How long to idle to charge battery?

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Canyon Dancer in Colorado

Discussion Starter · Jan 29, 2009

How long do I need to idle the bike to charge the battery when not riding it for a couple of weeks? I try to ride all year in Colorado but there are some weeks when it is just colder than I want to ride. This morning I wheeled the Canyon Dancer out of the garage door and let it idle for about 10 minutes then shut if off and rolled it back in the garage. Am I using more battery to start it than I am putting back in with the idling? I have a battery tender (Schumacher) but am using it on my classic car right now.

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Canyon Dancer in Colorado

Discussion Starter · #14 · Jan 29, 2009

I'll hook the battery tender up

Thanks everyone, guess I kind of expected that idleing it didn't work, but knew I'd find out for sure from everyone. I'll do the switch-er-rue with the tender I have on the Jaguar. They sit right beside each other and generally get along pretty well!! I'm sure they won't mind sharing the Battery Tender either. :trike:

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Canyon Dancer in Colorado

Discussion Starter · #27 · Jan 30, 2009

Cycledude is right!!

Cycledude, you were right. I put the Battery Tender on the battery for the wing and after about 15 minutes or less, the green light came on on the tender telling me the battery was fully charged and the tender was only operating on "maintance mode". So it must have been pretty near fully charged before connecting the BT to it.

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