So... I accidentally left my ignition on, on my bike last night, so it was dead-dead this morning when I went to ride it out of the garage.

I've read that the battery is a pain in the nuts to get to, but it doesn't seem to be an option besides possibly doing this "learning to pedal bike ride" style by pushing the bike everywhere getting the motor to turn enough to get a spark.

How to you access the battery? Is it under the seat? Behind the wheel? Located at the nearest Harley dealership?

 

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/harle...first-mod.html

 

If you run into issue getting to it yell back I have the service manual.

 

You can't push start it with a weak battery, needs a minimum voltage (that I don't know off the top of my head) to power the fuel pump; when no fuel, spark doesn't matter.

I made a tender/charger/jumper battery pigtail with 10 ga wire so I can jump start the bike by just plugging in a little Lithium ion jumper battery that's small enough to carry easily. I used an SAE connector like most tenders use, and made a short SAE to EC5 adapter (what most jumpers use) for the battery jumper. Just have the connector secured where you can reach it easy; it's a pita to reach some Harley batteries in a parking lot. Next best thing for a kickstarter for my old carb bikes. It'll fire up a fuel injected bike with a weak battery, too.

 

My HD street came with pig tail already attached. Runs down right side middle of the bike.

 

Street Rod also is factory installed. If your bike doesn't have one, I'd recommend putting one on.

 

Street Rod also is factory installed. If your bike doesn't have one, I'd recommend putting one on. Push starting a fuel injected bike is fruitless. You don't have enough juice to run the computer and injectors.

 

Once you completely kill a battery, it impacts its life. I know this from experience. I'd get a new replacement battery.

 

Well, thankfully there's a tender hook up already attached, from the previous owner. I am quite happy to have found it, but then again, I don't have an plug in tender to attached to it!!

No one's in Ridgecrest, are they? xD

 

If you get a tender, I really think the "smart" ones are worth the extra. I have the old reliable, the green Delco Battery Tender, but it has refused to even try on a couple batteries my Noco smart tender brought back to life - and they both lasted at least two years after. There are other brands, but this is what I got:
https://no.co/g3500
They're occasionally on sale from other vendors, got a second one last year for $35. I use my tenders a lot, even on the van that sits for weeks in the summer when I'm using a sidecar rig instead.

Only thing that will get you going right away, like if it's dead in a parking lot, is one of those little lithium ion jumper batteries. On my sportster, I carry it in a little tail bag, can put it in a pocket when leaving the bike unattended.