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Benefits of Proper Battery Maintenance

scottmastrocinque

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Hello everyone.

I just thought I might communicate that I pulled the Battery Tender plug on my beautiful girl, jumped on my Stelvio this morning, hit the starter, and took off for a little ride.

While riding, it occurred to me that she is a 2012 bought brand new 10 years ago, and she still is running her original battery!

Amazing.

She has lived on a Battery Tender whenever she isn’t being used.

Some will disagree with this however for me, all my 7 motorcycles/scooters are running the same batteries they had when I acquired them and they all live on their 4 AMP Battery Tenders.

I swear by that specific unit, the 4 AMP one.

Makes me smile just thinking about it!
 
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I agree completely. I think I have 8 tenders and a couple standard including an old service station unit that you could probably weld with. All my stuff lives on a tender when not in use. In the winter it's tenders and block heaters for the outside engines.
 
Hi,

I use a bettery tender in the WInter, but only have two bikes and try to exercise them both weekly ")
I don't believe Lead Acid batteries just Wear out... plates may erode, mineral build up - but those *might* be attributed to crap batteries ?
The Honda battery I replaced is going on 4 years now and the MG has its original 2016 battery
 
Agreed, and warm batteries for our cold climate friends are happy batteries. Bring them inside when it gets cold.

I still state for the record, older batteries are better batteries, otherwise lithium leads the way now. Newer AGMs have a short lifespan, and terribly short if not put into service properly.
 
While on the subject of electrons, What should the charging voltage be on my 2015 stelvio. My cheap usb adaptor in the dash is telling me 13.8-9 going down the road. I haven't hooked up my good Fluke to the batt to get an accurate number On other bikes I'm used to seeing it a bit higher.
 
While on the subject of electrons, What should the charging voltage be on my 2015 stelvio. My cheap usb adaptor in the dash is telling me 13.8-9 going down the road. I haven't hooked up my good Fluke to the batt to get an accurate number On other bikes I'm used to seeing it a bit higher.
If its the same as my old B11 it'll be reading 0.5v down compared to a calibrated Fluke across the battery terminal s
 
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