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Jan 1st, 2012, 7:58 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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Battery tender
What type of battery tender do I need for the MTS touring. ?Gel battery or regular battery tender?
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Jan 1st, 2012, 9:36 pm
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Location: Los Angeles, CA HWY 2,
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Battery Tender Jr. or Optimate's seem to be some of the more popular choices.
See ya,
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Jan 1st, 2012, 11:19 pm
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Burlington, MA, USA
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+1 on Battery Tender Jr. Been using them on for a few years on my bikes with no problems.
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Jan 2nd, 2012, 5:48 am
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Niagara Falls, , Oh! Canada; we stand on cars and freeze.
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I've been using the same Yuasa SmartShot for 10 years.
I'ts on the bike constantly whenever I'm not, and my last battery lasted 8 yrs.
Edit to add:
As I was typing this this morning, my poor charger was lying smashed on the garage floor as a result of a windstorm.
Just another excuse to visit the dealer...
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Last edited by fatiredflyer; Jan 2nd, 2012 at 7:11 pm.
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Jan 2nd, 2012, 6:24 am
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Location: petrolia, ontario, canada
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I have the Yuasa ...
2 years now..
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Jan 2nd, 2012, 6:39 am
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Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Shanghai / China, ,
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G'day,
Installed a Ctek battery tender a couple of weeks ago, works great: MXS 5.0
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Jan 2nd, 2012, 1:40 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2008
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battery tender
Dealer had set up the battery connection last year, but when i connected to it, no connection warning flashed. I then took off the seat and used battery clips to the tender which worked. Maybe the heat of the engine affected the wires under the seat.
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Jan 2nd, 2012, 1:53 pm
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Is there a fuse in the tender , or is it blown...
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Jan 2nd, 2012, 2:02 pm
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Waukee, Iowa, Dallas
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I have the regular Battery Tender, works great! Battery Tender Jr. is just smaller and charges slower, which works just fine for maintaining the battery. Any "tender" type of charger would work as long as they are for a 12 volt system. I'm not familiar with gel type batteries, but assume you can use the same type of charger. Your MTS 1200 does not have a gel type battery stock.
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Jan 2nd, 2012, 2:03 pm
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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Optimate works a treat
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