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RE: Oil change before/after winter? - Nortoon_imp - 02-09-2019
Winters in my area are 6 months long, so I always remove the battery and place it on a shelf in a heated basement. I have never owned a battery tender. I owned a Goldwing for 9 years and never replaced the battery. My VW Rabbit convertible battery lasted longer than that.
The batteries in cars that I drove in the winter seldom lasted more than 5 years even though they were always parked in the garage at night. So if you are only going to ride once or twice in the winter, I would remove the battery. You can put it back for that unexpected winter ride in less than 10 minutes.
RE: Oil change before/after winter? - GoldOxide_imp - 02-09-2019
... a cold storage battery will keep well too just as long there are no significant loads running off the battery during storage.