How To Jump Start a Bike

If your motorcycle's battery is dead, you need to jump start it before you can hit the road. This can be done with the help from another bike.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Jumper cables

1. Align the two motorcycles close enough so the batteries can be connected with the jumper cables. Disengage the power on the bike with the working battery.

2. Locate the positive terminal on the battery pack of motorcycle with the dead battery. It is labeled with a plus sign. Take the red end of the clamp and place it over this terminal.

3. Find the negative terminal on the dead battery pack. It is labeled with a minus sign. Connect the black clamp of the jumper cables here.

4. Place the clamps on the other end of the jumper cables to the terminals on the bike with the working battery. The red clamp connects to the positive terminal and the black clamp connects to the negative terminal.

5. Start up the bike with the working battery and allow it to idle for several minutes. Attempt to start the motorcycle with the dead battery. If it has successfully charged, it should start up with no problem.

6. Remove all cables from both bikes. Allow the bike with the recharged battery to run for a while to ensure that the battery maintains the charge.

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