Roadside jump start

[vince]

Hi,

I used to own a cruiser and i had to jump start it a couple times while not at home or with any tool. The battery was readily accessible so that was never an issue.

If i were to need to do the same on the fjr, what would be the best way to go, or in other words, do i need to do any modification to have direct access to the battery?

As a side question, looking for info, it seems that jump starting is possible through a Powerlet plug. Would that be a good solution as long as there's no fuse protecting the circuit?

Thanks,

Vince

 

[ceddec]

Access the battery under the right black top panel in front fairing. Might check the owners manual.

 

[madmike2]

As a side question, looking for info, it seems that jump starting is possible through a Powerlet plug. Would that be a good solution as long as there's no fuse protecting the circuit?
Thanks,

Vince

Yep. I have a powerlet plug I have wired through a circuit breaker (high rated..for direct short protection) that I use for my portable air compressor. That should work for what you are planning.

While I've never had to "jump start" mine, I have had to BUMP start it twice. Once because I stopped and shut the engine off with the "kill" switch rather than the key. So the headlights, driving lightes, etc drained tha battery. It wouldn't crank over, but it did run after a push start.

 

[CODan]

I've bump started my dirt bike, my old street bike and a car.

Not too hard, and a piece of cake if you've got someone to push or a slight hill to go down.

 

[2WheelTiger]

These might help. Try HERE and HERE.

 

[sammon287]

Not to hijack the thread, but I didn't think a totally dead fuel injected/computer controlled m.c. could be push started. Maybe only if there's enough charge to run engine controls, but not the starter? To the original poster, a powerlet would require a pretty high amp fuse or circuit breaker for jump starting use.

 

[CODan]

Not to hijack the thread, but I didn't think a totally dead fuel injected/computer controlled m.c. could be push started. Maybe only if there's enough charge to run engine controls, but not the starter? To the original poster, a powerlet would require a pretty high amp fuse or circuit breaker for jump starting use.

That's a very good question. I'm so old school that I'd forgotten about the FI on modern bikes, and I don't have my FJR in hand yet (2 feet of snow on the ground here).

I defer to someone that knows what they are talking about.

 

[wheatonFJR]

Not to hijack the thread, but I didn't think a totally dead fuel injected/computer controlled m.c. could be push started. Maybe only if there's enough charge to run engine controls, but not the starter? To the original poster, a powerlet would require a pretty high amp fuse or circuit breaker for jump starting use.

That's a very good question. I'm so old school that I'd forgotten about the FI on modern bikes, and I don't have my FJR in hand yet (2 feet of snow on the ground here).

I defer to someone that knows what they are talking about.

Not sure if yer askin' this...but FJRs do bumpstart when battery is low. Personal experience.

 

[wfooshee]

I had a lot of trouble starting one morning when I'd spent an hour or so in Burger King for b'fast. I'd shut the bike off with the kill switch and forgot the key. Bike was on, not running the whole time I was in there.

Had to replace the battery, but it was nearly time anyway. That just killed it.

As for starting, it would not bump. Had to sit on a jumper for a few minutes before it would start.

Of course, if Florida wasn't so damn FLAT I might have had a better chance at the bump start!

 

[CODan]

Not sure if yer askin' this...but FJRs do bumpstart when battery is low. Personal experience.

It's good to know it's a least possible.

I've bumped my 03 ZZR1200, but that's not fuel injected.

 

[Fred W]

In the event that you ran your battery down, I don't think you'd want to "jump start" your bike in the conventional automotive sense through any powerlet connections. There's a whole lot'o current drawn by that there starter motor and those powerlets aren't rated that high. You'd probably heat that puppy up purdy bad.

Instead, you could charge up the bikes battery for a while through the powerlet if you had a powerlet cable with the big clips on the other end. Hook it up to any battery (car bike, etc.) without the other vehicle running. Just go git a cup of Kenya AA and sip on that for a while while the battery juices up. Then, if you're impatient, or run outta good Joe, you could bump start it once the battery has a few volts in her.

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

Went into the dentist for two hours last year and left the lights on. Called a buddy for a push and she lit up with a bump start. Don't remember now if the instruments lit up, but the headlights were dead when I came out. Fun after two hours of pain....... battery and bike has been fine for 5000+ miles since.

 

[Old Michael]

Fun after two hours of pain.......

Sounds like sex after a first date with a Catholic girl.

That's it. Goin' to bed. 'nite.

 

[ShinyPartsUp]

Sounds like sex after a first date with a Catholic girl.

Don't they call that masturbation?

 

[wfooshee]

A record 13 posts before complete degeneracy! Kewl!

I've never had a first date with a Catholic girl. . . . I just skipped right on to that other thing.

TMI TMI

 

[Lake Powell]

Sounds like sex after a first date with a Catholic girl.

Don't they call that masturbation?

Ya, but if it takes 2 hours, your'e doing it wrong.

So I'm told.

 

[Fred W]

Went into the dentist for two hours last year and left the lights on. Called a buddy for a push and she lit up with a bump start. Don't remember now if the instruments lit up, but the headlights were dead when I came out. Fun after two hours of pain....... battery and bike has been fine for 5000+ miles since.

Not to divert the thread from it's current tack toward degeneracy and blindness, but how did you know your headlights were dead?

Mine don't ever come on until after the bike starts...

 

[wfooshee]

They stay on when you use the kill switch to shut off, but leave the key on.

 

[Fred W]

They stay on when you use the kill switch to shut off, but leave the key on.

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