04 sporty. After attempting to charge the battery and then replacing it to instrument cluster does not work. By does not work I mean it does nothing no back lighting no gauges move etc. Does anyone have any ideas?

 

Check your fuses.
Make sure the battery posts are making good contact.

 

Check the fuses , sounds like you might have arced the battery when you were disconnecting it . You have put it in the right way round haven't you ? LED,s won't work if you reverse the polarity .

 

Battery posts are good and fuses have been checked.

 

The battery is hooked up corectly and I even check polarity in case something crazy was going on.

 

I’ve also checked all fuses.

 

Check your wire connections that actually involve the speedo/cluster. What year is the bike?

 

I’ve checked all the connections. The bike is an ‘04.

 

A little more info. I found out before I got to it, a battery charger was hooked up, and may have been left on while the bike was running. The neg battery terminal looks like it may have gotten hot. I myself did this to a softail once. On that one the tssp melted. Any chance this could be the same issue? This bike still runs fine.

 

Yes. I never leave the battery tender or charger connected if I am turning the ignition on or even starting the engine ; not good for your battery in anyway. New battery I think for you perhaps, or check with a mate’s good battery first of same rating/power. Once these tiny batteries get messed with in the slightest they can give all sorts of grieve. Good luck