Tech Tip - Winter Battery Care

Want to prolong you battery life throughout the winter? 

Besides using a battery tender to help ensure your battery stays charged we recommend putting your bikes alarm system into storage mode.   By putting your bikes alarm in storage mode it will help your battery tender maintain the battery more effectively as your alarm system is a constant draw from the bikes battery.  Your battery and battery tender will last longer by doing this simple step. 

Here is how it’s done:

For bikes that are from 2006 and later

To Enter Winter Storage Mode:

1.    Turn the ignition switch to IGNITION
2.    Set the engine stop switch to OFF
3.    With an assigned fob within range, turn the ignition switch from IGNITION to ACC
4.    Simultaneously press both the left and the right turn signal switches. This must be done within five seconds of turning the ignition switch to ACC
5.     After the turn signals flash once, turn the ignition switch to OFF and the module is armed
6.    Confirmation: Turn signal blinks three times when armed for one ignition cycle

To Exit Storage Mode and Return the system to normal operation:

With the fob present, turn the ignition switch to IGNITION to disarm the HFSM. To cancel the transport mode, set the engine stop switch to RUN.

Tony D. & the Wild Fire Service Team