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I also have a threadstarter that talks about putting in a POST (+) to jumpstart the AK550. Much less than a year old, I recently had insufficient voltage <12.2V to activate the starter. I have a 'pigtail' to the battery so that I would occasionally top off the battery with an 'intelligent' charger should I not ride in a while. In this case, temps in FL were still in the warm range, and was surprised to have battery issues. I hooked up the intelligent charger for 1 minute, or less, still not believing I couldn't start the AK550 with slightly less than 12.2 VDC, and it started right up, with what appeared to be no problem. Is the starting voltage threshhold that critical, and why I want to put in a jump start post (+).

Before I get admonished by an ADMIN, I did use the search engine. Without a doubt, getting to the battery 'in the field' and not in my garage could be a daunting experience should the vehicle need a jump start. So, I thought I'd put an insulated + post with a #4AWG battery cable to the positive terminal, figuring I could pick up ground (-) easily enough.
I have 18 inches/~47cm #4 AWG cable to 'run someplace'. Has anyone done this on the AK550 specifically. BTW, I just don't want to have a heavy lead hanging out, mainly for aesthetics reasons.

I've read some posts on parasitic draw, and sadly I buttoned up everything (easy enough to measure as I have the meter), but there is a parasitic draw (not measured yet) as reattaching the negative terminal, a definite 'spark' at the post. I'm not sure if the AK550 has a CANbus, relatively new owner, but something is drawing current. My BMW motorcycles, new models, all seem to draw about 3-5 ma. Thanks in advance.