newbie needs help!

[sabel@wave.sheridan.wy.us]

Has anyone out there used the "Battery Tender" to keep a charge during the storage months ? I'm thinking of buying one so I can keep the battery installed during the winter. Steve Abel Sheridan, Wyoming

[George Basinet]

sabel@... wrote:

> Has anyone out there used the "Battery Tender" to keep a charge > during the storage months ? I'm thinking of buying one so I can keep > the battery installed during the winter. > Steve Abel > Sheridan, Wyoming >

Steve, I'm real happy with mine. I paid about 39 bucks + tax for mine. Look in any moto magazine for the best price around your area. The 'tender' keeps my BMW and the KLR in top shape. I use it about every two weeks, although it can be left on all the time. George Escondido, CA

[Rob Tayloe]

I use Battery Tenders on all of my bikes all of the time that I'm not ridin' em. The battery charge is maintained and the "smart" charger will give an elevated level of charging as needed (i.e. after a ride - as evidenced by the "red" light versus the "green" maintenance light). It is still necessary to periodically (every couple of months) check the water level. I usually have to add a bit to each cell. A couple of my bikes have the sealed batteries. I'm not sure if the water can boil off or not. There is no vent tube, so maybe not. I keep a couple of batteries on hand, without acid. If one of the batteries is a couple of years old and starting becomes more difficult, then I add acid, charge the nes battery, and replace the old one. I've found these generic batteries from NAPA, Wall-Mart, etc. at about $40 to be as good as OEM batteries. Ride Safely, Rob Tayloe nukemoto@... Columbus, Ohio

[racing43rd@aol.com]

I use one and switch it from bike to bike if I'm not going to ride for two weeks or more (with all the snow and ice around here this year the "or more" applies big time). It does a good job of keeping the battery charged, I don't know if it will add life to the batteries or not as I've only been using it for about three years. My batteries usually last 5 to 7 years anyway. It certainly doesn't seem to have done any harm. Ed Windsor Ohio

[gyb@sprynet.com]

Steve Abel wrote:

> Has anyone out there used the "Battery Tender" to keep a charge > during the storage months? I'm thinking of buying one so I can keep > the battery installed during the winter.

George:

>I'm real happy with mine. I paid about 39 bucks + tax for mine. Look >in any moto magazine for the best price around your area. The 'tender' >keeps my BMW and the KLR in top shape. I use it about every two weeks, >although it can be left on all the time.

Goerge!!! You live in Escondido, CA, what winter months? Shame on you. People who live in southern California should keep their batteries charged by riding... I wish it was sunny and in the 70's here in Portland today... Gustavo

[Ralph Hanson]

>Has anyone out there used the "Battery Tender" to keep a charge >during the storage months ? I'm thinking of buying one so I can keep >the battery installed during the winter. >Steve Abel >Sheridan, Wyoming >

I have a Battery Tender Jr. Other than being smaller, I'm not sure about how it differs from the big 'un. I've tried without success to get an explanation from the web site. Anyway, I put my A13 on the Tender every Sunday for a day or so. (On any Sunday, boo bah bee....) To my color blind eyes I usually get the red light for a little bit and the green light for a long while. I have the pigtail permanently mounted to come out near the tail rack. I also keep the jumper cables that came with the system in my saddlebags. That way if the battery ever does fail me, I can get a jump by plugging them into the pigtail, right? (Correct me if I'm wrong.) Happy New Year! Ralph Ralph E. Hanson rhanson40@... 99 KRL 650 http://www.wvu.edu/~journal2

[Dan Paulsen]

I charge the battery thru the leads for my heated clothing.. just be sure to turn the switch on..:+), I use a rocker switch.. Dan P Graham WA

> Anyway, I put my A13 on the Tender every Sunday for a day or so.

(On any

> Sunday, boo bah bee....) To my color blind eyes I usually get the

red

> light for a little bit and the green light for a long while. I have

the

> pigtail permanently mounted to come out near the tail rack. > Ralph > > Ralph E. Hanson

[Tray Bourgoyne]

Greetings all!

I am new to the list and would like your advice.

I am in the process of researching what dual sport to get. I pretty much think I am getting the KLR but have a question or two.

The main question is concerning the seat height. I am 5'8" and have a inseam inseam of 28-29". I realize that its a dual purpose bike and lowering to much will hamper performance off road. But, I do not intend to do extreme off road riding. Mostly jeep trails, fire roads, gravel roads, etc...

How low can I get the KLR seat? What do I do to lower it? What effect on handling, steering, etc..  will lowering do to the bike?

 

I have a 97 BMW K1100LT that I have lowered thru a lower Corbin seat and a Works "shorty" shock.

 

Thanks!

 

Tray Bourgoyne

Raymond, MS

97 BMW K1100LTSE