3 year battery
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3 year battery
Nice day here in Central Texas, wife is in her mood again, so I figured nice time to take a ride up to the hill country and see the sites and open road. I get all geared up and the horse doesn't want to start. Battery is bad. Only got 3 years out of it and it's always on the tender. Kinda strange, thought I'd get a lot more.
New battery is in the mail.
New battery is in the mail.
Last edited by cruzomatic; 10-18-2015 at 01:15 AM.
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It's certainly no fun when the bike won't cooperate. My first battery lasted 2 years, 8 months and it was always on the tender as well. Barring voltage regulator or charging system issues, they last as long as they last, that's it. Hopefully the new one will last longer.
One thing is for sure. It's riding weather in Texas. There are already posts about winterizing bikes
Ride safe.
Boog
One thing is for sure. It's riding weather in Texas. There are already posts about winterizing bikes
Ride safe.
Boog
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Just read back thru a few years of threads and you might notice many failed batteries were on a Battery Tender...
Coincidence???
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Original battery HD. Bike's a 2012, 3-5 years, so I guess I'm ok then. All the lights come and it'll roll it over once or twice, but not nearly enough to spin it hard enough to fire it up.
Last edited by cruzomatic; 10-18-2015 at 09:56 AM.
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I use a HD battery tender year round, but still generally don't trust a battery over 5 years old. I didn't know how old the battery in my '07 Deluxe was (maybe original?) but I had not replaced it since I bought the bike in 2012. Decided to put a new Big Crank in before the ride to Sturgis.
Last edited by PPBART; 10-18-2015 at 10:19 AM.