Do the 2012 irons come with this already installed. I looked at Harleys website and could not find the tender hookup to buy. But when I take my cover off I find a cord that looks like it fits into a Harley tender.

 

You guys were right. It worked!!!! That is awesome!! I love my bike even more now. How awesome. It even worked with my aftermarket tender. I have the Junior tender and it plugged right up and worked.

You all are a wealth of knowledge!!!

 

Quite a few dealers install the connector on all the bikes they have that will be sitting on the showroom floor to maintain the battery until it's sold. It's cheaper for them to do it that way then replace batteries or have someone going around with a charger all the time. I have one on my sled that I ran out through a vent in the hood, much easier than getting the battery out. My bike also came with one when I bought it, it's a nice thing to have.

 

If you have the same connection as shown in the OP, then yes, you have the pig tail.

 

That's because the pigtail supplied was from a junior tender.

 

They also sell other wires that can connect to that plug, im pretty sure its called a SAE connection. I have wires to connect to for my phone charger, ipod (USB) and you can also use it for heated gear.

 

My battery tender connector looks diff, is not the regular sae-2. Any idea?

 

As already stated, dealers in stall the tender pigtail when setting up the bike. Therefore, not every bike will have the end at the same location.

As for the one above, I see your location is Malaysia. Is it possible the tenders used in the states aren't compatible with the electric there? Can you use standard 120v appliances?

 

Will check with the local dealer. . Thanks mate.

 

Some brands (Noco is one) use non standard or proprietary connectors, but usually sell an adapter plug or short adapter cable for use with SAE connectors (again, Noco does). I don't recognize the one in your pic, but if you do a search for your brand tender and accessories, you might find an SAE adapter. Then, if you wanted to plug something else there, you could replace that one with an SAE cable. I made a 10 awg SAE cable so I could plug both my tenders and lithium jump starter battery to it, using adapters for the ones that weren't SAE. Might sound complicated, but it wasn't really, and I like having just one extra cable to put on the battery that handles everything.