So recently I was experimenting with my honda big red 1983, by putting the old battery in it and seeing if it would kick start. It started but would not drive because as soon as you gave it throttle it would bog down and stall. So I tried to jump start it with the new battery and when you turned the key no dash lights, no headlights, no electric start or anything, the only thing that worked was the horn. So I then decided to put the new battery back in and see what would happen and it did the same thing. I assumed I blew one of the fuses somewhere but the two fuses in the battery box were fine. So after a day or two of tinkering, the only way to get the bike started was to kick start it with the high beam switch on, with a load. The headlights are smashed and the wires from the light switch on the handle bars were left there unused so i decided to hook my lightbar up to them. If you unplug the lightbar the quadbike will run then bog down till it stalls. Having the switch on and the lightbar connected it will kickstart first time every time.The only difference having the battery in makes is being able to use the horn. Without a battery it would kick start just fine, but I decided to put it in just so it had something to circulate through. The light bar flickers bright when idling but as soon as you rev it slightly it will dim, but will stop flickering. The battery is fine, it gives a nice spark still and is only a month or two old so that’s out. Any help would be very much appreciated. All of the time no dash lights, electric start, or headlights only the horn working. Everything was working perfectly before I was tinkering so I can live with kick starting it, but it would be nice to have electric start.

So recently I was experimenting with my honda big red 1983, by putting the old battery in it and seeing if it would kick start. It started but would not drive because as soon as you gave it throttle it would bog down and stall. So I tried to jump start it with the new battery and when you turned the key no dash lights, no headlights, no electric start or anything, the only thing that worked was the horn. So I then decided to put the new battery back in and see what would happen and it did the same thing. I assumed I blew one of the fuses somewhere but the two fuses in the battery box were fine. So after a day or two of tinkering, the only way to get the bike started was to kick start it with the high beam switch on, with a load. The headlights are smashed and the wires from the light switch on the handle bars were left there unused so i decided to hook my lightbar up to them. If you unplug the lightbar the quadbike will run then bog down till it stalls. Having the switch on and the lightbar connected it will kickstart first time every time.The only difference having the battery in makes is being able to use the horn. Without a battery it would kick start just fine, but I decided to put it in just so it had something to circulate through. The light bar flickers bright when idling but as soon as you rev it slightly it will dim, but will stop flickering. The battery is fine, it gives a nice spark still and is only a month or two old so that’s out. Any help would be very much appreciated. All of the time no dash lights, electric start, or headlights only the horn working. Everything was working perfectly before I was tinkering so I can live with kick starting it, but it would be nice to have electric start.