53panmatty
New Member
Hello.. I recently was left a 53' panhead from my dad. This is a bike that i've always wanted, having grown up with it like it was a brother. It has been sitting since 2004 and has taken me a long time to get it running. Partly cause' im trying to do the bike justice and wrenchin' on this old bike is new to me. Thats why im hear. I just installed a new regulator, everything seemed fine, then my battery quikly died. There were no sparks or arcing in the regulator. After a quik once over i noticed i hooked up the regulator wrong. With a quick change and my battery fully charged, i tried again. This time with the pos. cable on as i touched the neg. terminal i got sparks, and cannot hook the battery up. Did i fry my battery or maybe the generator? ( did polarize the gen the first time i tried.) help me Im lost...