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So I rode my bike into work and when I went to start her for ride home. Seemed like my battery was dead... no problem there’s a jump box... famous last words... I get bike started and ride home about ten minutes. Park. Next day go to start bike. No power. Smh look down and notice my harness from ignition and start stop switch are melted and grounded out... uh o... well it’s early spring and I had just put new tires on and recovered my saddle.... so I’m thinking I’ll band aid this and just re solder ... pull everything off start soldering then decide, maybe cheap is not the way to go... So I order an aftermarket ignition (still being cheap... fu*%&$) And put it and a used switch back on. Nothing no power lights at all.... Look at main fuse looks ok. Look through ignition info that came with it, realized that this ignition works w vfr but not wired/connected as such... unplug, finish soldering original toasty ignition. Plug in, Nothing... Well that was last year... Fortunately I have another bike so I was able to ride at least part of the season... (on my bike I don’t have a new set of tires on :(. ) So my question is.... 1.What might I have f’d up either by using a boost box to jump? 2. By shorting out with improperly wired aftermarket ignition 3. Other than main fuse any other fuses or electrical components I should test first? rectifier? computer? Thanks for any insight. Much appreciated!

Was wondering if anyone could help me out with a replacement dash unit for my 99. I think 98-01 will work. My regulator died last summer and took out my speedometer and tachometer and the illumination dash lights with it. The guy at my local shop said it would be much easier to swap out the whole thing rather than to take it apart. Haven't had any luck finding a used one at wreckers near me, put up an ad on kijiji and might as well ask on here.

Hello all, My '98 VFR's battery is dead and won't start, even though I've been running it constantly over the winter to keep it charged. Here's the whole story: I haven't actually ridden it since the summer, but I've run it probably 6 times since then for about 15 minutes each in hope of keeping the battery charged. (I ran it in Neutral though, I'm thinking now if the alternator runs off of the driveshaft then none of this would have actually charged the battery unless I was in gear). I started it again today, it turned over a bit slower than the last time but started. Did some circles around the parking lot for 20 minutes (in gear of course), shut it off. When I started it again, it barely turned over, a clear sign the battery is just drained and the starter is still getting current when I hit the switch. Why didn't the battery charge? Was it because I ran the engine in neutral? I know the rectifiers on these bikes tend to go bad is that related? Thank you for the help, apologies for my relative lack of knowledge, this is my first bike