Putting bike away for the winter.
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Putting bike away for the winter.
Unfortunately due to the brake issue and lack of money with X-Mas coming up. I decided to heed everyone's advice and leave the bike in the garage for the winter. Kinda a pain in the *** cause its still ok weather right now for riding during the day. (Kinda annoyed I get the thing a few days ago, rode it only twice and now have to wait 2-4 months to ride again. Sorry for this ranting part.)
Anyhow getting to the point,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.
Anyhow getting to the point,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.
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any trickle charger will work as long as it has a float mode for when the battery is fully charged so that it doesn't over charge it. I recommend putting fuel stabile in the gas tank not one to keep the gas from fouling but what people don't understand is when gas fouls it eats away at your pump. if you are close to needing an oil change its best to go ahead and change all of them old oil is not good to just sit and could have water trapped in it. Also cover both exhausts to help keep mice from building nice homes.
#5
Yuasa has quit making the YUA1201501. You may still find one on sale and they're excellent 5 phase units.
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http://www.batterychargers.com/xc10/
If this is the one you have ,ya should be OK. Shows to have a float mode
That said I keep a small maintainer charger
Battery tender junior I believe. We ride most year round here so not used often , but has served me well. 3 bikes.
Ya can get them online pretty reasonable.
WP
If this is the one you have ,ya should be OK. Shows to have a float mode
That said I keep a small maintainer charger
Battery tender junior I believe. We ride most year round here so not used often , but has served me well. 3 bikes.
Ya can get them online pretty reasonable.
WP
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Joe unless you are absolutely sure your charger has a float mode then I suggest you pull the battery so that if your charger doesn't have a float mode and proceeds to blow up your battery from over charging it won't hurt anything else when it goes.
Or you could play it safe and get a battery tender like I told you in the first place.
Or you could play it safe and get a battery tender like I told you in the first place.
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Joe unless you are absolutely sure your charger has a float mode then I suggest you pull the battery so that if your charger doesn't have a float mode and proceeds to blow up your battery from over charging it won't hurt anything else when it goes.
Or you could play it safe and get a battery tender like I told you in the first place.
Or you could play it safe and get a battery tender like I told you in the first place.