Do you carry a charger?

[ozarkryder]

Considering the size of the wires in the pigtails and the current draw of the starter you have an exceedingly high risk of melting the pigtail wires if you jump the bike when its battery is way low. There's a reason why battery cables are such heavy wires. It's take heavy wire to carry heavy starting current. If you plug your jump battery to the bike and let it sit for 20 or 30 minutes you may charge the bike battery enough to avoid melting the pigtail wires.

We only use this set up with the jump box starter, not with a jump with from cables. We have had Whistler Lithium Ion based Jump & Go, and they were replaced by Whistler after the batteries swelled up with their new Lithium Polymer version called "Mighty", and on the bike we have a smaller one by the same company called a "Safe Start", now redesigned and branded as "Mini" made especially for smaller engines like motorcycles. In both, and on the newer versions of other brands of jump boxes, the microprocessor in the unit limits the output to about 6 seconds of cranking then a 2 - 3 minutes of cool-down time. This protects the Lithium battery from discharging too quickly causing overheating (and the dreaded battery swelling) and it also keeps the wires from overheating or melting.