I recent purchased a 99 polaris sportsman 500 with 28" mudzillas on it... the battery on it was junk so i bought a new one and charged it and then put it on.... now i push the button and nothing happens (although it will pull start)... ive spent hours tryin to find the source of the problem and cant... none of the Neutral and Reverse lights come on and the head light that did work wont come on... i jumped the starter and it is ok... i power washed it a couple of weeks ago but that couldnt be it could it?... any help would be appreciated

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: troyhoopster

I recent purchased a 99 polaris sportsman 500 with 28" mudzillas on it... the battery on it was junk so i bought a new one and charged it and then put it on.... now i push the button and nothing happens (although it will pull start)... ive spent hours tryin to find the source of the problem and cant... none of the Neutral and Reverse lights come on and the head light that did work wont come on... i jumped the starter and it is ok... i power washed it a couple of weeks ago but that couldnt be it could it?... any help would be appreciated</end quote></div>

You didn't hook it up wrong did you? Most replacement batteries have the positive and negative opposite. If you did then you blew a fuse.
Other than that, then you have a bad battery, loose terminal wire or connection, or the ground is lost.

 

also make sure it is the right battery volts and size. go back and make sure the head light didnt blow. w/ the bike running at a little idle it should be reading at least 13.5 volts.