[alantf]

Just remember........... When jump starting the bike, THE CAR ENGINE MUST NOT BE RUNNING. The high charging current of a car with the engine running will fry a bike battery. As for the jump leads, one goes to battery +ve, and one to battery -ve. The reason being that the battery -ve is connected to ground.

BTW, if you tried to start the bike with jump leads, from a non running car, and you connected pos to pos, and neg to neg, and the bike wouldn't start, it doesn't sound like it's the battery at fault. If that was the case, the boost from the car battery should have started the bike. If you tried it with the car running, you may have have fried something, or, with luck, blown a fuse (possibly the 20A main fuse). your first step should be to ckeck the fuses.