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Title: How long can a DT store without taking out the battery?
Post by: kneeslider on July 09, 2014, 09:48:34 AM

I won't be able to ride my DT.  For the next one mth. Will the battery hold it's charge that long?

Title: Re: How long can a DT store without taking out the battery?
Post by: de dee on July 09, 2014, 11:30:49 AM

it should keep a charge for one month,  but it would be good to have a pig tail wire on the battery hanging out the bottom, so you can hook up a floating charger, for any reason, at any time,. 

Title: Re: How long can a DT store without taking out the battery?
Post by: AMAC1680 on July 09, 2014, 12:34:05 PM

Quote from: de dee on July 09, 2014, 11:30:49 AM

it should keep a charge for one month,  but it would be good to have a pig tail wire on the battery hanging out the bottom, so you can hook up a floating charger, for any reason, at any time,.

Sounds about right.
I left mine all of June and it started under protest, lol. I did as de dee suggests and had a pigtail run. Had mine run up into the underseat.

Be Big,
AMAC

Title: Re: How long can a DT store without taking out the battery?
Post by: zombie on July 09, 2014, 08:14:53 PM

More importantly is the fuel. Drain the tank, and run the engine till there is nothing left.
Bad gas is the number one killer of all engines.