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Battery Myth | Does Starting My Motorcycle in the Winter Charge the Battery?

MotorcycleWhile starting your bike every few weeks in the winter may be good for the mechanics of it, it could end up harming your battery. Here's why: Your motorcycle's charging system does not truly ramp up until it gets far above idle, sometimes as high as 5000rpm! Unless you hold 'er wide open for 10 or 15 minutes, you may not get enough of a charge to replace the energy you used just to start it, let alone the energy you needed to replace lost in storage. You either need to keep it on a decent motocycle maintenance charger, such as a Battery Tender, or you need to suck it up and go for a 20+ mile ride every couple weeks!
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