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Just take a wrench and tighten the connection... or have your wife do it. Forget doom sayers like Bluehighways... battery explosions with these new sealed batteries just don't happen by connecting wires or even arcing them out. Battery explosions used to occur occasionally when a spark would ignite the gases escaping thru the tops... that's one of the main reasons that they started making sealed batteries.
Not so . . . I've handled the injury claims for these things . . . and I know of where I speak. Even what you are calling "Sealed" battery's have vents . . . disfigurment and the partial or total loss of eyesight isn't to be trifled with or dismissed so cavalierly.
7 Surprising Harley-Davidson Products that Are Not Motorcycles
Slideshow: The bar-and-shield logo shows up on far more than motorcycles, some of the company's most unexpected products have nothing to do with riding.
Slideshow: From the troubled AMF years to modern misfires, these bikes earned reputations for reliability issues, questionable engineering, or disappointing performance.
Crazy Bunderbike Build Looks Amazing, But Is It Impossible to Ride?
Slideshow: The Swiss custom shop has taken a Harley Softail and stretched it into something so long and low that it looks closer to a rolling sculpture than a conventional motorcycle.
Engraved Rebellion: Inside Bundnerbike's Glam Rock II
Slideshow: A standard cruiser becomes an intricate metal canvas in the hands of a Swiss custom house known for pushing Harley-Davidson platforms far beyond their factory brief.
Slideshow: Harley-Davidson's challenges aren't abstract; they show up in dropping shipments, shrinking dealer traffic, and strategic decisions that aren't yet translating into growth.
