n the pits at Daytona this year Eraldo Ferracci drew a crowd all week long. Fast By Ferracci and MV Agusta are back into racing big time. And the Deltran Battery Tenders® are right there with him. Deltran and Ferracci have a long association, dating back to 1991 when Team Fast By Ferracci Ducati won the first of two World Superbike Championships followed by two AMA Superbike Championships to become the most successful Ducati team in the world. And Deltran is with Ferracci now, a major sponsor and a major player in getting the bikes to the grid ready to race.
     Ferracci himself says it best. Starting a race with a half-charged battery, he figures, is like starting that race with a half-full gas tank. This team never, and we mean never, sets up at a track without bringing along their Battery Tenders. Fast By Ferracci relies on the full lineup of Battery Tenders, too. For a quick, fast charge on one of the AGM batteries in the MV Agusta race bikes they’ll hook up the powerful 5 Amp Power Charger Plus. And while that bike is out for practice and testing all of the others get hooked up to one of the Multi-Bank Battery Tender Charging Stations the team has brought along. This has become a ritual at Fast By Ferracci. Their Battery Tenders are part of the total race package.
     A half-charged battery is no better on the street than it is on the track. A Battery Tender should be part of the total package for every rider. A weak battery makes a bike’s charging system work harder which makes the bike work harder and that just needlessly sucks away performance. There are Battery Tenders for every need and at every budget level, too, so picking one is easy. From that top-of-the-line Power Charger Plus right down to the palm-sized Waterproof 800 there’s a Battery Tender for everyone. They’re all fully automatic, totally hands-off and feature multi-step charging/maintenance programs. And big or small the battery will never be overcharged, never out-gas and never bubble over.
     All of that comes via Deltran’s ISM (Infinite Sequential Monitoring™) charging technology. ISM takes the guesswork out of charging and maintaining a battery. The Deltran ISM microprocessor, and it’s in all of the Battery Tenders, includes every step necessary to evaluate the battery it’s charging, charge that battery and then maintain the battery’s full charge. The charge/maintenance sequence is complete and it’s fully automatic. The transitions are smooth and totally seamless. The ISM system deciphers millions of bits of feedback from the battery then automatically applies the proper, and safe, charging sequence.      The ISM microprocessor “reads” the battery perfectly, and if a particular step isn’t necessary, and might even be harmful, it’s bypassed. Automatically. Battery Tenders keep it all user friendly providing the most complete and safest recharge possible.
     And all that’s just fine with Eraldo Ferracci. It’s one less thing to worry about. Team Fast By Ferracci wouldn’t dream of going anywhere without their Battery Tenders. No rider should be without a Battery Tender in his garage, either. Heading out for a ride with a half-charged battery is like, well…you know the rest. Parts Unlimited stocks the full Battery Tender lineup, so call your rep for more details.