Automatic is preferred, to you can ‘set and forget’. Many battery tenders are going to give you an option to select different amperages or the unit may have a set amperage and even an automatic setting. Think of it like the flow rate (or speed) of water through pipes. Amperage SelectionĪmperage to put it simply, is the flow rate of electricity into your battery. For the non-electrically inclined, there are a couple simple things you need to be familiar with. They plug into a standard wall outlet and into your motorcycle, assuming you’ve set your bike up properly for that. A Battery Tender Buying Guideįunctionally, tenders are a fairly simple devices to understand. Plan on replacing that battery sooner than you otherwise would have. Once a battery has been drained and needs to be re-charged, it’s never the same (this goes for cars as well as motorcycles).
Keeping your battery maintained helps to extend the life of the battery, keeps the bike ready to ride and keeps you from wasting money on new batteries – at $100+ for a new battery, that’s kind of important. In addition to all of the basic motorcycle safety gear you need to buy to start riding, I’d rank having a battery tender right up there as one of the most important things you need to buy. If it doesn’t start, your screwed and then it’s time to put the battery on a charger. Usually there’s just enough power for 1 or 2 times to crank the engine over. Most of the time, the battery won’t be dead, but the motorcycle is struggling like hell to start, which isn’t good.
I’ve had motorcycle batteries in these conditions drain substantially inside of a week. I’ve lived in Vegas and now Florida) can and does cause the battery to drain much faster than it normally would. In my experience, excessive heat (100 degrees plus.
I’ve made it a habit to always keep my bike hooked up to a tender anytime I’m not riding. That’s ok if you don’t know – Keep reading, I’ll be covering the difference between the two later in this post In fact, not knowing the very important difference between a battery tender or a charger is one that can cost you money and cause damage if you don’t know what it is. You may also want to load test the battery to make sure any accessories are not causing your battery to drain even quicker. Yes, there’s a difference between the two. Once that happens, forget the battery tender, you’re going to have to level up to getting yourself a battery charger and breathe some life back into it.
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