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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 04:20 PM
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Question How old is your battery ?
My bike is a 2006 / 20,000 miles and still has the original battery , if i'm not riding it's plugged into a trickle charger 24/7 , i haven't had any problems with it so far , any of you running the original battery and what year or had you had to change yours ?
 
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 04:25 PM
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my battery is 2 years old about 11k or so, but my brothers 2003 sportster is still on the original battery no tender used in winter or ever for that matter.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 04:34 PM
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Batteries are lasting a lot longer than they used to . On my older EVO dyna I used to eat a battery religiously every year. Glad they seemed to have ironed out that issue.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 04:37 PM
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Mine is code-dated 2007. I don't know about before I bought the bike, but I keep it plugged to my Battery Tender Jr. while it's 'resting'. Keeping any battery fully charged adds to its life.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 04:43 PM
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Original battery in my 08 dyna. 20000 kms. Starts first crack every time
 
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 04:46 PM
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Just replaced mine about 4 months ago.....5.5 years on the original
 
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I have an 2006 RK with original battery, on trickle charger during winter months.
 
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I replace them at the 5 year mark even though I plug them into a 'Tender' after every ride.
 
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Original battery in my 2006 RK no battery tender.
 
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Mine is 3 years old and still works fine. I didn't use a tender this last winter, but the other two I have.
 
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