What I did with both the new Torq and Quando was to go on deliberate runs purely to eat up the charge in one go. This doesn't have to be to totally empty, below three quarters counts as a full discharge for running in battery purposes. That way I got this irksome part of ownership out of the way quickly.
Don't worry too much about the warmth, these figures for percentage loss in capacity for one year show how difficult this issue is:
- Storage Temperature - - - - -40% charge- - - - 100% charge
- - - - - - 0C - - - - - - - - - - - -2% - - - - - - - - - 6%
- - - - - -25C (room temp) - - - - 4%- - - - - - - - - 20%
Trouble is, charge needs to be at around room temperature, and usage near to that if possible. If the bike is used only intermittently, the ideal situation is to return with near 0% left in the battery and then put it in the fridge. Then, when it's going to be used again, it should be taken out again for return to room temperature, then charged to 40% and used before repeating that cycle.
The nearest equivalent to ideal for daily use is the shortest possible journey to zero and charge every time to enough for the next journey without worrying about temperature, with use of the fridge at weekends if the bike's not used then.
Faced with all those factors, it's probably best to just use and enjoy the thing and fork out for a battery when the time comes, you'll live longer that way without the worry!