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[MYCVO]

CVOwner.. I'll bet you do love it [smiley=bigok.gif] Same here, Ilove my 04 B/B SEEG! I've done some mods to mine and it enhances my thills and comfort. You'll find it a big diff with each new mod you do [smiley=6.gif] especially the pipes !! [smiley=laugh.gif]
I'm going to see if this damn pic will attach this morning. If it doesnt the cable end attaches to the battery of course and its feed out through either of the holes in the large plate of the frame. no big at all.
I got the day off due to crap weather I cant fly to Nantucket , so I'm cleaning mine, been awhile since my last GOOD CLEANING and wax so it looks like todays the day.
If you cant ride [smiley=bigcry.gif] clean it [smiley=pleased.gif]

[MYCVO]

sometimes the resizing trashes the pic, my bad I suck at alot of this! [smiley=worthless.gif]

CHIT my bike is dirty [smiley=oops.gif]

[grc]

I'm going to see if this damn pic will attach this morning. If it doesnt the cable end attaches to the battery of course and its feed out through either of the holes in the large plate of the frame. no big at all.

I use the same method - feed the wire and plug through the big hole directly forward of the battery.  Rather than leave it loose, however, I mounted mine to the metal plate with double sided tape, pointing straight out the side.  I park close enough to the wall where the charger is mounted that I don't need to pull the bike half of the harness out, and mounting it keeps me from accidently frying it on the pipe.  Of course, each individual will need to determine the best location for their parking situation and charger location.

[Twolanerider]

Saw the picture above with the charger cable dropped down the right side and realized I'd never thought of doing it on that side.  Guess I happened to be standing on the other side of the bike when I put mine on  [smiley=7.gif] .

On the red bike it's brought through the hole in the that the cruise control cable goes through and is tied off to that cable.  Easy enough to get to, fairly well not noticed, works good enough for me.

[MYCVO]

Saw the picture above with the charger cable dropped down the right side and realized I'd never thought of doing it on that side.

[Fired00d]

I had a battery tender I used on my 99 Heritage once in a while to keep the battery up. I had a quick disconnect attached to the battery and it came out by the saddle bags. Should I put one on the 04 SEEG? Dont want to screw nothing up. Lots of electronics on this beast. Thanks for the help. [smiley=cool2.gif]

CVOwner,
I would definitely recommend a Battery Tender. As it has been stated previously with all the electronics on these bikes it will not take long to drain a battery. I have one attached to my bike by use of the quick disconnect cable, and plug it in every time I put the bike up after a ride. I had one on previous bike and have used it on my  [smiley=pumpkin.gif] since day one. Good investment and will pay for itself in long run. Batteries aren't cheap, and they always fail at the worst time.

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Ride Safe,
Fired00d
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[Twolanerider]

Batteries aren't cheap, and they always fail at the worst time.


Fired00d
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Fire makes a good point there boys and girls.  Not only is there never a good time for a better to fail to be able to crank the engine over they also don't always seem to give any warning.  More than once I've got off a bike or out of a car that "started fine" the time before and then wouldn't go the next time.

On a bike that's a much bigger pain in the arse than in a cage.  We never have jumper cables and don't always have a decent down hill slope in front of us for a compression start.  So even with the battery tender I still make a battery a preventative maintenance item.  I'll give one four years.  With regular use of the battery tender that shouldn't be a stretch.  But that's as far as I'll trust one.  If I've got a bike on it's fifth spring it gets a new battery.

[Twolanerider]

[MYCVO]

Thanks MY.

[wilberb]

Should the battery tender be used for winter storage or should the battery be removed and kept in a warm place and trickle charged every once in a while?

[spydglide]

just so the battery fluid doesn't freeze, cold doesn't harm a battery as much as heat does.  Best to load the bike in a trailer with the battery in it and bring it down here (South) and ride as much as possible during the winter months.  Let me know if I can help.   [smiley=beerchug.gif]  spyder

[grc]

Should the battery tender be used for winter storage or should the battery be removed and kept in a warm place and trickle charged every once in a while?

Wilberb,

I've done it both ways, removed the battery and put it in the basement hooked to a Battery Tender, got tired of that and just left it in the bike with the B-T hooked up in an unheated garage.  Worked fine both ways, battery was 6 years old and still good when I sold the last bike.  It is much better to keep the battery hooked up to the B-T all the time, rather than do an occasional trickle charge.  Any time the battery sits, it self discharges and begins to sulfate the plates.  If allowed to go too far, you permanently lose some of the batteries capacity and life.  It's too easy to forget if you do an occasional trickle charge; much easier and better to just hook up the B-T and leave it until the snow melts.

Jerry