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Old Nov 13, 2016 | 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Bearskie
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Im gonna nip down to HD shop in Godalming and get the battery tender.
Just waisted Ł60 for the optimate :-( ... friends recommendation
Hello old chap. Add UK to your location, so you make it clear where you live. An Optimate is a battery minder, as we call them here, in other words a tender, it is not a trickle charger which is a quite different thing. If you use the pigtail your Optimate comes with, connected direct to your battery, it doesn't matter if your bike is Canbus or not.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2016 | 09:52 AM
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Hi Graham
Thanks , I have added UK to my location
The pig tale was already installed from factory
I have plugged it in and use it in can-bus mode that's what the chap at Guildford Harley shop said I should do :-)
 
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Originally Posted by Bearskie
Hi Graham
Thanks , I have added UK to my location
The pig tale was already installed from factory
I have plugged it in and use it in can-bus mode that's what the chap at Guildford Harley shop said I should do :-)
Pigtails are commonly used by dealers these days, my last three have all had them, although they are all from the same fave brand! Can't afford a Canbus one these days, but perhaps one day.
 
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