BikeStart® mounting on 1150

[sparkplug]

Just bought myself a BikeStart and am having a look at where best to mount it.

I'm sure others must have already done this and was wondering where you've mounted yours.

 

[Mike1150]

Just bought myself a BikeStart and am having a look at where best to mount it.

I'm sure others must have already done this and was wondering where you've mounted yours.

SO CRUDE!!!!!!.........................

 

[davegs]

Bike Start

Wot dat?

 

[sparkplug]

Wot dat?

One of these

Wapping's metal plate set me to wondering...

 

[motobiker]

do you mean like this?

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121072

 

[sparkplug]

do you mean like this?

Thanks for the link, but - no

The BikeStart connects to the battery terminals directly and the socket is too big to fit behind the starter motor housing...

 

[Stewart H]

do you mean like this?

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121072

I fitted one of those last week, tidier than the bikestart solution IMO

Stewart

 

[bob the grizz]

Bike-start mounting

Just got one of these myself, from NN site, would be interested to see where others have sited them,needs to be connected to battery, I was going to put mone somewhere under the seat

 

[Roger Chatterton]

Hi Fil,
spent ages trying to find a place to fix mine , on my Adv 1150 -finally gave up.
I keep the socket bit coiled up under the seat/tanl bit, next to the battery. All I have to do, if I need to use it is lift off the seat. Easy peasy. Call round any time for that coffee you like !!
Roger

 

[vilguy]

Ive pondered the bike start in the past but then thought ... whats wrong with jump leads?

 

[davegs]

Situating bike start.

Hi Fil,
spent ages trying to find a place to fix mine , on my Adv 1150 -finally gave up.
I keep the socket bit coiled up under the seat/tanl bit, next to the battery. All I have to do, if I need to use it is lift off the seat. Easy peasy. Call round any time for that coffee you like !!
Roger

Roger if you'd asked your friends we could have made a few possibly painful suggestions on the positioning question!.
dave gs That plug looks abit flimsy to take a starter motor current, and those jump leads do look small for starting, you must lose a few amps with cable that size.

 

[sparkplug]

Ive pondered the bike start in the past but then thought ... whats wrong with jump leads?

With a TT tank, it's a pain as you have to raise the tank to get to the battery terminals, or unscrew the starter motor housing and put the positive on the terminal and then find a good earth for the negative terminal.

It's all possible, and I've done both in the past - but it's just easier to plug the jump leads into a socket and off you go...

Might well take you up on the coffee Roger (Roger makes a good coffee - and this is important to me ) - under the seat is a good idea - lots of space around there and reasonably well protected.

That plug looks abit flimsy to take a starter motor current, and those jump leads do look small for starting, you must lose a few amps with cable that size.

It's only a bike that's being cranked over. Think about the difference in size between a car battery and a bike battery.... I wouldn't try to start a car from the bike but bike to bike or car to bike should be fine.

Anyhow - I don't want to justify my purchase to you all I just want you to tell me where to stick it

 

[Steve]

With a TT tank, it's a pain as you have to raise the tank to get to the battery terminals, or unscrew the starter motor housing and put the positive on the terminal and then find a good earth for the negative terminal.

It's all possible, and I've done both in the past - but it's just easier to plug the jump leads into a socket and off you go...

If you rode it a bit more your battery wouldn't go flat...

 

[sparkplug]

If you rode it a bit more your battery wouldn't go flat...

Oi!

I ride it every flipping day

It's actually mainly to jump my XT which is a bit of a plaything

 

[Roger Chatterton]

dave gs That plug looks abit flimsy to take a starter motor current, and those jump leads do look small for starting, you must lose a few amps with cable that size.

Hi Dave,
Nippy's state-

* Splash and waterproof socket.
* For jumpstarting up to a max. 90 Ampere.
* 6mm2 battery connector cable.
*The length of the cable is about 60 cm
* Top quality German made with proper copper connections.

So, 90 Amps should be OK, and cable is fairly thick -enough for a bike do you reckon ? I hope so, -not had to use mine as yet - dooooh I didn't say that !!!!