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Old 08-06-2006, 12:46 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Reversed the polarities - bike does not start

Hi all,
My weekend got worser and worser. I own a 2003 Suzuki Gixxer 600. Couple of days back, i left my parking lamp on for a while and as i had guessed it drained the battery. It was cranking but did not have enough meat in it to start the bike up. So I tried to jump start it and very carefully I reversed the polarities!! . So i took the battery to an autostore and they checked the battery and said it was fine and that it only needs some charge. I bought a charger and charged the battery and tried my bike again. Nothing happened. No ignition light, no self check nothing. I thought i might have blown a fuse, but the main fuse looks ok. i checked the battery with three different auto stores and they all say the battey is good (excecpt that it needed a little charge).
I'm completely lost as to what to do..
is there a chance that the battery tests good with a charger, but it is no longer good to be used on the bike?
Have I possibly fried any thing on my motorcycle?? If so how much damage could i have caused? could I have blown up any sensors too? The thought of having to replace all the electrical units haunts (along with my stupidity) hanuts me....
Please help!!!!!