Battery care for Winter

[Attila]

I plan on removing my battery, and storing it in our house for the Winter --- given that, how often should I be charging the battery like this?

Thanks in advance.

-Attila

[DumbLuck]

one a month put it on a 1 amp trickle charger for half a day. keep checking the water. do NOT let the battery sit on the cement floor. For some reason cement just sucks the life out of batteries. keep it on wood, and above freezing. 24 hours on teh tricklecharge before reinstallation.

you could spend the little extra for a battery maintainer. a small automatic charger that only gives the battery juice when it needs it.

[SGTJimbo_Kat600]

I just plan on riding most of the winter. (except when there is snow/ice on the road) Easier to maintain that way!

[Dexter]

I just plan on riding most of the winter. (except when there is snow/ice on the road) Easier to maintain that way!

They must not salt the roads where you are... my poor old 750 would corrode away before spring if I rode through the winter up here.

[ChuglyXJ]

I ride on nice days or let the bike sit and run if I can't ride. This also keeps the carbs clean.

They salt the crap out of the roads here but it just means washing the bike after every ride, or at least spraying it off.

[katman05]

one a month put it on a 1 amp trickle charger for half a day.

I do the same and never had a problem.