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<blockquote data-quote="Placerville" data-source="post: 76871" data-attributes="member: 2418">Many like the <a href="https://www.batterymart.com/p-Big-Crank-ETX18L-Battery.html?Category_Code=honda-gl1100-gold-wing-battery" target="_blank">Big Crank AGM</a>.&nbsp; This one fits your &#039;82.<img src="https://www.batterymart.com/images/products/mc/big-etx18l_lg.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Regarding maintenance charges, as Dan commented, most of them are junk.&nbsp; They&#039;re just simple 12V DC float chargers and will eventually ruin a good battery.&nbsp; And, the one that gets advertised the most, the BatteryTender, is no better.&nbsp; Yes, it will do a slow charge on your battery and keep it at a maximum charge but, it&#039;s doing bad things to your battery in the process.&nbsp; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=tecmate&amp;tag=googhydr-20&amp;index=automotive&amp;hvadid=2075392031&amp;hvpos=1o2&amp;hvexid=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=1425769136460579332&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=b&amp;ref=pd_sl_5i6olobl0g_b" target="_blank">Techmate</a> makes intelligent chargers that are designed to diagnoses, recover, charge, test and maintain your battery.&nbsp; (BatteryTender likes to say that their charger has a &quot;brain&quot; but, it has nothing of the sort.)&nbsp; The <a href="https://www.amazon.com/TecMate-TM-151-OptiMate-Desulfating-Maintainer/dp/B001P5SU24/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1364535060&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=tecmate" target="_blank">TechMate Optimate3+</a> (below) is excellent for long-term battery maintenance i.e., keeping a 12V battery at maximum charge and in good condition.&nbsp; Note that this model does not have the amperage to charge a fully discharged battery but, that&#039;s not what it&#039;s for.&nbsp; TechMate makes other chargers for that purpose.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Placerville, post: 76871, member: 2418"] Many like the [url=https://www.batterymart.com/p-Big-Crank-ETX18L-Battery.html?Category_Code=honda-gl1100-gold-wing-battery]Big Crank AGM[/url]. This one fits your '82. [img]https://www.batterymart.com/images/products/mc/big-etx18l_lg.jpg[/img] Regarding maintenance charges, as Dan commented, most of them are junk. They're just simple 12V DC float chargers and will eventually ruin a good battery. And, the one that gets advertised the most, the BatteryTender, is no better. Yes, it will do a slow charge on your battery and keep it at a maximum charge but, it's doing bad things to your battery in the process. [url=https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=tecmate&tag=googhydr-20&index=automotive&hvadid=2075392031&hvpos=1o2&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1425769136460579332&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&ref=pd_sl_5i6olobl0g_b]Techmate[/url] makes [i]intelligent[/i] chargers that are designed to diagnoses, recover, charge, test and maintain your battery. (BatteryTender likes to say that their charger has a "brain" but, it has nothing of the sort.) The [url=https://www.amazon.com/TecMate-TM-151-OptiMate-Desulfating-Maintainer/dp/B001P5SU24/ref=sr_1_1?s=automotive&ie=UTF8&qid=1364535060&sr=1-1&keywords=tecmate]TechMate Optimate3+[/url] (below) is excellent for long-term battery maintenance i.e., keeping a 12V battery at maximum charge and in good condition. Note that this model does not have the amperage to charge a fully discharged battery but, that's not what it's for. TechMate makes other chargers for that purpose. [/QUOTE]

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