Jump starting

[timboellis]

Can i jump start my bike with a car as i assume they are both 12v?

[Skudd]

Yes and you can do the car from the bike. Done it loads of times.
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[timboellis]

cool thanks for that as just tried to start the bike just now just not turning over assume it is frozen solid will wait a few more days and try again once it is not below 0

[Polarbear]

[stinkwheel]

Yes you can. BUT. Do not do it with the cars engine running.

This is in case the voltage regulator on the car alternator is set to a higher voltage than the bike one (doesn't have to be by much). As soon as you connect the car to the bike, the bikes regulator will then try to regulate the car alternator output down to the level it is set to.

A car alternator puts out a LOT more power than a bike one which can result in the bikes regulator overloading and going pop very quickly.

Conversely, a bike starter motor draws very little power compared to a car one. You should be able to crank a bike over for a long time without running the car battery down past the point where it still starts the car.
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[pinkyfloyd]

Yup. I've had to do it once. Then I invested in one of these:

Battery jump starter

And had to use it once and she started with no problems.
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[Skudd]

[Darth]

[Teflon-Mike]

[Paxovasa]

[stinkwheel]

[Paxovasa]

Never had a problem with jumping a bike from a car when the engine is running, and I have done it a good few times.
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[pinkyfloyd]

I had steak for tea last night and I bet I could have jump started that from a bike
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[stinkwheel]

[Martay]

I stopped to help a bloke on a bike on the side of duelly. It was some form of custom thing he'd built himself, and apparently it had a dicky alternator and the battery had gone flat, offered him a jump start, left my car running. Connected the leads to the battery of the bike + car, and everytime the ignition was turned on, the leads would get so hot the plastic covering would smoke! Eventually he gave up, after totally melting my jump leads. I dred to think what it done to his electrics
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[GeneralXcepti...]

Jump starting a 1st generation Monster from a car has been known to fry the CDI units.

They really don't like being started from cars, but that might just be a quirk of mid 90's Ducati's.

[Kickstart]

Hi

I have jump started bikes from cars loads of times, engines running or not.

Can see where Stinkwheel is coming from, but would also expect it to take quite a while to over heat anything in the regulator / rectifier, especially with the car at idle / low revs where the voltage won't be up to much.

All the best

Keith
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[sickpup]

[timboellis]

Well the bike in question what i was enquiring about is a Triumph Trophy 1200

Also i just tried it now and it runs over and get a backfire after a few turns before the battery goes flat.

I assume I have nothing to worry about just need to get it connected up to a healthy battery and should be fine?

It is still freezing here and still snowing, would it be worth just waiting until the snow goes before i try again?

[Kickstart]

Hi

More of a worry on the older Triumphs is wrecking the starter clutch by trying to start it with a dodgy battery.

All the best

Keiht
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[timboellis]

well just treied to take the battery out again and manged to get it out very tight fit so got it in the house on charge hopefully there was just not enough juice in it to start it.

Will give it a quick charge just to see then will put on a slow charge if it works if not i'm stuffed

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