As a battery salesman i cant say enough good about a true battery tender. I have seen that people that use a tender regularly will get 3-5 years of extra life out of there battery. Dont wait the 20 days, hook it up every time you pull it into the garage.
---Original Message--- From: [email protected] Sent: 9/28/2012 7:31 pm To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Winter Storage... Here's my two cents... 1) A full tank of gas limits condensation buildup in the tank, even more important when temperatures vary. 2) Sta Bil or seafoam treatment to keep the fuel stable longer 3) Drain the carbs before parking, I do this by simply turning off the fuel about a half mile from home and then running it dry. 4) A battery tender is an option, but I don't recommend it unless you are parking it for more than 20 days at a time. There's a trick to determining whats right here, you do not want your voltage dropping below 12.4 volts, its my understanding that at that point you may have lost half your CCA or cold cranking amps. deep charging cycles can be hard on the battery, one tip is to minimize the discharge by not letting it go too long without recharge. Letting your battery die is the worst thing you can do to it. Secondly fast charging afterwards is equally as hard, if you do let a battery die, the safest way to bring it back is to trickle charge it back. I've learned these tips partly by talking with technicians, and in part by having one of my responsibilities be maintaining a 20 ton battery plant at my office. Frankly I will ride at least 5 days in December and January and I think that bridges my tender need, so far anyway. Mike -----Original Message----- From: John L <[email protected]> To: nighthawk_lovers <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Sep 28, 2012 6:51 pm Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Winter Storage... Does anyone actually store their bike for winter ? So I live in Indiana, and there might be days in the winter where its above 50 Degree's.. I have my bike in a garage, and it maintains a constant temp, (as long as the doors closed)... its a 85' 650 CC.. what do you guys recommend ? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en-US.
