Message from discussion Reverse Polarity

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From: "Hog" <hogS...@freenetCHIPS.co.uk>
Newsgroups: uk.rec.motorcycles
Subject: Reverse Polarity
Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 16:42:40 +0100
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I know it seems like jolly good fun, but when jump starting your modern 
motorbike with all that electrical wizardry on-board DO NOT reverse the 
polarity on the donor vehicle.  Just wipe the terminals and make 
completely sure you have them the right way round.

Yes yes, having a natty little dongle on your ignition key to hot wire 
the solenoid is a wizard jape.  It does make you a vastly superior and 
enlightened Entity.  However when the nice man with the diagnostic 
computer tells you the ECU on your ST4S does actually have a fried 
circuit, the not at all nice bint at Ducati Leeds gets to snigger like a 
fucking mong when she quotes you NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY TWO earth 
pounds.

This has been a Public Service Announcement.

-- 
Hog
'06 ST4-S
'96 Bastard12  '89 R100RS  '81 XS650  '78 RD400
'81 R65 Outfit