Hello all,

Got another question - is there such a thing as battery quick release? My battery is fairly new but is not doing well in colder weather so I was just thinking about taking it out for the night, keeping it indoors and then reinstalling in the morning... Two screws is not all that much work but I'd like something easier and toolless.

I'm sure such a thing can be made, but I'm not aware of anything commercially available.

Is the bike in an area you can run a battery tender to it? Then you can just plug it / unplug it when needed.

I don't really have an option to run a tender to the bike at my place. Plus I'd be nice to have an alternative when I'm somewhere else overnight.

Look on ebay for an Anderson plug that should sort you out. 

M

My solution:



Most bikes really don't have a big enough battery to always start on very cold days.  Riding here in NE Ohio on 6 different bikes year around for 30 winters so far I've had to jump them all at least time or two every winter.  Easy to carry out and jump bike and if you have a trunk you can take it with you to get restarted again anywhere you spend the night.   I've done a lot better the last few winters with an AGM battery, even got by without a jump a couple winters lately but I know I'll get going if I have the jumper.  Always fires up immediately with the jumper.

What type of battery do you have?
Use the trick:
1. Try to start for 5 seconds.
2. Wait 15 seconds
3. Try again
4. Try again
5. Wait 30 seconds
6. By now your battery has heated up and your bike will start

Using a battery will make it warm up. The secret is do a little to cause it to warm up, but not so much you drain and damage it.

Good plugs make a big difference.

http://www.mvagusta.net/forum/showthread.php?t=23813

Cool, I'll have to see if it's possible to keep existing battery cables unmodified and just extend them into the Anderson connectors. I found one part on amazon (http://www.amazon.com/Anderson-Power-Products-175A-600V-Connector/dp/B00F1OQPRW/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&qid=1391585999&sr=8-19&keywords=anderson+battery+connector ) just need to find the connector from the cable side, I believe.

Although I do like the jumper unit Jack has posted... very versatile and no modification required.