[heckel]

Allright, got it going finally. With your help, I was able to remove the seat. I didn't really feel like taking the fuel tank off, but the positive terminal was inconveniently located directly under the tank.

With a little bit of creativity I was able to get a jumper cable clamp through the gap sideways and clipped on the the battery terminal nut. I poked the tip of the clamp through a thick lawn garbage bag to where the tip was barely poking through and clamped it on while insulating it from grounding out on the bottom of the tank or the metal bar that goes across the top of the battery. The negative terminal was easy and I hooked the other end of the cables to my Jeep battery without the engine running.

It turned over and started right up. The first time I unhooked it from my Jeep right away and the bike died. I had to leave it connected for a couple of minutes before I could disconnect it and the bike would run on its own. I thought the alternater provided more than enough power by itself. Anyone have any idea why I had to let it charge for a couple of minutes to keep it running?

Thanks again for the help.