Will jump starting damage my bike?

Hi all, came to start my bike today and the battery is completely drained, this is the first time I have tried to start it for a couple of weeks.

I have a couple of culprits as to what could have drained the bike (I have an alarm and heated grips).

My question is, I went to bump start it from a car battery today, connected the jump leads, turned on the ignition all the usual noises of the fuel pump running etc. pressed the ignition then heard a click and all went dead. Now nothing will work on the bike, have checked all the fuses but they are all ok - any ideas what is wrong?

Thanks for any advice

did you put the leads the right way and did you have the car running first? maybe the fuel is low as well sit the bike up when you do it

charlie

There's a main fuse that is just in the middle of a wire under the pillion seat. Check this.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when jumping a bike from a car you shouldnt have the car running should you?

[BigFootIsBlurry]

I would not have had the car running.

[Dave20046]

As gettin2dizzy has said probably the main fuse. On a curvy it's on the brakes side of the bike under the black infill panel under the riders seat.

Originally Posted by fatneck

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when jumping a bike from a car you shouldnt have the car running should you?

I always have and will do.

Originally Posted by fatneck

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when jumping a bike from a car you shouldnt have the car running should you?

I've heard tell that you can damage the Reg/Rec but other say it's not a problem. I've done it both ways with no probs so far.

Car doesn't need to be running cos the bike isn't going to drain that much juice....

I've jump started my pointy SV from my CG125 a few times when the battery was completely dead, that worked fine, I had to keep the CG's revs up for a minute or two to charge the battery a bit before trying to start.

Now I gots an optimate )

Optimate is where its at, oh yes. Just wish I had power in the garage

I keep my bikes in the garden, and I run the cable out the back door. Its not ideal but the cable isn't getting squashed too much. When i got time i'm going to install the optimate inside the kitchen and the cable will come out through a vent in the wall.