DesertBear54, I have 4 battery tenders. They all go thu a cycle as described by grc. I called the company last year to verify this because when I would ride my 95 Heritage the tender would stay red, blink green, for a lot longer before it got to solid green compared to my 09SEUC, and Honda 450CRFX. Sometimes if I unplug or accidently shut the one off on the Heritage it goes right back to green, or it may go red, blink green and then go back to solid green. I have mine sitting on concrete so I am not worried about over heating, but it still does bug me that they take different time periods to go to solid green. I think it has something to do with the batteries on an individual basis as to how easy they accept a charge since I have swapped tenders around to check this out. I also have one on one of my cars that usually sits for a week or two at a time. That takes 7 or 8 hours to stop blinking green and get to solid green. If you plug in at night and get up in the morning and tender is solid green I wouldn't worry about it. It is just another thing that takes away from enjoying your bike.CAHDBIKER