I got tired of pulling the side panels and removing the seat and stuff just to get to my battery when I wanted to put it on my tender. At first I thought that I might not be able to find a good place to route the pigtail, but on closer inspection I found a route on the left side of the bike. That route works out great because there is an edge where the pigtail's end can rest in. Now all I have to do is remove the pigtail cap and hook up the tender. Easy Pessy!
Sorry, little things make me happy!
The dealership that I bought the bike from automatically installs those connectors. They ran it on the right side of the bike and zip-tied it to my right passenger peg connector thing.
I don't have pics of the harness that connects to the battery, routed up to the rear seat for easy connections to charge, but will try to take some pics soon for you guys.
very wise. this is where i positioned my BMW power plug also, keeps it out of the weather and one less thing for passers-by to want to touch and play around with on your bike while your not there
just be very careful with the wires, they can get tangled up in the handlebars and jam / reduce the ability to turn, i have a ventura rack and on it i throw one of my hustler bags & run a cable from under the seat into the bag & charge what ever i want while riding, it keeps everything away from me & out of harms way
Just plugged mine in. I placed my ground on this bolt. Not sure if that makes any difference. I routed the wire into the peanut butter and jelly sandwich holder and secured it with a zip tie.
Since I had the bike apart I decided to take a few pictures of the route of the pigtail on my bike. With the fairing installed you cannot see it at all but it is easy to get to and this location works great.
I've realised that my charger has clamps on rather than a push-on plug, so I probably only need a positive pig tail and I can clamp the negative side to the frame.
I've sorted this, I bought 2 x Optimate pigtails and then a tamiya connector. The Tamiya connector is back to front so the black lead is actually positive.
Anyway, I did one of the bikes today, connected the pigtail then plugged in the tamiya 'fly lead' - put the chargers negative clamp on the pillion footpeg and the other on the tamiya 'negative' lead. Worked nicely So now I only need take the pillion seat off to access the Optimate plug to charge the bikes.
Might do the other bike over the weekend.
I should probably swap the leads on the below that red is actually live, but I don't want to knacker the Tamiya connector. I've taped up the red lead so I can't use it by mistake.
Total cost was about £11!
*edit*
just thought, I could swap the banana plugs over, but that might be even more confusing lol.
high heat and really low temps aren't good for batteries. That being said, IMO, I think your bike will be fine after two weeks if it is garaged. Just consider though how cheap this device is and how convenient it is to charge or jump start your bike with it, especially if you are away from home, without the need of removing the side fairings and seat just to get to the battery.
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