ORIGINAL: eccvets

I wanted to check what the amp draw on my stock motor was and according to my memmory (which may be fuzzy at best), I could just hook a multimeter (with a big enough fuse to handle the amp draw; yes I know not to put a penny in to the fuse slot... I know I need a good enough multimeter to handle the high amps and not just replace the fuse with a higher rated one), put it in amp mode and place this between the motor and battery (in series) and then turn the throttle to high. Is this correct or am I not remembering things correctly from my time in highschool?

thanks