My guess would be a problem in your grounding wires, fix that one you know is 
bad first.

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> On Mar 18, 2015, at 9:02 AM, john connolly <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Just bought an 83 550, it's my first bike and I love it! Yesterday morning I 
> re-installed my freshly charged battery (13.6V), put the choke on and started 
> her up. Sounded fine, so I ran inside to grab my helmet (wish I had stayed 
> there with her). When I came back out a minute or so later, everything was 
> off. The engine was off, no lights in the dash, nothing! The main fuse is 
> fine, the other four are fine...Any ideas???
> Note: My battery cables look kind of rough and the small gauge ground 
> wire(separate from the big one) looks like it's ready to break off(a bit 
> frayed and old looking).
> 
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