battery life expectancy?
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Southern Maryland
Interesting to mention the battery. Just replaced mine on the 11 FLTRU.. One day it worked, next dead as a door nail. Brought it to the shop,, ZERO cold cranking amps and only 5.5 volts... dead cell in the battery. It gave no warning at all. Picked up a new one for a nice HD price..
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I ride as much as I can so my battery stays charged up pretty good. My battery lasted a little over 8 years. I think that I could have gone longer but I wore out my motor last year and decided to go to a bigger motor. My battery was a little sluggish with the new motor so I replaced my battery, problem solved.
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From: Michigan
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Joined: May 2009
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From: Middle of Kansas
I just buy the cheapest batteries I can find. My last Adventure Power battery lasted 7 years before it started getting weak. Just picked up a new battery at Walmart for $75.00. I have never used a tender and my bike always starts right up in the spring.
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Joe Kucinski
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Battery life is relative to ambient temp, charging system reliability, length of riding...listening to your radio while you clean it duh...your battery needs a good 30 minute ride at 2k-3k rpm to charge, a tender if fine but I don't recommend it solely, just starting once in a while does nothing but drain it...I recommend twisting that little star nut under the throttle and let it run at 2500 rpm for 20-30 minutes...if you can't get it out on the road...
I have a dead cell in my battery, have for 3 years but I have a good charging system and I ride a highway at least 30 minutes twice a week, with the carb problem I was having turning it over after a jet change long enough to refill the float bowl and test rides drained it more than once... but regular highway time charges it right back up...
I have a dead cell in my battery, have for 3 years but I have a good charging system and I ride a highway at least 30 minutes twice a week, with the carb problem I was having turning it over after a jet change long enough to refill the float bowl and test rides drained it more than once... but regular highway time charges it right back up...