Honda and most old bikes also used a cylindrical glass fuse that was held in a small round black tube. This would go on the positive battery wire and be placed in the clip that use see on the left side of the battery holder. These can break and finding those types of fuses takes a little more effort. Someone probably used a common blade type of fuse because its easier to find and might look better to some. I think thats a 25 amp fuse judging from the picture which is way too high. This won't protect the curcuit well because there are electrical components that can be damaged with less current than that. The correct fuse is 5 or 6 amps which is very low. Then why do I make a big deal of using larger battery wires and ground cable? Well the amps is so low but the connectors in the picture and the smaller wire just diminishes the energy which is already low to begin with.
Also pull that black cable with the eye connector on it on the left side of the picture. See if it just falls out or if it's connected to anything. That looks more like the positive cable that should be attached to the battery.
The black SLA battery might work but because it's possibly designed for low amp output that means it will only accept a low amp charge which means the battery won't charge up nearly as fast as a standard moto/auto battery. So when you fire up the bike and discharge the battery doing so... that when you ride to the store or gas station and shut it off - the SLA battery might not have accepted the charge that it was provided from the engine charging circuit. But a standard battery gives off power quickly to start the engine and then accepts a charge quickly so that it stays charged.
I just buy the regular batteries and use the regular cables or make new ones based on what Honda originally designed. Even the cheap Chinese scooters don't use blade type connectors and small gauge wire like that for the batteries. And those are the cheapest machines out there on the roads. You can use that fuse holder with a lower amp rated fuse without a problem. But we'll show you how to get some regular terminals on there so that you can use a proper regular battery.
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