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About a week ago I bought a 75 honda cb200. It's my first bike so I figure it'd be something nice to start out on.. The bike has only had one owner and has 7k orig miles but has been sitting in storage since 1984. So I bought the bike took it into a shop had them replace the front brake, got some new tires, new battery just a few minor things. Well the bike was running fine for like 3 days.. Now I'm having some sort of electric problems because the bike keeps blowing the main fuse right under the seat next to the battery. I'll put a new fuse in turn the key lights will come on then the fuse will blow and I'll have no source of energy or power.. Any help or recommendations would be awesome.. It's driving me crazy trying to fix this thing.

First off do you have a manual for your bike? If not you can find one on Google. Then look at the electrical wiring diagram for your bike. One or more of the leads from the fuse to the rest of the bike is shorting out. Do you own (and can you use) a voltmeter.

I don't own a manual.. I have seen a few diagrams posted online but they seem to be a little hard to follow and somewhat blurry.