12-22-2014, 03:03 PM
Yeah. When I was living in Sweden, I actually left my 550 sitting in the garage over the winter in some reasonably cold temperatures, as low as -10C or lower, which is in the mid teens F. I got the bike out one day during a "warm" spell in hopes of letting it run for a while and found the battery too low to start the bike, so I brought the battery into my place to put it on a tender. The next time I tried was the day I sold the bike before moving out, and with a little coaxing the bike did still start up (was still freezing and snowing, I never got to take her for a final ride!).
I guess lead-acid batteries will go the way of the dodo bird in the not too distant future, but hopefully we can benefit from the battery tech that's being worked on in the electric/hybrid car industry.
I guess lead-acid batteries will go the way of the dodo bird in the not too distant future, but hopefully we can benefit from the battery tech that's being worked on in the electric/hybrid car industry.