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Replaced battery now there is no power to the bike

My old battery wasn't taking a charge so I jump started the bike and rode it. Today we replaced the old battery, it's charged up according to the battery charger but there is no power going to the bike, not even when the battery charger was connected. What are the possible problems?

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Put the battery in backwards? test light says theres power the charger will show a wide open battery this open (hollow) to be fully charged and it'll be bad and then if put in backwards the main fuse may be blown

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