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Thread: AAA hell
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Old 10-26-2007   #7 (permalink)
wheelspeed
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Originally Posted by welshrob View Post
You shouldn`t 'jump' start efi bikes unless you know what you`re doing. You need leads with built in surge protectors otherwise you`ll fry the ECU. Push starting them doesn`t work either, if the battery is too flat because the ecu needs power to set all the throttle bodies to start mode and the fuel pump won`t pump fuel.

Whoops! Sorry, I guess I better remember that for when I get a FI bike one day.

Dang, I made it through an entire summer one year with a dead battery by always parking up a hill on a '84 VT500. I guess those days are over.
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