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| Author: | Babybadger [ 03 Dec 2011 19:48 ] |
| Post subject: | re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the bike? |
Lads and ladesses, I am going to be away from the bike (2001 X1 with standard HD battery - new back in Jan 2011) for a while from Monday Morning, possibly until late february, it doesn't get ridden a lot at the moment.....so ..... 1) Do I leave the battery in the bike connected and charge it when it goes totally flat to keep the mileometer reading right, and ECU right etc... good condition dry and always above 10°C even in the middle of the night.... 2) Disconnect it and leave it in the kitchen under a workunit on my optimate 4 - (there is no electric point where the bike is in the garage! so has to be removed if needing recharging.... very frustrating....) 3) Disconnect it from the negative terminal, leave the positive terminal on and it will be fine to connect back and start when I return.... Answers on a postcard please..... Many thanks in advance.... |
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| Author: | Babybadger [ 03 Dec 2011 22:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
Babybadger wrote: Lads and ladesses, I am going to be away from the bike (2001 X1 with standard HD battery - new back in Jan 2011) for a while from Monday Morning, possibly until late february, it doesn't get ridden a lot at the moment.....so ..... 1) Do I leave the battery in the bike connected and charge it when it goes totally flat to keep the mileometer reading right, and ECU right etc... good condition dry and always above 10°C even in the middle of the night.... 2) Disconnect it and leave it in the kitchen under a workunit on my optimate 4 - (there is no electric point where the bike is in the garage! so has to be removed if needing recharging.... very frustrating....) 3) Disconnect it from the negative terminal, leave the positive terminal on and it will be fine to connect back and start when I return.... Answers on a postcard please..... Many thanks in advance.... Bump...anyone? What would best for the battery and more importantly the circuitry of the bike.... |
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| Author: | Motorrad [ 03 Dec 2011 22:54 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
The best answer is the one that does not seem available to you: battery in the bike, connected to trickle charger. No way to get power out there where you keep the bike? |
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| Author: | Babybadger [ 03 Dec 2011 23:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
Motorrad wrote: The best answer is the one that does not seem available to you: battery in the bike, connected to trickle charger. No way to get power out there where you keep the bike? Unfortunately no....Where I am , its in a communal garage, and they don't have power points on the wall, I can't ride it up the stairs and its at least 300m away in another block's basement from where my flat is..... So what is second best? |
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| Author: | pash [ 03 Dec 2011 23:08 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
Battery out on the optimate... |
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| Author: | Babybadger [ 03 Dec 2011 23:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
pash wrote: Battery out on the optimate... Thanks Pash, does that mean it won't let the mileometer loose its value or affect any circuits/sensors/or the ECM? Btw , my wife just asked if any of the guys here enjoyed 'Strictly come dancing' tonight? Who in your estimation should have gone out tonight? (sorry but she was quite insistent I put this on here.....) |
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| Author: | pash [ 03 Dec 2011 23:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
I prefer Strictly Nude Twister... You will lose your tripmeter value but nothing else. |
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| Author: | Babybadger [ 03 Dec 2011 23:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
pash wrote: I prefer Strictly Nude Twister... You will lose your tripmeter value but nothing else. Does Bruce and Tess host that as well? I'd like to try and Twister with Tess Daly (not Bruce) just to find out.... |
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| Author: | pash [ 04 Dec 2011 08:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
It would be better with Tess daily... |
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| Author: | chris(madrid) [ 04 Dec 2011 09:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
pash wrote: Battery out on the optimate... +1
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| Author: | Babybadger [ 11 Feb 2012 12:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
Righty-o, battery about to go back in.... Do in need to to redo TPS? Or is it good to go? |
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| Author: | kevmean [ 11 Feb 2012 12:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
Good to go
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| Author: | Nutah [ 11 Feb 2012 12:34 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
chris(madrid) wrote: pash wrote: Battery out on the optimate... +1yep like mine as it's now on a SORN 
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| Author: | Babybadger [ 11 Feb 2012 13:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
Thankyou you lovely people..... |
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| Author: | Babybadger [ 15 Feb 2012 14:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: re : Long break from riding - Battery in or out of the b |
Needless to say I followed this Chap's advice last time round on TPS reset, apart from using ECM spy, and the bike is running as sweet as a nut, no issues with rough running, the bike was charging at 13.8-13.9V and all is dandy apart from having a hand resting on the throttle for 60 seconds at startup. |
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