Quote from: His Dudeness on 24 September 2014, 11:19:56 amA trickle charger would probably be a good investment.I agree, that's why I bought an Optimate III some years ago and keep the battery topped up with it
A trickle charger would probably be a good investment.
Well that is probably the big problem. If you use an Optimate regularly how is it possible to tell if the battery is failing? (other than meter tests)
As I don't use the bike much in the winter
Once, I had a knackered battery that was "OK" on the optimate, and that was less than 2 years old.I stopped having alarms fitted and don't bother with a charger now.
It's not difficult get a multimeter and test the battery
or get a battery and try it.
You're just wasting people's time debating the most basic things
Quote from: esetest on 24 September 2014, 05:01:02 pmAs I don't use the bike much in the winterHowever I do, hence why I don't want to be spending time removing/ replacing the battery every time I want to go out. And, of course, temperatures at the moment aren't at "battery killing" levels.