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can I jump start a motorbike?

Is it possible to jumpstart a motorbike whose battery has gone flat?
Paul C, March 2009
no i tried and it caught the battery on fire lol

Dano, April 2009
a batterty jump should be ok but care should be taken using a charger/booster unit on some modern bikes/scooters as the cdi/immobleser units are tentamental you are betteroff taking battery out of bike and doing stand alone

fat_will, April 2009
Yes in the same way as you would a car. Red lead to the Poss + terminal on the car and bike battery and black cable from the neg - terminal on the car battery to a good earth on the bike. Not the - pole on the battery

Andy, March 2009
yes

Avril, March 2009