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[JCZ]

If any Modern touring bike sits for more than two weeks it will need a jump - no matter how old the battery is. The ecm & the clock & the alarm battery will suck the power out of it.

Actually, the alarm will go into "storage" mode after 21 days.  I learned this first hand, recently, after not riding my bike for a month.  I wasn't able to dis-arm the security system with the fob.  Had to do it manually, using the turn signals.  In getting into the owners manual to disarm it is when I learned about the "storage" mode activating automatically, to keep from running the battery down. 

I don't remember exactly how long it was since I'd rode it but I think it was four or five weeks.  Once I got it disarmed, the bike fired right up......the way it always does.