My motorcycle began experiencing some weak starting over the last 2 days. No clue how old the battery is. It might even be the original from 2004 for all I know.
It weakened over the course of about 10 starts, and it finally gave up last night at my friends house. Since I needed it to get me home, I used his battery charger to zap it for about 4 hours which got me enough juice for a few more starts including some today.
Well, today I took my bike into the city. When I reached my destination, I shut the engine down briefly. Then I tried re-starting the bike 5 minutes later, but there was not enough juice in the battery to turn it over.
So now I'm faced with using a car battery to (hopefully) get just 1 last start out of it, and get home. I know that the electrical systems on cars have higher voltage, and therefore should not be used to jumpstart a bike.
Is there a way I can use the car battery to safely get just one last start out of this battery so I can get home?
It weakened over the course of about 10 starts, and it finally gave up last night at my friends house. Since I needed it to get me home, I used his battery charger to zap it for about 4 hours which got me enough juice for a few more starts including some today.
Well, today I took my bike into the city. When I reached my destination, I shut the engine down briefly. Then I tried re-starting the bike 5 minutes later, but there was not enough juice in the battery to turn it over.
So now I'm faced with using a car battery to (hopefully) get just 1 last start out of it, and get home. I know that the electrical systems on cars have higher voltage, and therefore should not be used to jumpstart a bike.
Is there a way I can use the car battery to safely get just one last start out of this battery so I can get home?