Myth busted: Jump-starting your bike from a car battery

[black hills]

Your probably right that it wont make a difference, cept that for most cars I have jumped the battery terminal is so corroded that a better connection can be made elsewhere.

+1  most new cars have a nice cast lifting eye somewhere near the top of the engine, works great for a jumper cable

[Bravo12]

Back in 1994, the R/R (and eventually the alternator) went bad in my 1989 GS500E shortly after jumping it from my buddy's running car.  Since then, if I need to jump it from a car battery, the car is off.

[black hills]

Back in 1994, the R/R (and eventually the alternator) went bad in my 1989 GS500E shortly after jumping it from my buddy's running car.  Since then, if I need to jump it from a car battery, the car is off.

+1 12v is 12v no matter the size of the source, but when the car is running you are no longer dealing with 12v. With the car running you have 12-16v, there in lies the problem.  

[county]

My Buick has the battery under the back seat.....they put positive and negative terminals under the hood for convenience.