Suzuki GSX 600 license plate light installation?

I bought an after market LED light set to light my license plate on my 2008 Suzuki GSX 600 (LEDs embedded in the bolts that hold on the license plate tag to the mount). lAfter removing the originaI taillight that illuminated my license plate, I wired the new LEDs directly to the two leads from the original license plate light, which caused a fuse to blow (the signal fuse) and now the bike won't start even after replacing that fuse, although I can get the dashboard lights to light up now. I've left the after-market lights off for now, so the original leads to the license plate light are not attached to anything right now, but I've been riding the bike around like that for a few weeks now, so I'm pretty sure that's not the problem. How can I fix this and how can I attach those leads so that I can use the LED lights? Why is my bike not starting up now that I replaced the blown fuse? Is there another fuse box that maybe I need to check (I only looked at the fuses right next to the battery under the seat)? Thanks!