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Old 12-18-2003   #1 (permalink)
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I don't think any bike/car/truck/bus/did I miss anything? has been built with a positive ground since sometime in the late '60s! Please correct me if I am wrong. I would be truly shocked (pun intended :roll: ) if an S4 was positive ground.
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I have not seen a positive earth system since my T140 back in the 70's.
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Yup, negative ground.
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As pointed out the bike will be negative ground, but surely you just hook your tender to the battery terminals which are labelled + and - anyway, so question of the bike's grounding doesnt come up?

As an aside, I never leave the battery in the bike if hooking it to the tender for any great length of time - this is so I can keep an eye on the levels and if anythign should happen to the battery the bike will not be damaged in any way.
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