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| Anyone relocate this? It looks pretty simple but if anyone has and has an idea of where to mount and if there are any pitfalls the average joe wouldnt think of I'd appreciate a reponse. |
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New Bohemia, VA | If I was going to relocate mine, there is plenty of area directly to the left or right under the dash. I think that would be much better thank crawling around on the ground to hook up the charger. I've not done it yet, but there is a lot that could go there and be tucked away. |
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Beer Collins, Colorado (there is no fort) | Just get an adapter and plug your charger into the trunk outlet-Brian
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Cold Lake Alberta Canada | I installed a battery tender hook up on mine and attached the olug to my air cleaner clean out tube. It stays tucked away till I need it. Its just behind the lighted badge on the clutch side. Easy access and hidden when not needed. |
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Yellowknife, NT Canada | I did the same as ByteN2it. This works great and the trunk outlet does not shutoff with the keyswitch like the other outlets.. Nice and clean, no cable hanging from the bike anywhere..
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| thanks for the info. i am riding solo for a while and have the trunk off. i'll look at the air cleaner out tube. |
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Edmonton Alberta, Canada | I have a question for everyone. Why a battery tender? My bike is now on the third season, I have never put a charger or booster on my bike. In the summer (3 1/2 months up here lol) I ride daily. However from mid Oct to end of April she is tucked away. First winter tucked away in enclosed trailer, rolled it out in the spring and it fired right up, however battery was down just a bit,, but it did fire up. Last winter due to the fact that my trailer was broken into in storage twice! (while empty) I squeazed her into my garage. Again not batty tender, just alot warmer as it just barely freezes in there.
Most of my buddies all have tenders, and when they park them, they scramble to hook them up again. As long as your charging system is working and your battey is always charged, you have no continueous power draw, I do not know why one needs a temder if all is working fine, but I guess if you have a small draw and you think a tender is an easy fix? |
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Pittsburgh, PA | Why? I use my vision In the garage as a stereo system.. LOL and I just have the battery tender plugged into the bike the whole time.. |
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Chattanooga, TN | Norcan, forgive me if I sound preachy. I've bought batteries when I would have rather not from allowing them to discharge over the winter months which ages them much more quickly according to what I have been learned. It seems to be a chemical reaction thing when the battery gets into a discharged state. 3 and 1/2 years ago, I bought a battery tender and began using it periodically on anything I didn't use for over a month during the winter (which was a lawnmower and 2 motorcycles). I haven't replaced a battery in those 3 and 1/2 years, which I think is pretty good and not just coincidental, as I was replacing those items roughly every 2 years. I live in the southern US, so temperature isn't much of a factor in my garage, it stays around 62 degrees in the winter. It just seems to work for me.
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Cold Lake Alberta Canada | I also had an Oddesy battery in my last bike that sat in an un insulated garage here in alberta. The first year I left my led acid in it with no tender on it. It was toast, the Oddesy sat in the cold over the winter and the bike started right up in the spring no tender used. I always use my tender on the led acid batteries. When this battery is done an Odessy is going in. |
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New Bohemia, VA | I believe there are some factors in allowing a battery to sit for several months and then it starting right up without the continual use of a tender. If the conditions were right that is possible. More than likely though the norm would be better to use a tender without waiting to see how it pans out only to have to buy a battery. JMHO. |
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| the more a battery discharges and the longer it is left in the discharge state-even a couple of 10ths- the fewer cycles you get on the battery. a battery that is brought to full charge and ept there will cycle many many more times than one which sits. most of us experience this in the cold months but premature failure is often due to this. i go under the "it couldn't hurt" philospphy. |
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Indianapolis, IN | exharleyrider - 2010-05-22 8:41 PM
Anyone relocate this? It looks pretty simple but if anyone has and has an idea of where to mount and if there are any pitfalls the average joe wouldnt think of I'd appreciate a reponse.
I found an easy way to relocate to an easy access location. There is a product made by Powerlet called Luggage Electrics. It's purpose is to allow the connection of electronic devices to a 12V system while they are being carried in a duffel, tank bag etc. Here is a link to the plug I used on my Vision.
http://www.powerletproducts.com/product/luggage-electrix-connector/...
It will require I believe an 11/16 dia. hole and four 3/16 holes to mount. You can use the hardware that comes with the plug as a template. As you can see your battery charger cord on your bike will just plug into the back side and then all you have to do is lift the cover on the front side and plug in the maintainer when you aren't riding. I will attempt to attach a couple pics.
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Edmonton Alberta, Canada | Thanks for the replies, I will still choose to go battery tenderless. In the past everytime time that I have tried to be proactive it has only bit me in the arse. Had an alternator making noise, so I changed it, got 300 miles from home it failed, had to have one shipped up, it had been in stalled with wrong pully, got withing 100 miles of home and the belt failed. Cost myself more in the long run than to buy a new one from the dealer. I would rathe have the battery not start at home than 200 miles down the road! Too each thier own
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Indianapolis, IN | norcan - 2010-05-24 4:02 PM
Thanks for the replies, I will still choose to go battery tenderless. In the past everytime time that I have tried to be proactive it has only bit me in the arse. Had an alternator making noise, so I changed it, got 300 miles from home it failed, had to have one shipped up, it had been in stalled with wrong pully, got withing 100 miles of home and the belt failed. Cost myself more in the long run than to buy a new one from the dealer. I would rathe have the battery not start at home than 200 miles down the road! Too each thier own
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I don't claim to be an expert, but I have read where a common contributing factor in failed alternators is poor battery condition. The more a battery becomes sulfated the more resistant it is to taking a charge. This results in over-working the alternator because it tries to make up for what it "sees" as "additional load". Just my thoughts. |
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| hoosiervic-i was hoping to find something slean like that. any issues routing the wires? |
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| hoosiervic-i was hoping to find something slean like that. any issues routing the wires? |
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Indianapolis, IN | exharleyrider - 2010-05-24 5:25 PM
hoosiervic-i was hoping to find something slean like that. any issues routing the wires?
No problems. the plug matches the back side of the Luggage Electrix connector and the charger cord that comes on the Vic is more than long enough. The only part that is a little hard is estimating the exact spot to drill the hole so that you can get your hand in the back side to install the nuts on the mounting screws. I did mine with the inner fairing trim in place on the bike and it just took a little effort. Be very careful not to get into anything on the back side with the drill. Safest way would be to mark the spot, remove the trim piece from the bike and drill and install off the bike.
If you have access to a set of Greenlee type panel knockouts this is the easiest and cleanest way to make the large hole. Good Luck!
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New York | Where did you purchase the adapter?... Good idea! 
ByteN2it - 2010-05-22 11:25 PM
Just get an adapter and plug your charger into the trunk outlet-Brian
http://www.powerletproducts.com/images/imageResizer.php?image_type=...
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