Trickle charger necessary?

[JustaTwist]

I’m going to be commuting 5 days a week a relatively short 10 miles/30 minutes and was wondering whether it would be a good idea to get a trickle charger or because I’ll be using the bike daily is this unnecessary?

[Joeman]

Useful for weekends and holidays.. get one.

[dynax]

you will be fine a five mile run is adequate to top up a battery

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

Useful for weekends and holidays.. get one.

 

I agree. You shouldn't need it day to day but it's always worth having one. I have a couple of CTEK chargers and leave them connected anytime the bikes are used regularly.

[JustaTwist]

Do they all have connections that you can leave on the bike and you just plug in each night without removing the seat and messing with the battery? Or can anyone recommend one that you can do that with?

[manxie49]

You shouldn't need one if used regularly but it doesn't hurt either, I have an optimate connected every time its parked up in the garage and the battery is as good as new two years down the road, some people will tell you it doesn't do your battery any good leaving them connected to a trickle charger (or battery conditioner) but speaking personally I've always used optimate and never had any problems

[fastbob]

Using your bike daily is a good reason NOT to get a trickle charger .

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

The CTEK comes with all the connections you need. I added a connect with LEDs that show the battery charge at a glance. I have them on all my batteries. Green is fully charged, yellow says it's ok but not at full capacity, red means it needs a charge.

The Honda has an alarm system that uses the battery power to the extent that after a week it's flashing yellow. The Bobber can sit much longer before it needs a top up. My spare batteries usually sit for a month before the yellow light comes on.