Using a maint/float charger?/then read this.
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 276
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From: Spokane, WA
Yes. I use xmas light timers and set them to turn the device on for an hour or so each day.
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 5,926
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From: NE Ohio
Why should you care if some of us don't believe you or choose not to follow your recommendations? Are you really that insecure?
Most of us here are grown adults with our own experiences to draw from, and frankly nothing you post here will get anyone to change how they do things, if what they do has been working for them.
For 3.5 decades I have been connecting my collector cars and motorcycles to battery tenders during winter storage. They are connected all day, every day for up to 6 months at a time and I have NEVER experienced a premature battery failure.
Choose to believe it or not Scotty, makes no difference at all to me.
Most of us here are grown adults with our own experiences to draw from, and frankly nothing you post here will get anyone to change how they do things, if what they do has been working for them.
For 3.5 decades I have been connecting my collector cars and motorcycles to battery tenders during winter storage. They are connected all day, every day for up to 6 months at a time and I have NEVER experienced a premature battery failure.
Choose to believe it or not Scotty, makes no difference at all to me.
Cruiser
Joined: Nov 2013
Posts: 161
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From: Rochester NY area
Why even post this at all?
You can't accept that other people may have an opinion or experience that doesn't match yours?
I for one will not change the way I use my Battery Tender Jr. If the bike is parked in the garage it's plugged into the Battery Tender. Still using the original battery that came with my Harley. According to your post my battery should've died 2 years ago.
The jap bike I owned for 15 years before the Harley needed a new battery every year after winter storage, for the first 7 years I owned it (not using a battery tender). In 2005 I purchased my first Battery Tender to use on that bikes newest battery. Used that tender the same way (if bike was parked in garage, it was plugged into the tender). Sold that bike in 2013 with the 8 year old battery still working great.
Stop bullying people.
You can't accept that other people may have an opinion or experience that doesn't match yours?
I for one will not change the way I use my Battery Tender Jr. If the bike is parked in the garage it's plugged into the Battery Tender. Still using the original battery that came with my Harley. According to your post my battery should've died 2 years ago.
The jap bike I owned for 15 years before the Harley needed a new battery every year after winter storage, for the first 7 years I owned it (not using a battery tender). In 2005 I purchased my first Battery Tender to use on that bikes newest battery. Used that tender the same way (if bike was parked in garage, it was plugged into the tender). Sold that bike in 2013 with the 8 year old battery still working great.
Stop bullying people.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Aug 2014
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From: Eastern Ohio
03 Buell lightning original battery 7 years on battery tender junior. Got unplugged for a month, had to replace battery. New battery has been in it since 11 or 12 on battery tender, battery is healthy.
00 Softail replaced battery after I bought it in 10. New battery on battery tender Jr works great still.
Both touring bikes I've had have been on battery tender Jr when not being rode very often. Never an issue.
All my vehicles that don't get used often and are not on tender have had battery failures. Any battery I have that isn't on tender or brought inside over winter, the battery gives up the ghost. I'm no scientist, but in my experience 100% of my batteries that have been on battery tender Jr work and continue to work for years. My batteries that aren't, fail. That's enough evidence for me. Maybe Scott can tell us how much money we waste on electricity unnecessarily charging/maintaining our batteries too?
00 Softail replaced battery after I bought it in 10. New battery on battery tender Jr works great still.
Both touring bikes I've had have been on battery tender Jr when not being rode very often. Never an issue.
All my vehicles that don't get used often and are not on tender have had battery failures. Any battery I have that isn't on tender or brought inside over winter, the battery gives up the ghost. I'm no scientist, but in my experience 100% of my batteries that have been on battery tender Jr work and continue to work for years. My batteries that aren't, fail. That's enough evidence for me. Maybe Scott can tell us how much money we waste on electricity unnecessarily charging/maintaining our batteries too?
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Jun 2011
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From: Mountain Top, Alabama
I will just keep rotating my HD Smartcharger thru my fleet. I leave it a couple of days on one, then move it to another with deltran 25' extension cords hung to each vehicle battery. Small digital Display mounted over the charger tapped into the charger leads show battery voltage when only plugged into battery, with 110 voltage also plugged into charger it shows charging voltage initially around 14 volts gradually dropping to 12.8 volts, and I can unplug the 110 volts, crank the bike, and monitor bike charging performance.
Hey, to each their own, what ever yanks their chain.
Hey, to each their own, what ever yanks their chain.
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Joined: Aug 2011
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From: SW Ohio
Will somebody PLEASE tell him he's right so we can move on to get back whips and waving or not waving? I swear to all that's holy, if anybody starts a technical p*ssing match that makes this guy type out his "resume" one more time I'm gonna pull what's left of my hair out.
FIGJAM
Look it up and do some self reflection.
FIGJAM
Look it up and do some self reflection.
