Is this fuse blown and will a blown fuse cause the bike to shut off and not turn back on?

Paul
Somewhere there is a short circuit allowing the current to flow straight to earth on the engine or the frame. Blowing a 10 amp fuse means this is a very heavy current so do not be tempted to either fit a higher rated fuse or bypass the fuse. Almost certainly this would cause burnt out wiring and possibly start a fire.

This happened when you switched on the ignition and before you pressed the starter on one occasion. On other occasions the bike has started before blowing the fuse. This suggests that perhaps wiring with damaged insulation is making and breaking contact.

You said you have a new battery. Is it possible that during the fitting of this some damage was done to the wiring? Do you have a meter or can you borrow one? See if you can find out where this current is running to earth without replacing the fuse. ie check after the fuse with a meter.

At times like this it is good to have a friend that is an electrician to help you check.

Good luck.

Take a test light and hook it up to the battery negative ($10) and check for power on both sides of the fuses with everything turned on. If a fuse has power on one side and not the other it is blown.

Bikes tend to have in-line fuses as well, and sometimes radio's have fuses plugged nto the back of them.

HI,
Need to trace/follow the wires down the frame from the gauges. Sounds like a short/pinched wire.
GL,
Td

Usually a bad regulator will only cause problems with charging...
Sounds like you've got a short somewhere in the wiring...I'd start by checking the ignition switch wiring and the connections going into the fuse box.

You have probably killed the battery and all the electronics on the bike. Get the bike checked by a qualified bike technician/electrician.

Follow the positive battery cable to the starter solenoid. On top of the solenoid is the main fuse for the motorcycle. Pull out the fuse and check it . Normally when everything shuts off the way you describe the problem is just a blown fuse. There should be a spare fuse stored right there or in the main fuse box. Be sure and buy some spare fuses to replace the blown one at at auto store or the local dealer. If you do not have a spare purchase some and carry them in your tool kit.

Check the fuse box for blown fuses. There is probably a main fuse that turns off power to the entire bike. It is some times separate from the other fuses and is normally located on or near the starter solenoid.

Check your field coil and stator.

I would check al of your fuses. If you bought this bike from someone else, they may have replaced the fuses with ones that blink when they go out so you can easily identify which one has blown. The only problem with those fuses is that they pass current through whenever they blink and for a bike this is more than enough to cause everything to power up each time it blinks. That is my shot in the dark for ya...

could well be..check the fuse's in the fuse box...its under the seat