I have a 1994 honda shadow vlx 600. I've been having charging issues?

Could someone have put the positive and negative wires that connect to the battery on the wrong sides? All the batteries online look the same as this one and the cover on the bike only lets you slide it in one way (where the pos is on the right and the neg is on the left).

No, if you hooked it up wrong there would be smoke and fire and not all batteries are the same just because the look alike.

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