bump start in middlewich on sunday - thanks

If the guy who gave me a bump start in a petrol station in
middlewich, cheshire yesterday lunchtime reads this list
then thank you very very much indeed - you're a life saver.

All the best,

 

You really ought to be able to bump start a fireblade by yourself, you
know.

 

He didn't mean to bump start him - just didn't see him as he pulled up
to the pumps.

 

Uh-huh, nss

I know the theory of it but haven't had to do it yet. I was just
thinking about giving it a go and this very nice bloke offers me a
push which I gratefully accepted having made it as far as middlewich
in the pissing rain from Lancaster on the way to newbury having had
a very heavy weekend of it following a 6 hours trip north on friday
in absurd traffic in rain and was utterly shagged out (as is my
battery it would appear).

Last time I needed to bump start a bike was my old zxr750 which just
locked it's back wheel in the dry. It took me on it and 3 people
pushing it forward and more importantly down to stop the wheel
locking but this did seem much easier.

 

Would you have actually died if he hadn't, then? Maybe you take
things too seriously?

 

which model is it? I can bump-start my RR-1 'blade at little more than
walking pace.

 

as opposed to too literally, of course.

 

Definitely, I was so fecked after the w/e I was going to push the
blade into the car wash and lie down until I drowned.

Oh yeah, that's me.

 

I'm more interested in how it saved his life.

I can't start the K100 with a completely fucked battery- it needs enough
charge to run the ignition and fuel injection pump. One of its real
failings IMO, that and the lack of a kickstart.

 

It's an RRY. I'll give it a go. Champ's right, I should know how to do
it but never got around to trying it.

Regards,

 

It's a piece of piss and I can't see how it would take 3 people.

Get it into second gear. Run alongside it until you've got it rolling.
Jump and land (side-saddle) on the seat and dump the clutch as you land.
It'll catch. Pull in the clutch and keep it going then get on properly.

Or if you're a flash git go from side-saddle to normal position without
stopping.

Don't do this on a bike with no front brake.

 

as long as there's a tiny bit of juice in the battery (for the fuel
injectors), the technique is as follows:

Headlight off, ignition and kill-switch on
Put bike in 2nd gear
Pull in clutch lever
Run along side the bike, jogging speed ish
Blip clutch lever out and then quickly back in.

This has worked for me several times in the past.

As others have said though, if the battery's completely dead, you're
stuffed.

 

darsy wrote

This must be a fat **** thing then 'cos I always[1] had to use thrid.

Ho yuss.




[1] Not any more though, my "get a man in" days are firmly established
as the norm now.

 

Nice one, cheers. I'll try that. So you don't jump on the bike
before the final step then? I must admit it's that bit that
gives me visions of ending up in a pile on the floor with my
face planted in the concrete

Regards,

 

haven't needed to on the 'blade, though I did have to on my old SZR660,
so it depends on the bike. That said, I've always done it on nice dry,
rough tarmac - you me need to be on the bike if it's wet, or in a
smooth carpark.

Practice it with the battery charged, so you'll know you can do it when
it's a bit flat. As I said, as long as there's a tiny bit of juice left
(enough to power up the display, say) then you'll get it started this
way, even if it's completely cold.

 

Will do, thanks very much.

 

I much prefer to throw my self on to it fully seated as it may be painful
but costs less. I was trying to bump start one of my previous bikes and
being unfit wasn't going fast enough when i jumped on side saddle. I let
the cluch out, the wheel locked and we both fell over sideways. Never
again.

Ken
B12

 

I would say you're much more likely to **** it up trying to swing your
leg right over the seat rather than just hopping on to it sideways.

 

Never managed to do that with any of the biks I've bump started.

Top marks.

 

I've never bump started a bike single handed, ever! What have I been
missing.

'Hog