[alanmcorcoran]

To clarify my comment above - the people at Battery Tender are the ones that advised me against using a battery tender to charge my battery when I let it run down (in the park setting once, and once with the headlight on.) They told me falt out it would not work to charge it back up. one of the scenarios mentioned above is that the bike might have been left in park. A Battery Tender (at least according to the Battery Tender) folks would not fix that situation. But Battery Charger would. Thus, my comment - a battery tender is not a battery charger.