Wake up motorcycle from hibernation

Hello all of you, the topic was already one or the other time, but the other discussions did not help me. I moth my Kawasaki ER-5 last winter nicely, taught the swimming chambers, connected the battery to an automatic charger and let the machine winter under a cotton cloth in the garage. Now I wanted to start the thing again, rubbed the contacts on the battery with a brass brush, the swimming chambers wi The only thing that happens is that the motoer is stuttering and something (I have the impression that comes from the battery) very loudly snaps when you press the starter. For me, this sounds like a flash of light, the negative pole of the battery has also become nice and warm. Incidentally, this shows her 11,95V happily when you connect it to a measuring device. What do I do now? Greetings, Erik