Putting bike away for the winter.
#11
11-07-2015 | 11:18 AM
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If I had the money right now I would but I won't have it till Jan by the minimum. Unless someone slips me a temporary used set I ain't going no where. Hell,I don't think it safe to run it with just the left side working.
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11-07-2015 | 11:24 AM
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It does only need pads unless another prob exist I wasn't aware of. I won't know for certain till I get the pads put on.
#14
11-07-2015 | 11:54 AM
Dirt don't hurt
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I understand what you said but cause I'm going to be already out a a half month pay cause the twisted foot, I'll have to make use with what I have. Since everyone said the charger I have does got a float mode I think it will be safe. The only thing concerned me is the last time I wintered a bike battery with that charger it was dead and dried out by the time spring came around. That could have been caused by not doing or not doing thing I should or shouldn't have done. All I did was left it the whole time on the charger.
It sounds like it kept trying to charge you battery and boiled off all the acid.
If you really want to use what you got I'd suggest you take out the battery and once a month put it on the 2 amp charge for an hour or two then disconnect it from the charger.
Just a suggestion.
#15
11-07-2015 | 01:47 PM
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I use the cheapie Battery Tender Jr. from Walmart for $25.00 and it works great.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Battery-Te...arger/15779492
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Battery-Te...arger/15779492
#16
11-07-2015 | 02:32 PM
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I use the cheapie Battery Tender Jr. from Walmart for $25.00 and it works great.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Battery-Te...arger/15779492
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Battery-Te...arger/15779492
WP
#17
11-07-2015 | 02:44 PM
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I use the cheapie Battery Tender Jr. from Walmart for $25.00 and it works great.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Battery-Te...arger/15779492
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Battery-Te...arger/15779492
For sure you need to get Sta-Bil and put it in the gas and I'd run the engine for a while to get some stabilized gas into the carb.
#18
11-07-2015 | 05:11 PM
No promises about how much meat is left on them, but the fronts were working when I put her up.
#19
11-07-2015 | 06:41 PM
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...,someone mentioned I needed a battery tender to keep the battery alive thru the winter. I don't have one but have a 10/6/2 amp charger(its the Schumacher XC10 Walmart special). Is the good enough to pass or is the fact the trickle settings being 2 amp too much?
Also any tips on winterization would be helpful.
Also any tips on winterization would be helpful.
How do you store the bike? Inside a heated garage? Under a carport? I would try to keep the tires off the concrete/gravel/dirt. But if you can't you can't. Trust me, in the 22 years I've owned my HD, I've winterized it several different ways. And then a couple of years, I just parked it. Didn't seem to matter one way or the other.
#20
11-07-2015 | 06:50 PM
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From: Aspen, Colorado-living in a trailer, 4 part time jobs & a 15 yr old HD