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Tourer
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| Hello All
I will be covering my vision for the winter and was woundering if I started it once a week and let it idle in the driveway, ,would it keep the battery charged. Some people buy a trickler charger but I don't want to have an electrical cord laying out in the snow all winter long. Would starting it and letting it run for a while keep the bike charged enough in the winter?. Thanks for all your help.  |
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Tourer
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Atlanta Area | Pull the battery out of the bike and keep it on a trickle charger in the house/garage...
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Iron Butt
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New York State | I live in NY state I found getting the bike out once every two weeks or so for a run around the block kept it fully charged |
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Visionary
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Pitt Meadows, BC Canada | Does your snow do some harm to extension cords? GEEZE - what's the air where you live doing to your lungs? I think if your snow could damage an extension cord - I would move somewhere safer.
BUT - both suggestions above are also good. |
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Puddle Jumper
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manitoba canada | best to just take it out keep it in a warm place off of the floor ,starting the bike in the winter is not good for it ,warms up and cools off fast can cause condensation to build up in the motor ,put fuel stabalizer in start it for a minute to get the stabalizer though the system and leave it be til spring. |
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Tourer
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| Completely agree, pull the battery out and leave her alone. |
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Visionary
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Ruskin, Fl | 1+ on not starting it without getting the engine up to operating temp. |
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Tourer
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Simi Valley, CA | I love living in Southern California......... |
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Visionary
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New Bohemia, VA | i store mine for the winter, but I ride it everyday to make sure it is ready for the spring...  |
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Tourer
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Buffalo Grove,Ill | I live in Chicago and we get some crap winters here too. When i finally put my vision away for the winter i will fill the tank full full with a can of sta-bil and put the battery on a battery tender. 25 bucks at sears and the bike already has the plug on the battery. So just plug it in.
Oh yeah after you put the sta-bil in, make sure you run the bike long enough to get the mix through the throttle bodies and throughout the fuel system.
Too many people just dump it into the tank and leave it.
If you have the capabilities of taking the battery out and putting it on a tender inside, thats the best thing for it. Also remember that batteries (if not the gel cell type) do omit a acid fume so a well ventilated area is recomended.
Good luck.
Edited by clubford00 2009-11-18 3:45 PM
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Tourer
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| My recommendation is a battery conditioner instead of a tender since a conditioner actually de-sulphates a battery......
I actually brought back a 16 year old battery with this one>>>>
http://www.pacificbattery.com/batteryminder.html
Here's the one this vendor recommends>>>>
http://www.pacificbattery.com/schauer.html |
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Iron Butt
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Reno County, KS | I do nothing. I bought a battery tender and never hooked it up. I have to let her sit for at least a month at a time every other month while I'm off to work. Had to let her sit for several months straight waiting for parts from Polaris to come off back order. She starts fine. Of coarse a dead battery isn't the end of the world when I'm at home. If this one finally gives up the ghost I'll replace it with the top of the line dry cell battery. Paying a little more up front is worth it to me to not have to hassle with dead batteries. Becuase of my schedule it's usually the first thing I buy for any new vehicle but this ones held up fine so far. |
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This is a serious battery question - Please Help