| Author | Message | ||
     Hodakaharold |
I bought a battery tender to top off my battery last winter. It worked especially well after all of the short trips I took. Does it hurt the battery or the bike to use it after each use? | ||
| Mikef5000 |
Nope, they are made to be plugged in 100% of the non-riding time. | ||
| Cataract2 |
Plug it in and forget it. Will not harm the battery at all. | ||
| Sort23 |
When I'm not on the bike the tender is. I've used it since bike was new in 06, still has original battery. | ||
| Bumblebee |
As the name implys, it's tends the battery - automatically. Just connect & forget. It IS a genuine battery tender, right? Others may not work like this. | ||
| Toecutter |
Battery Tender and Battery Minder both work like this. There are others out there that do the same thing, but those are the two most recognized names. | ||
| Ronin1 |
I have an Optimate that works well also. | ||
| Hodakaharold |
mine came from an auto parts store, schumacher electric 1.5A maintain, speedcharge mantener | ||
| S1joel |
I'm out of the country most of the year. The first time I left I didn't use the tender. Came back and had to replace two of the four vehicle batteries and the other two were completely dead but did retake a charge. I bought a 4 bank battery tender and mounted it on the ceiling of the garage. Ran a drop for each vehicle. Last time I came home after 4 months, every vehicle turned over like I had driven it the day prior. Go get one. |
