Battery Help

[64duc]

  Never checked it on my bike, your car draws 150 to 200. Educated guess, 30 to 50.

[Howie]

As I park my bike in a carport with no power outlet, having leads for a battery tender really does me no good.  I'm thinking about installing some leads to the battery so I can jump my bike if this ever happens again.  How about some 8 gauge wires with a 30amp fuse running from the battery terminals to under the seat?

or

Can I just jump the bike from the battery tender leads?  I'm not sure what gauge the battery tender leads are or what amp fuse is in line on the battery tender leads.

Does anyone know how many amps the bike will draw when starting?

Your starter could draw 60 amps or more, depending on conditions.  A method of jumping the bike without accessing the battery is positive to the lug on the starter, negative to engine ground.  Make sure the bike is in neutral since you are bypassing all safeties.

[mysticbluex3]

Took my old battery to the shop tonight to have it charged and load tested.  They said the battery wouldn't even take a charge.  Probably a bad cell.  That's good to know.  Now I feel more confident that it was just a bad battery and not something wrong w/ the regulator/stator.