Toypop

I am continuing to use my bike over the winter but only when it is dry and not salty - I only plan on keeping the bike long enough to build a couple of years NCB then want to sell it for an SV1000 so I need to maximise its resale value and sadly a dry miles only bike will go for more.

This means the bike could go long periods without being used. If we have a bad winter it maybe as much as two months before we get salt free roads as they go right over the top around here with the salt trucks.

What I want to know is on a K5 with no alarm, how long will the battery hold its charge given that I keep it in a bike barn with no charging facility? I don't want to get into removing the battery as I want the bike to be ready to use for work whenever it is dry. What is the longest anyone has left one without the battery going flat?

Also with twin hardwired-on headlights, at what sort of rev's will the battery actually start charging? I notice if you rev it from tickover the headlight beam on the road brightens... I got a thoroughly enjoyable 40 miles in last night (first time I had seen dry roads in two weeks!) and was wondering how much I would need to do to restore the full charge?