Battery now fully charged

[TwoEyedFish]

I fully charged my battery a few nights ago intending to ride the next day, but work and weather prevented that. Now I am headed out of town for a couple of weeks and it is my understanding that you should not store a battery with a full charge on it. Am I overly concerned about a small issue, or should I find some way to partially discharge the battery and if so how should that be done? Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Ravi Kempaiah]

Am I overly concerned about a small issue, or should I find some way to partially discharge the battery and if so how should that be done?

It would be best to keep the battery at 50-60% charge.
Once in a while, if you leave them at 100%, that's ok but regularly doing it, will certainly degrade the chemistry.
Instead of sounding like I am just quoting my opinion, I am attaching an article that talks about this.

But 100% charging isn’t a big deal in small doses. If you are planning a long trip and will be heading out shortly after you finish charging, a 100% charge will have very little impact on your battery’s lifespan. However, if you will be leaving your battery unused for many days or weeks, a charge level of between 30-60% is much healthier for the batteries over the long-term.

Link: https://electrek.co/2018/05/04/are-you-killing-your-lithium-batteries/

Since you're going out for couple of weeks,
this is what I would do. Leave the lights on overnight ( 6V,1A light would consume about 6 Watts in an hour and overnight would mean 6 watts x 8 hours = 48 whrs, that should bring a 500whr battery to 450ish whrs or to 90%)

if you can't do that. Just take a quick ride around the block at full throttle and use about 5-10%.

If you are a kind of rider who only rides 1000 miles a year, none of this matters.
But, if you are someone who is doing 5000+ miles, then taking care of your battery would mean 1-2 years of extra life.