They were included with mine.

And now, keep that new battery charged ! If you ride longer trips often, it won't need anything. If not, and you can't keep it on a float charger, at least float charge it once a month and it will last forever (nearly)

The problem is, most batteries sit 1/2 charged, and the normal person never knows it because it still starts the Bike fine. Then all of a sudden one day it doesn't. Then panick sets in,....why ?!! And its all because of the above.

The only thing wrong w/ a battery charger is none of them hold a float voltage. Holding float voltage 13.4 volts as much of the time as possible is the secret to long battery life, 8 - 10 yrs is not uncommon anymore.
And any decent 1.5 amp float charger will charge a stone dead bike battery in 12 hrs and less.

Your Tender Jr is .75 amp output. It will fully charge most any stone dead motorcycle battery in 20 hrs or less. It is more of a maintainer charger when used on automotive batteries. But it will do a perfect job on your bike. Don't be afraid to leave it connected 100% of the time if its practical, but otherwise once a month for a day or 2 would be fine.

Deltran Tenders are quality chargers,....I have a Tender Plus 1.5 charger. The Shumacher 1.5 is a quality charger too, $20 @WM. I have 2 of those also. And I also have 2 HF float chargers $8 (5 on sale) They seem to work well also, but are not well regulated, and some times will get a little high on voltage. (ok in cold weather)

rl153 wrote on 03/10/10 at 13:32:36:

I forgot and left my 2 amp float charger on my battery for two days and it boiled almost all the water out.  I refilled it with distilled water and put it on the charger on my kitchen counter (so I wouldn't forget it) and charged it for two days.  It bubbled away while charging the second time but didn't lose any water so I put it back in the bike and it works fine ... for now.

Justin is right, only a defective maintainer/float charger will boil water out.
If you have a digital voltmeter, its really simple,...a float charger like the BattTender, Batt Minder, Schumacher  etc are 2 stage chargers,...they will charge at 13.8 to 14.5 on the first stage (red or yellow light mode, then they will drop to float mode (green light) and you should never see more than 13.4-13.5 volts. They will not boil any water at 13.5 volts, ....except in very hot weather, 13.2 is better. If you are unsure, check the voltage. Its the voltage that boils water not amperage.

You are probably talking about an old trickle charger, which charges at 13.8-14.2 volts, and does not drop in voltage. And even at less than 1 amp they will boil water out bigtime once the battery gets fully charged.
justin_o_guy2 wrote on 03/10/10 at 15:16:21:

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I'll have to have a look, I think I have only had it for a couple of decades so maybe it isn't a float charger at all.