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May 12, 2015 | 06:49 AM

#11

HDJIM1158

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From: Toms River, NJ

If I am not going to ride for a few days, it's plugged in. As far a "cordless" don't think so, but at my summer place I use a Battery tender solar unit.

Be Safe JIM

May 12, 2015 | 07:17 AM

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painey

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Whats the longest you can leave a tender connected for without riding?

May 12, 2015 | 07:40 AM

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Vernal

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http://www.batterytender.com/Float-Charging/

As long as your charger has a "Float" setting leaving them connected should not hurt the battery.

May 12, 2015 | 07:46 AM

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THE PEG

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Parked in garage, on a battery tender!

May 12, 2015 | 07:54 AM

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screamn_eagle

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From: northern alabama

we can ride 12 months out of the year here, so i do....i havent had my tender plugged in since i moved to fla 13 yrs ago. i have replaced a 2 batteries, one in each of my current bikes, but i bought those bikes used and the one bike i have only had 6 months (the 04 cvo) so i dont know how old the battery was, and the 13 flhtk had all kinds of extra electrical stuff that im sure drained the original battery. i changed that one out a year ago when i got that bike.

May 12, 2015 | 08:04 AM

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ohiomike

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it`s more a "winter tender" for me. when bike sits for a few months. if you`re battery goes dead after sitting a couple days or weeks, even, something is wrong. How often do you put your car on a tender? my truck sits pretty much all summer and starts right up in fall-winter.

May 12, 2015 | 08:27 AM

#17

FLHTK_2013

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Battery Tender

I plug mine in unless I am sure I will ride the next day. I have had batteries last for years that way. Plus on a cool morning you will have all of you cranking amps available which I have heard is easier on the starter.

May 12, 2015 | 08:33 AM

#18

EasTexUltra12

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From: Waskom, TX

Quote:

Originally Posted by whyrzwaldo

I do the same as Dickey...when it's in the garage and done for the day the tender goes on it. Tender is always plugged into the wall and it's on a shelf next to the bike so when I park it I just reach down and plug in the pig tail.

If this is what you're doing then the tender isn't working correctly for you. The web site tells you to plug the tender into the battery and THEN plug it into the wall.

David