Never, ever start working on your bike for seemingly simple things before a Rally

Have had a little trials and tribulations with batteries lately. Got a newly banged up one, and then another replacement of that one. Activated it myself IAW directions; a YTX20HL-BS battery in my F6B. Doesn't seem to want to hold a charge, takes abnormally long to come up as charged on the Battery Tender. Voltage checks at rest show 12.6v but I just don't trust it right now. Just stuck the 5 year old battery back in.

Was going to bring a spare battery with me to the Rally but how redundant would that be?

Was going to replace my rear brake shoes next, and bleed my entire brake system but I'm not tempting fate. I'll do it after returning from Franklin.

Oh, btw are we going uphill on the Dragon this time?