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- BLINGMW - 03-06-2008
Sijray21 Wrote:can't you just avoid having to use a battery tender if you just use your bike every now and then in the winter? even just starting it once a week?
i've never used a tender and other than the first dead battery, i've never had a problem starting my bike.
I've had good luck with this too. If I skip a weekend though.... well, after sitting for 3 weeks once, I had to roll start it. :wink:
- mrbaggio - 03-10-2008
Thanks the Mike for the charger. I let it soak for about 10 hours. The text on the battery said to go 5-10 hours for full charge. I put the battery back in and the bike fired up fine. I will try it again this afternoon to see if we still have juice.
- Apoc - 03-17-2008
So no need to replace the battery?
- mrbaggio - 03-17-2008
It seems. I am pretty shocked.
Before I charged it, the bike was totally unresponsive. (no lights or buzzing of any type when the key was in)
Since the charge, it has fired up right away twice now. I am still waiting for the battery to shit on me and strand me somewhere, but I will continue to roll the dice until that happens.
- Apoc - 03-17-2008
mrbaggio Wrote:Since the charge, it has fired up right away twice now. I am still waiting for the battery to shit on me and strand me somewhere, but I will continue to roll the dice until that happens.
If you run/ride it every week, it should be okay. Once the weather warms up, I'm guessing you'll even forget you had battery problems.
- mrbaggio - 03-17-2008
That is the plan. The new job allows me to commute more on the bike so it will get plenty of exercise.