Sitting for a week

Hay do I need to tender my bike if it sits for 7 days with a flat tire? Will starting it every other day help? The battery is only a few weeks old.

One week should not present any problem. Only issue would be on an older battery in very cold weather. Good battery should be fine.

ebk02 said:

One week should not present any problem. Only issue would be on an older battery in very cold weather. Good battery should be fine.

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+1! 2 weeks has never been an issue for mine (with temps in low 40's).

I've heard of people on here leaving a fully charged battery in the bike all winter and having no signs of draining. These are probably exceptional cases, however. (Newer battery, warm bike on spring start, etc)

1 week... even a month should present no problem under most conditions. Having an alarm, though, would probably kill it.

Since installing grip heaters, I've been using it every night because the charging system just isn't keeping up while commuting.

I've had the same battery since I bought mine new in 2008. Never used a battery tender. Had to push start it after one winter. You'll be fine if your battery isn't garbage.

I hate the under tank location. It's a pain to reach.

Yasko said:

Hay do I need to tender my bike if it sits for 7 days with a flat tire? Will starting it every other day help? The battery is only a few weeks old.

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Starting the bike every other day would likely drain the battery more than just leaving it sitting; like others have said one week, even two or three, should be no problem unless the battery is already old/week and/or exposed to cold temperatures.

pookamatic said:

Since installing grip heaters, I've been using it every night because the charging system just isn't keeping up while commuting.

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You should upgrade to 68 tooth rear sprocket! Would fix that! :BLAA:


OP - I'm one of "them". A fully charged batter won't freeze and should be fine to sit for months without attention on system with no drain.

Cars do this all the time and Lead Acid batteries don't need micro managed to live a long life! Mine will get a spirited ride and parked for a couple months. Its 2008 battery will be tended to by the MICE in the barn! :Flip:

I killed my battery once last winter because I left the bike on thinking I would come back out to the shed and turn the battery off after dinner....I forgot. I rode it once every two weeks after that (winter time) and have not had a problem since.

motojoe122 said:

I killed my battery once last winter because I left the bike on thinking I would come back out to the shed and turn the battery off after dinner....I forgot.

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OK - help me out here; you say there were excess electrons so you left the key "on" to make sure they escaped?? :rof::rof::rof: I guess it worked!! haha! :BLAA:

Oh yes....
I had just put on an fe kit and wired up the plate light. Went back in the house for dinner and got my stuff ready for work the next day...lets just say I didnt ride the bike to work that next morning:spank: