SALB wrote on 04/12/13 at 19:52:10:....I'm thinking a pigtail on the battery with spade connectors, and then an extension with alligator clips on the end. I could also hook up a battery tender with the setup.
If you're thinkin' about using your added wires for a jump start, here's what I did a few years back:
I modded mine for an easy, no-tools-needed jump start.
I found a used grounding wire from my old '81 GL1100. I attached one end to the positive battery cable and insulated the bejeezus out of it. Here is a pic:
FYI, the lower-right portion of the jump start lead is not connected to anything....it just dead-heads to a terminal under the black insulating hose I've got shoved over the end. Said terminal is easy to hook a positive jumper cable to.
Not pretty, but it works (just like my Savage) - it's the next best thing to having a kick-starter.
Had to use it in anger for the first time a month or so ago, when my 9 year-old battery gave up the ghost.....
IHTH!