Spark with no battery?

[Calvin Blackmore]

What is the correct procedure for safely bump-starting?

hah funny you should ask

to me its


setting the tranny to neutral

and pushing off hopefully a hill as fast as you wee legs can carry yah
and then a drop ignition on into 2nd or even third gear


odddl fist is a bastard as compression or torque or some evil will not let the motor spin as high as needs be

[koolaid_kid]

If no hills are around, find a couple of friends. Put the bike in second gear, ignition switch on, clutch pulled in. Have them push you up to a decent speed (I'm usually the pusher, so I don't get to look at the speedo). When they tell you, pop the clutch while they keep pushing.
We did this to a GS1100GK at the Fennimore rally this year, and were successful multiple times.

[1948man]

Yeah, I did it successfully on my 1100 with the friends pushing method (actually just one fit friend.) On an old Honda 450, I used to push it myself with the clutch pulled in and jump up and pop the clutch as my butt hit the seat. Just wondering if there was a one man method for a bike as heavy as an 1100.

[koolaid_kid]

Yeah, I did it successfully on my 1100 with the friends pushing method (actually just one fit friend.) On an old Honda 450, I used to push it myself with the clutch pulled in and jump up and pop the clutch as my butt hit the seat. Just wondering if there was a one man method for a bike as heavy as an 1100.

Yes, the hill method, minus friends, but everything else as I described. Too dang heavy otherwise.

[Guest]

Run around on a shag carpet and then grab the positive terminal while kickstarting.

[Adler]

Run around on a shag carpet and then grab the positive terminal while kickstarting.

Wow, I can't believe this worked! Though i also had to rub a balloon on my head.

[Guest]

Wow, I can't believe this worked! Though i also had to rub a balloon on my head.

Glad it worked out for ya