Delray
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If you want to keep your battery charged, it's easy to attach a Battery Tender cable to the GT's battery. This is a half-hour DIY project.
You need two items: 1) Battery Tender Jr. charger that plugs into the wall, 2) Battery Tender cable with loops that attach to the battery on one end and a socket that plugs into the charger on the other end.
1. Remove the right fairing (4 screws).
2. Loosen two screws that hold the battery in place so you can slide it out enough to have access to the terminals.
3. Use strong tape to lock down the positive and negative cables to the battery so they stay connected during this operation. Disconnecting the battery can switch the electronic windscreen to the "off" position and a dealer will have to re-program it unless you have a $400 GS-911 laying around. You only want to remove the bolts, not the terminal cables.
4. Remove the negative terminal bolt then the positive terminal bolt from the battery.
5. Slip the Battery Tender cable loops on the battery terminals, red/positive first, then black/negative.
6. Tighten the bolts, positive first, then negative.
7. Slide the battery back into its cave and tighten the bolts that hold it.
8. Feed the Battery Tender cable forward giving it enough length so the plug-in socket can extend beyond a little ledge that overlooks the wheel well. That way, when you want to charge, you just reach up behind the fairing, fish out the plug in socket and connect it to the charger. When not in use, the plug-in socket can sit on on the ledge behind the fairing, out of the weather and protected from road debris.
9. Zip tie the terminal cable in place.
10. Replace the right fairing.
Charge!
You need two items: 1) Battery Tender Jr. charger that plugs into the wall, 2) Battery Tender cable with loops that attach to the battery on one end and a socket that plugs into the charger on the other end.
1. Remove the right fairing (4 screws).
2. Loosen two screws that hold the battery in place so you can slide it out enough to have access to the terminals.
3. Use strong tape to lock down the positive and negative cables to the battery so they stay connected during this operation. Disconnecting the battery can switch the electronic windscreen to the "off" position and a dealer will have to re-program it unless you have a $400 GS-911 laying around. You only want to remove the bolts, not the terminal cables.
4. Remove the negative terminal bolt then the positive terminal bolt from the battery.
5. Slip the Battery Tender cable loops on the battery terminals, red/positive first, then black/negative.
6. Tighten the bolts, positive first, then negative.
7. Slide the battery back into its cave and tighten the bolts that hold it.
8. Feed the Battery Tender cable forward giving it enough length so the plug-in socket can extend beyond a little ledge that overlooks the wheel well. That way, when you want to charge, you just reach up behind the fairing, fish out the plug in socket and connect it to the charger. When not in use, the plug-in socket can sit on on the ledge behind the fairing, out of the weather and protected from road debris.
9. Zip tie the terminal cable in place.
10. Replace the right fairing.
Charge!
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