still has voltage or works. Maybe you "killed" your battery and its dead now!

 

My guess is you've taken the main fuse. Not in the fuse box, normally in a rubber holder somewhere around the starter solenoid. It is generally 30A. It's there for exactly this scenario-massive short, such as a battery being instantly grounded by incorrect connection. Good luck

 

You could have blown the main fuse, or at worst fried your ecu

 

I would expect reverse polarity protection to be built in near to the battery.

 

I would have expected there to be a main fuse but non is evident for your bike? My Speed Triple has a 30A main fuse next to the battery which is not in the fuse box and is a stand alone item.

 

I don't know that bike, but can advise basic electrics to check what may have happened. You will need basic tools and a multi-meter.

With bike turned off (take the key out to be sure!)

Disconnect the battery completely (-ve connection first) and remove.

Test for voltage on the battery (healthy should be around 13.5 -14v) anything less is dodgy, nothing means it's probably knackered.

With the battery out and using the handbook or a Haynes manual, remove and test the fuses individually for continuity (you can't always see if they've blown). Try and start with what would seem to be the main fuse and work your way down through the circuits from most important/powerful to accessories.

Put each fuse back before moving on to the next one, that way you won't muddle them up.

Hopefully its a fuse or at worst the battery.

If you can't find anything look at the wiring to make sure (as best you can tell) that nothing is shorting to anything metal. Carefully refit the battery and reconnect (+ve first), again ensuring that nothing is shorting the battery terminals or connecting the positive to anything metal (other than the main +ve lead of course!)

Hopefully by the end of the above you'll have found the fault, or got it all back together again properly and working.

Hope this helps and gets you back on the road.

 

Checking other similar mishaps with fitting the battery the wrong way around on motorbikes. All were fixed by replacing the main fuse. Obviously that is what it is there for.

 

Does this help?

 

This is maybe like your starter relay. Clear plastic holder contains fuse hope the link works, waiting for mods as l'm new....

 

Quite possible

 

Glad you got it sorted. Always pays to do some careful inspection, and these are always good learning opportunities. Hopefully you can get on the road now and get that two-wheeled therapy you were hoping for.

Enjoy the ride.