carrying a car battery.

supervfr · 11-11-2008, 12:00 PM

Well this is gonna be fun.

tonight im going to have to carry a car battery on my bike with jumper cables so i can jump my bike tomorrow morning.
itl take more energy to get my bike running in the cold than the cycle battery can store.

derstuka · 11-11-2008, 12:14 PM

I don't understand.....a M/C battery in good condition, and charged regularly, will easily start your bike in freezing weather as long you are not running 20w-50 (very thick) oil in it. I have started bikes up in the heart of a MI winter many a time.

emptyskull · 11-11-2008, 12:24 PM

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Originally Posted by derstuka

I don't understand.....a M/C battery in good condition, and charged regularly, will easily start your bike in freezing weather as long you are not running 20w-50 (very thick) oil in it. I have started bikes up in the heart of a MI winter many a time.

If you add slick50 it will start easier the bottle says. What if you just carried a big flashlite battery instead?? good luck...

VifferDude · 11-11-2008, 12:27 PM

Bring back the good ol' kick start I say!

supervfr · 11-11-2008, 12:31 PM

If my bike was running right i could turn choke on and it would start right up with a lawn mower battery.

but my bike isent working right. basicially im starting with no choke in a sense.

supervfr · 11-11-2008, 01:03 PM

sweet. my wife is workign tonight. we get money and i have a way to work
no car battery

emptyskull · 11-11-2008, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by supervfr

If my bike was running right i could turn choke on and it would start right up with a lawn mower battery.

but my bike isent working right. basicially im starting with no choke in a sense.

good thing its almost winter

its starts with no choke so it is still warm where you are??? but seriously is john deer better then briggs ????inquiring minds want to know....

supervfr · 11-11-2008, 01:19 PM

Heck if i know. I got a 30 dollar mower battery from auto zone.

VT Viffer · 11-11-2008, 02:22 PM

I have a feeling you're going to drain that mower battery pretty quickly. Did you verify that it was fully charged and ready to use when you bought it?

supervfr · 11-11-2008, 04:23 PM

When you buy them you have to put the acid in the battery and charge it. its definatly charged. but it is just too small to keep cranking the bike as long as it takes due to my carb problems.

atm im using the battery from my ninja.

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11-11-2008, 12:00 PM	#1 (permalink)
supervfr Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Last Online: 01-05-2009 05:15 PM Posts: 282 Thanks: 14 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	carrying a car battery. Well this is gonna be fun. tonight im going to have to carry a car battery on my bike with jumper cables so i can jump my bike tomorrow morning. itl take more energy to get my bike running in the cold than the cycle battery can store.

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supervfr Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Last Online: 01-05-2009 05:15 PM Posts: 282 Thanks: 14 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	When you buy them you have to put the acid in the battery and charge it. its definatly charged. but it is just too small to keep cranking the bike as long as it takes due to my carb problems. atm im using the battery from my ninja.