Blew the fuse for the Battery Tender Lead - Need charging solution

[Heath]

Why are you trying to redesign something that already works the way it should?

[metroplex]

Pulling the fuel tank to replace a fuse is a pain.

[ungeheuer]

The problem is fitting that fuse as close to the terminal as possible. There is very limited room in that spot right under the fuel tank. And if the fuse does pop, I have to remove the fuel tank to change that fuse.

1) removing the fuel tank is not that difficult IMO
2) I have an in-line fuse located as close to the battery as possible for a tender lead. There's no issue with room for something as small and essential as a fuse holder.
3) why does the fuse blow on your original tender lead?
4) you've ignored the original issue (your tender fuse blowing) and "fixed" it by creating a potential much worse and firey issue.

So as you can probably guess, I'm in firm agreement with all the other advice you've received here regarding the folly of deleting the fuse from your battery tender line.

But its your bike  .

[metroplex]

You'd get an answer to #2-4 if you read the thread.

[ungeheuer]

You'd get an answer to #2-4 if you read the thread.

Thanks.  In fact I did read the thread prior to making my comments. 

I wasnt really looking for answers to rhetorical questions, just making observations for you to consider. 

Good luck 

[metroplex]

Well if there was a lot of room, then the dealer wouldn't have just squished in that monster fuse holder. The more I think about it, the more I want to go back in there and make a new harness with 2 fuse holders. That 16 AWG wire is robust enough to handle about 20A at least for a short period of time. I've seen fuse holders of that gauge wire with 30A fuses pre-installed. I'll just place this 20A fuse holder near the battery terminal, and another fuse holder of 5A or 7.5A near the Tender connection. This should reduce the possibility of the fuse under the fuel tank from popping. I still don't like this arrangement though, and combined with the hard cold start issues with the 696, it makes me wish I bought a Honda instead.