Originally Posted by HeelDragger

Why were you reconnecting battery before you shorted it?
Was bike cranking before you accidentally shorted it?
If battery was ok before you shorted it with the wrench it's very likely you damaged(shorted on ore more of the cells). Remove the battery from the bike and then jump start the bike with your truck battery with truck not running being careful to not shorting the jumper cables. If bike starts, remove jumper cables and hopefully the bike will continue to run via the alternator. If all good, buy yourself a new battery.

If the damaged battery is connected to the bike when you try to jump start it, it will draw a lot of current from your jump battery making it impossible to start bike.

If you get bike to run check the voltage output of the alternator by measuring the volts at the cables. If over 13 volts, all is good with stator and regulator.

Originally Posted by el ricky

Alright guys. After going through the fuses, the relays, wiring and connections. I finally got the bike running again. Turns out it was a bad starter relay and the battery. So I went and bought both the relay and battery, installed them and she started right up. Thanks for all the help and tips. I definetly have learned a lot here.

Originally Posted by soft 02

Good deal. Thats how you learn. If we told you exactly what the problem was or what to do you wouldnt have learned as much. Now you can help someone else when this comes up.

Originally Posted by marine_hm@hotmail.com

1. Explain how you determined the relay was bad. So I can learn as well
2. How is your regulator doing? I ask this since you did mention you tried jump starting it via your RUNNING truck. If it's ok, would it be safe in saying that your bad starter relay saved your regulator from frying? I thought the over amperage would have cooked that puppy.

3. You never did mention why your were working on the battery when your shorted it!