Re: [ST] Push starting an ST

["Brian D ." <brd@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 12:44:03PM -0400, Bil Swartz wrote:
> On Thu, 29 May 2003, Just Daetrin wrote:
> 
> > Would jumping the bike from a car be safe, or would there be potential to 
> > damage the battery or blow out the electrical system?
> 
> Generally speaking, this should be safe as long as the car is not running,
> and you pay attention to hooking up, don't short anything out, etc.  I've
> had to jump a couple of older bikes from cars and didn't have a problem,
> of course they didn't sport ECU's or anything but then a battery is a
> battery (12v, etc).

We jumped a Sprint ST off our subaru at a recent hillcountry gathering.
No biggie, just make sure the car is off, as Bil says.

Laters,
Brian
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Euless, TX
'97 VFR 750 (red, of course)
'99 Sprint ST(black, RIP)

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