Have a go at typing here (it's easier than texting) - lots of members will see it and offer advice; someone might have had a similar problem and can point you in right direction.
-
Required reading for all forum users!!!
Welcome!
Register to access the full functionality of the GSResources forum. Until you register and activate your account you will not have full forum access, nor will you be able to post or reply to messages.A note to new registrants...
All new forum registrations must be activated via email before you have full access to the forum.A Special Note about Email accounts!
DO NOT SIGN UP USING hotmail, outlook, gmx, sbcglobal, att, bellsouth or email.com. They delete our forum signup emails.A note to old forum members...
I receive numerous requests from people who can no longer log in because their accounts were deleted. As mentioned in the forum FAQ, user accounts are deleted if you haven't logged in for the past 6 months. If you can't log in, then create a new forum account. If you don't get an error message, then check your email account for an activation message. If you get a message stating that the email address is already in use, then your account still exists so follow the instructions in the forum FAQ for resetting your password.Have you forgotten your password or have a new email address? Then read the forum FAQ for details on how to reset it.
Any email requests for "can't log in anymore" problems or "lost my password" problems will be deleted. Read the forum FAQ and follow the instructions there - that's what we have one for...
-
Returning Visitors
If you are a returning visitor who never received your confirmation email, then odds are your email provider is blockinig emails from our server. The only thing that can be done to get around this is you will have to try creating another forum account using an email address from another domain.
If you are a returning visitor to the forum and can't log in using your old forum name and password but used to be able to then chances are your account is deleted. Purges of the databases are done regularly. You will have to create a new forum account and you should be all set.
M
mechiah
Guest
i'm doing other reading, and will probably start another thread, on starting in general, but, what exactly are the can-go-wrongs from jump starting from a running car on these older bikes? i caught the poster above mentioning ruining the battery itself (possibly with explosion, okay, that's bad). but what other devices are there to ruin that the fuses won't protect?
i ask as a dude who has jumped all three of my bikes at one time or another from my wife's car. i'm not saying that's evidence there is no problem, i'm just wondering if there is truly a potential problem, and how lucky i got off by not facing it.
i ask as a dude who has jumped all three of my bikes at one time or another from my wife's car. i'm not saying that's evidence there is no problem, i'm just wondering if there is truly a potential problem, and how lucky i got off by not facing it.
Car alternators today can push out more than 100 amps at 14.5 volts- if you have a weak bike battery, it could be overwhelmed by the surge of juice.Some could "spill" over into harness into delicate stuff like R/R and ignitors. Better to be safe and leave vehicle "off" - the car battery by itself is more than enough to boost a weak bike battery.
That's not it. The bike's regulator works by running excess current back through the stator. The car's alternator is huge in comparison, 100 Amps or so maybe? If the bike's regulator sees this 100 amps from the car's alternator, it tries to regulate it by running it back through the bike's stator, which simply cannot handle all of this power. It will fry everything in there.
If the car is not running, it is safe to jump the bike, as far as the bike is concerned it's just another 12 Volt battery.