harbor freight... 5 bucks.. floating charger... i cut the aligator clips off... soldered on some wire conectors... and a quick release plug... attached the wire conectors to the battery and ran the plug down behind the battery box... this way i just PLUG it in like all the $$$$ ones that are out there... took no time to make... if anyone wants me to do it for them let me know... i am making 6 this weekend for my buddies

 

walmart $15.95

 

If you install the SAE trailer wire to the battery, you can also purchase this:

http://www.powerletproducts.com/prod...ket-cables/319

then you can power up a device which comes with a cigarette lighter, such as cell phones, GPS, etc. I'm about to mount a Garmin Quest using this method.

 

Looks like the battery tender jr. it is. Thanks fellas.

Greg

 

I got the black and decker unit for $20 at china mart (wally world).

 

This thing's perfect for my cell phone or a gps. Thanks!

 

If you are absolutely sure you won't get a chance to ride over the winter why bother with a tender? Take the battery out of the bike and bring it in the house. I am an optimist and choose to hook the sporty and the FXDL up Two tenders and the hookups cost me 90 bucks from my dealer. Works for me

 

you should always use a tender in the winter... the cold changes will jsut sap your battery... even the jell cells

 

Just picked up a Schumacher battery companion, I have always used/owned their chargers in the past and decided to stay loyal to them. It only ran me $31 and seems to be pretty good quality.

http://store.schumachermart.com/sem-1562a.html

 

Got a battery tender from Eastern Performance Cycles on eBay a week ago. Went with the "plus" version.

http://search.stores.ebay.com/EASTER...883420QQsofpZ0