OK to remove battery for extend winter storage?

[tett]

Just wondering if there is any problem removing the battery for long periods.  I have done this with all my bikes when I store them from November until April.

Now that I have a Girly with a cpu brain I want to make sure that it remembers it's settings etc. if it is disconnected for many months.  I have disconnected the battery with no problems but that could be because of a small cap keeping the cpu juiced up.

Will my cpu memory stay intact?  Perhaps it's that eprom type which does not need power but I am no computer geek and have no idea.

Cheers and Thanks,

tett

[EvilBetty]

The only thing that will need to be reset is your clock :)

[tett]

Thanks!

Any day now the new baby will need to be put away until next spring.

 

The only thing that will need to be reset is your clock :)

[EvilBetty]

Do you get the odd warm days now and then up there or is it pretty much a perpetual deep freeze?

As much as I dislike the weather here in the central USA, we do get days that I can get the bike out all through the year.

[tett]

Ahh not really.  December and January typically sees days of -10C and often much colder.  -20C can happen often.  Where we are between Georgian Bay and Lake Huron we see a ton of snow.  A few years ago we had 4 feet in one weekend.  lASt year the snow came mid November and stayed until late April.

A perpetual freeze up here I am afraid.  AT least most winters it is.

tett

Do you get the odd warm days now and then up there or is it pretty much a perpetual deep freeze?

As much as I dislike the weather here in the central USA, we do get days that I can get the bike out all through the year.

[EvilBetty]

Looks like an excuse to by a snowmobile :)

[flux]

As someone living in the southeast USA, why would you need to remove the battery?  Why not just hook it up to a tender?

[goosen2002]

tett said "A perpetual freeze up here I am afraid.  AT least most winters it is."


Just so you know, it is not that cold every where in the  great white north. I haven't even see snow yet. :)

As for the battery ... I used to take it out and store it under the workbench with a tender on it, last year I got lazy and left it in the bike and hooked it up to the tender. It worked just fine.

[Medic09]

Just so you know, it is not that cold every where in the  great white north. I haven't even see snow yet. :)

You're behind!  Even down here we've had two light snows already.  When I had the dogs up in the mountains above town, the snow was already up my calves.

[tett]

Yup.  This past November has been glorious!  Road to Collingwood from Owen Sound and return on the weekend.  Amazing for this time of year.  Now, of we can ride at Christmas time that would be soemthing.

tett

tett said "A perpetual freeze up here I am afraid.  AT least most winters it is."


Just so you know, it is not that cold every where in the  great white north. I haven't even see snow yet. :)

As for the battery ... I used to take it out and store it under the workbench with a tender on it, last year I got lazy and left it in the bike and hooked it up to the tender. It worked just fine.

[BEEZZER]

I am about 150 km south of Tett. On sunday I played 9holes of golf   (39 ... with a 3 putt double on a par 3 ...thanks for asking ) and then went out for a nice 1 hour cruise on the Tiger.

Snow forecast for this weekend.

[TigerTrax]

BAck to your original question....

'will computer lose settings if battery is disconnected for long period of time'.  

Good question.  

I doubt it.  I don't know. But I plan to find out.

But what I think I would do. . . . put a trickle charger on it and leave it on.
A good Battery Tender won't be a problem.  And you'll be able to fire it up now and then.

[Bixxer Bob]

Regarding the ECM losing it's settings;  I have one that came out of a Daytona, no power on it for weeks / months, plugged it in and the Tiger started first prod.  Didn't run too well because it's a Daytona map not Tiger one, but I'm guessing it's ok with the power off.

[jsingraham]

since I have had my 06 for the past 2 winters, I usually put the bike out in my storage shed and pull the battery out and put it in the heated garage along with my battery from my Honda Fatcat as well.  I leave them near my workbench with the trickle charger and about once a month or so, I put them each on a 48-72 hr trickle charge.  I don't leave them on the whole time as it is a waste.  I could hook up a trickle charger to them in the shed, but then it is a pain to get around to anything with cords and chargers to manuver around.  

As for any problems, I have never had to do anything each spring except reset the clock.

So in the end, I don't think it matters what you do, but I would highly suggest some method of charging be done to it over the winter months, but I don't think you will need worry about the ECU losing any information.

Jason