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so, my bike was finally delivered just at lunch today. I tried to fire it up without using the choke at first, yup, first time starting a bike, forgot, stupid. ANyways when I went to try it with the choke I think I had pulled all the juice from the battery.... cause it did that not enough juice to start thing.... the fuel valve was on "on" kickstand down and clutch pulled in. The dealer had said friday it was dead batterywise and he was putting it on the charger over the weekend for me. was I stupid or him? I cranked it to start for like 10-12 seconds.... and can it be jumped from a car jumper kit? should I try to start it after work after letting it sit for a bit, its about 40F outside right now.

If it wont start after 10 seconds of cranking without fuel thats not going to drain the battery sufficiently to stop it from starting. Sounds like this battery is just going south and it's not holding its charge.

I think some bikes have different voltages than cars, so someone else can give you a tip about the car charger.

anyone know if just jumping it from my jeeps battery would be very bad?

Dichotomous wrote:anyone know if just jumping it from my jeeps battery would be very bad?

As long as the Jeep is NOT running - you should be fine.

whys that? way too much power running through it? actually yeah thats probably true, I think I have a 120amp alternator, I think the savages battery is 10 amphours....

A car runs on a higher voltage than a battery alone.

And jumping it from a booster pack shouldn't be a problem either...just don't use a Car Charger to charge it, use a trickle charger (like a 2AMP charger).

I have charged a motorcycle battery with a 6amp charger and it worked but the battery got seriously warm to the touch and battery was toast later that season...

Best charger for a bike is below 2 amps. 2 amps is a grey area, anything above 2 amps is a bad idea.

Pick yourself up a battery tender, that will charge the battery for you. If you park in a garage get in the habit of just putting it on the tender. It will increase the life of your battery. I lost a battery I bought in October over the winter because I wasn't keeping teh charge up on it. The new battery cost more than a tender. If I bought the tender right out I wouldn't have had to pay $50 for a new battery.


That was beer/upgrade money down the tubes/

well the bike is in a garage at the moment, the parents are gone to florida so I am using theirs untill some of the snow melts a little. Normally no garage, but I could take the bike out. how hard is it to get to the battery?

Not hard at all.