Here's a good way to narrow down the search for a shorted wire:
To ID the area of interest (after ruling out the obvious sources like bad/dead battery, kickstand switch, etc):
- Pull the negative terminal cable off of the battery.
- Set a multimeter to mA.
- Attach the neg. cable to one lead and touch the neg. terminal on the battery itself.
- If it reads 0, you don't have a short.
- If it's anything but 0 then you have a short somewhere.
- Now start pulling fuses from the block one at a time until the needle drops to 0. That'll narrow it down.
Hope it helps.
