Mr. Surly
you are a genius...i appreciate your post.....BTW take it from a chump (ME) that tried jumping the battery thru the tender...IT DOES NOT WORK,,,,thank God the fuse went and i had no damage...that little wire will melt together in a snap...then its a tender and more than likely a battery you will need....because if your battery died out of the blue and its a little bit old then it will never regain its full charge....Anytime a battery has a glitch...best to replace it...because take it from another chump (ME) the worse thing on a bike is to have a night at the watering hole, go to your bike at 2 am and that booger will not fire up... Lucky a nice girl felt sorry for me and drove me home about 15 miles from the bar....(NOTHING HAPPENED, but i did treat the girl to $20 in gas and a Denny's breakfast) so we had a lot of fun......