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Old 04-20-2019, 12:29 PM
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So if you're on the road for two weeks and staying in motels or camping do you plug your bike in at night? Maybe run a cord from the motel bathroom? I don't get it, tenders are not meant for everyday use during the riding season. Have some faith guys
No. I carry an Antigravity XP Lithium Jump Starter.
 
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Connecting to a co;Venturi all battery charger for a long period will kill a battery...but not a modern electronically controlled battery tender.

FWIW, if a know I’ll be riding at least every third day or so I don’t connect to a battery tender. Otherwise I do.
 
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Originally Posted by firehawk6
It could be the battery is just going south, and the tender has had nothing to do with it. Obviously I wasn't there, and I'm not a Harley tech but, so many urban myths about this and that out there that some old schoolers (is that a word) still believe in. I just wonder what he's basing that diagnosis on? Enquiring minds need to know...
he just said the bike battery is like a cell phone battery. It has memory. He was giving me the run down of his checks. He said you use a tender don’t you?
 
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Originally Posted by Grouser62
So if you're on the road for two weeks and staying in motels or camping do you plug your bike in at night? Maybe run a cord from the motel bathroom? I don't get it, tenders are not meant for everyday use during the riding season. Have some faith guys
Lol I never use a tender on the road. Good point.
 
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Batteries can be a crap shoot sometimes , I had a car battery die within a year and anoher last 5.
 
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When I'm on the road, I'm riding every day, so of course no tender is needed. When I'm not, it can be over a week between rides, so its on a tender, and its certainly on a tender during the winter. No issues.

You should ask if you can hit that Turkish hookah that mechanic is huffing from.
 
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Originally Posted by EdsRoadGlide2017
he just said the bike battery is like a cell phone battery. It has memory. He was giving me the run down of his checks. He said you use a tender don’t you?
In normal use, I've never heard of a lead acid battery having a 'memory'. NiCad's, lithium's yes, but not a lead acid. I have read a lead acid battery IF close to or fully discharged will never fully recover, and every time this happens it recovers less and less. Possible that's what he meant about memory.
 
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Originally Posted by EdsRoadGlide2017
he just said the bike battery is like a cell phone battery. It has memory. He was giving me the run down of his checks. He said you use a tender don’t you?
Total bollocks. About all they have in common is they're both batteries.
 
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Originally Posted by GreenMonster
Batteries can be a crap shoot sometimes , I had a car battery die within a year and anoher last 5.
that makes sense. Harley probably engineered it so I need a new battery sooner then later 😂😂😂
 
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I got over 5 years out of the OEM battery on my Road King. That's pretty good considering I "abuse" it with a Battery Tender on a regular basis LOL.
 
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