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alcoa Full Member Offline never let the bastards wear you down Posts: 155	take out battery or 12/06/08 at 14:27:36 start the bike every two weeks and let it run for 5-10 min. would that work?
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Tincanman Serious Thumper Offline O~`o Posts: 566 Omaha, NE Gender:	Re: take out battery or Reply #1 - 12/06/08 at 15:29:05 yup thats about all I do... maybe even ride some if its not to nasty out.
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: take out battery or Reply #2 - 12/06/08 at 15:53:54 Allow me to suggest the obvious - read your owner's manual, and do whatever it says.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: take out battery or Reply #3 - 12/06/08 at 19:07:18 I'd probably get a battery tender if it was gonna be parked for so long that I felt like I should start it every couple of weeks. I guess you Could get a voltmeter & keep an eye on the battery, if its headed down, slap a charger on it, ORRR, dress up & go for a RIDE!!
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ChicagoRider YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 25 Chicago suburbs Gender:	Re: take out battery or Reply #4 - 12/07/08 at 18:32:59 I'm in Chicago, in winter I keep my s40 in an attached garage. I start it up twice a month and let it run for 15min. I also wrap my bike in a heater blanket. I adjust the blanket power setting as needed to prevent battery from freezing on days when garage temp drops below freezing. I never needed a battery tender.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: take out battery or Reply #5 - 12/08/08 at 00:04:28 I live in Texas & I've never had to concern myself with a battery Freezing! Really, I have always just thought that the water/acid mix just didnt freeze.
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: take out battery or Reply #6 - 12/08/08 at 04:05:36 Batteries don't freeze,At least I never had one freeze at 30 below zero,now if there was no charge in it maybe ,I don't know about that.
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Re: take out battery or
Reply #7 - 12/08/08 at 04:42:33

Don't just let it idle without moving some air across the cooling fins. The engine is air cooled. Even though the air temps are super low (compared to summer) you run the risk of creating hot-spots in the engine by not circulating air.

If you're going to let it idle, put a fan in front of the bike to blow air across the jug. Better yet, if the roads are clear and dry, bundle up and take it for a ride.

I would suggest that you put fuel stablizer in the gas tank. I use seafoam. It works very well and cleans out the carb when you run the engine to boot!

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forrest Serious Thumper Offline No matter where you go, there you are. Posts: 986 Kennesaw, Ga Gender:	Re: take out battery or Reply #8 - 12/08/08 at 05:29:06 My bike never goes more than 2 days without being ridden.
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Re: take out battery or
Reply #9 - 12/08/08 at 09:45:12

If you chosse to start the bike up every few weeks, remember to adjust the idle up a bit.

In a perfect world the bike would recharge the battery in a few minutes, but..... in the real world, the available amp's the charging circuits makes is dependant on engine RPM's. Lower RPM's means the bike may be making just enough power to run the lights and sparkplug.

Me, I choose the DC charger (1 amp) route and I have a connector added to the batttery terminals. If I don't ride for a while, I hook up the charger for a few hours.

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aysrav YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 30 Augusta, Georgia Gender:	Re: take out battery or Reply #10 - 12/08/08 at 10:31:33 Why anyone who doesn't ride consistently throughout the winter months would not invest in a battery tender beats me! They're dirt cheap, easy to install and you never have to worry again. If you're bikes sits in the garage for weeks or even months you're always good to go.
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Re: take out battery or
Reply #11 - 12/09/08 at 10:43:48

aysrav wrote on 12/08/08 at 10:31:33:

Why anyone who doesn't ride consistently throughout the winter months would not invest in a battery tender beats me!

I'm in Chicago and last year I left it in a garage and didn't do sh*t. Started right up in spring.

I probably won't get a tender because I be broke, and apparently I won't need one.

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