You can still have a bad battery. Your dealer can load test it and will replace if bad. That is exactly the way they go out. I have seen new batteries that were bad from the new state. I would have my dealer check it out.

 

I do have a tender but just dont put it on every time i stop, didnt know it was needed. I will have to stop by harley and have them check the battery. It is under warranty after all.

 

Just read a post on the forum and a member just brought the new bike home and the next day it would not start, and guess what? a bad battery on a new bike, Ya wouldn't think that would happen either. stuff happens and bad batteries get sold...

 

The ECM has flashed based memory that is non-volatile, doesn't run off the battery when the bike is off.

Radio for the clock is a different story, but that draws such low current that the battery should run for months off it.

 

my was 2 weeks old , bad battery no big deal ,dealer put 1 in ,that was 2 years ago ,now that 1 went bad ,tired of fighting with dealer ,only 2 weeks on the warrenty , so bought a better battery . more cranking amps at auto zone 89.00 and better warrenty too . bike starts better then ever before . if your bike is only weeks old ,just take it back , they get it all the time

 

You shouldn't have to plug it in every time you stop riding.
It won't hurt anything though.

I don't use mine at all during the summer months.
The only time I hook up the tender is if it is going to sit for 3-4 weeks without riding.

If your 3 month old bike has a battery that is dead after only a week of sitting, you have something wrong with it.

 

My battery failed when the bike was 8 months old. Dealer said they could not warranty it because it was considered by the MOCO as a "wear item". They did offer to sell me a new battery and they would be happy to install it as well for nearly $200.00 + tax.
When you buy a new bike they should show you a list of all the things they consider to be "wear items" and do not warranty within the first 24 months.

 

I can understand tires and brake wear not warranted. If my dealership pulled this on me he would lose a whole lot more than $200. They have discretion on this type stuff. The battery itself has some warranty on it. I would give them plenty of negatives. Or old dealership was that way, lots of people would drive hundreds of miles to keep from using them. Even with the new management lots of these that quit dealing with them still won't come back.

 

batterys are on a warrenty for 2 years . period,,, if dealer said no then he lied

 

True that, or he was just ignorant. Batteries are part of the 2 year warranty.

There is a drain on the battery just sitting from a few things that keep drawing, like the security, combined with it losing charge just sitting.

However, we are talking months, not weeks before it should be so low to not start the bike.

Use the warranty to have them tighten the connections, replace the battery, or fix your charging system.