Battery in tail

[85killzillaRS]

I want to mount the battery in the tail. when I had the battery out I hooked up to the end of new 3' extension leads and meter read 13.3 volts. when I plugged it all together and turned the key to the on position it was dead, no power to the dash lights, nothing.

what am I missing here

[Laitch]

Verify that the cables are connected to the correct terminal polarity.

[85killzillaRS]

polarity is good,
red to red & black to black

[Laitch]

red to red & black to black

That doesn't tell me much. What is the voltage between the negative and positive battery terminals right now?

[85killzillaRS]

13.3 at battery terminals & 13.3 at end of extension leads , I hooked it up to bike with correct polarity
I'm putting it back to stock for the moment & taking a quick ride
going to try and beat my old record of 15 min that I had with old coils 

[Chaos]

I assume you connected the new leads to the all of the original + and = battery leads?

[85killzillaRS]

yes, I hooked up to the exact ones that I are connected now,  minus extensions
and it is powered currently

[Laitch]

yes, I hooked up to the exact ones that I are connected now,  minus extensions
and it is powered currently

Looks like you've found the problem.     Did you set a record for ride length?

[85killzillaRS]

no record ride length yet, just went around the block, some day i値l do a few miles

for the lead extension deal, ﾏ tried some 10 guage wire and it looks like that will do the trick
that will be my morning project for tomorrow