MODIFICATIONS: Battery Tender and Shim

So this modification is something that came on my bike, but given the nature of ATK's to eat Batteries it comes in handy. It is an easy plug and play that wires through the existing holes in the battery box on the left hand side of the motorcycle.

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Simple hook up to the positive and negative terminals in the battery box. There is a fuse box with a 3 amp purple blade fuse on the positive terminal side that I have had blow a couple of times making me think that the tender itself was toast, but 50 cents later it worked like a champ.

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Routed through the left hand side holes behind the frame

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And back out beside the motor for easy access

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As you might note from the previous pics, the Battery is slightly larger than the battery box. I came up with a simple fix by jamming a cut portion of a ball point pen sleeve that is rubberized and gives enough resistance to keep the battery in place. The zip tie is threaded through the pen so I can retriwve it if it slips down too far in the battery box.

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There are also a number of Battery Tender accessories available for the product such as:

USB Charger which would be handy for charging GoPro on the fly, or keeping a GPS charged. For those of us with sheds instead of Garages, an off the grid.

Solar Powered Charger may be worthwhile.

These look like they would be worth checking out.