Jump start conections

[sbrumby]

not the best photo

The big bike which is off the road for winter, needs its batteries charged when i can remember,also tried to start it yesterday but it needed the help of another battery and jump leads. With the right hand panel removed it is not easy to get the crocodile clips of the battery charger onto the small connections of the battery. Likewise the jump leads are even harder to attach. So i set about making some easy to get at connections. Got an old car battery, took off the lid and got the round connectors (round lead ) off the top. These were drilled and tapped M8 and grub screws put in. A square piece of fiberboard was drilled and the connectors bolted to it, connections made from the grub screws to the battery, and the board mounted behind the left hand side cover. Hole thing took about 2 hours, but now easy to attach a charger or jump leads.

[alexanderfoti]

looks good!

I just attach to the soleonoid on the starter motor and the frame but im luckly that its out there and easy to get to.

[dieseltech]

A lot of trucks use a similar setup, usually right from the factory, but with threaded steel studs instead of the lead posts. Grips much better and avoids the problems of using lead.

Also for safety reasons the posts are spaced wider apart and/or have an insulating partition between them, to prevent accidental shorting and fires.
You might want to consider adding some protection there, it looks very unsafe the way it is.

[sbrumby]

Yes it looks unsafe the way it is but that is how it is with the left hand cover removed. Normally covered up and not seen.

[tappy]

Also doubles up as the worlds most heavy duty trickle-charger connection