How do you push start a Honda Shadow?

Answer 1

There are two ways you can do this. In both cases, you sit on the bike as when driving it normally. First, take the bike to a steep hill. Switch it on, put it in fourth gear, pull the clutch, but put the choke on first. Let it roll down the hill until you reach a speed of perhaps 20 to 30 mph. Then release the clutch as you give the bike some gas. If the battery is good the bike will start immediately. The second way is to have three or four strong friends push the bike on a level road until it gets up to as much speed as they can muster, then release the clutch. The bike should start. Never attempt to tow the bike to jump it using another bike, a car or a truck.