best battery replacment
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best battery replacment
Hi All -
I did a search on this forum, and unless I did something incorrectly - I cant seem to find any discussions on battery replacements -
I have a 2013 fatboy lo -- and its already showing signs of weak starts -- so I feel its time to replace before I have an issue ..
so, I wanted to hear some thoughts out there on who replace with what and how long your original lasted -
I'm not so confident in the Harley battery, being that it only lasted 2 years --
so, any input/ideas - ??
jim D
I did a search on this forum, and unless I did something incorrectly - I cant seem to find any discussions on battery replacements -
I have a 2013 fatboy lo -- and its already showing signs of weak starts -- so I feel its time to replace before I have an issue ..
so, I wanted to hear some thoughts out there on who replace with what and how long your original lasted -
I'm not so confident in the Harley battery, being that it only lasted 2 years --
so, any input/ideas - ??
jim D
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The OEM battery is about as good as it gets, you must have got a less than perfect example.
But for less money you can get the same battery from Deka, or Batterymart.com
All these batteries are made by the same company.
But for less money you can get the same battery from Deka, or Batterymart.com
All these batteries are made by the same company.
I went with a Antigravity battery, bikes not going so I can't really give any feedback on it. I see a lot of the top bike builders seam to use them, that may not mean much but I was hooked on the size and weight of this battery at only 3lb and nearly half my old batterys size. This allowed me to hide so much more stuff in the battery compartment. I got the charger along with it
They aren't cheap though
They aren't cheap though
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<p>The new one that came with my used bike (a H-D branded battery) lasted 1 1/2 years. Next one lasted 2 1/2 years from Batteries Plus. Have one from O'Reilly in there now. Only cuz they were closest when the previous died unexpectedly.</p>
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Softails are battery murderers...
Especially the Evo Softails, shake and bake the battery do death.
Before AGM batteries were around, my Softail would eat a battery in 10,000 miles, like clockwork.
The AGM type seems to at least last twice as long in my bike.
Especially the Evo Softails, shake and bake the battery do death.
Before AGM batteries were around, my Softail would eat a battery in 10,000 miles, like clockwork.
The AGM type seems to at least last twice as long in my bike.
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Big Crank by Deka from Battery Mart for about $90 (FREE shipping). Deka makes Harley batteries. I've had my Big Crank for 3 years now and no signs of slowing down.
Google "Big Crank battery"
Google "Big Crank battery"
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Its seem the average life of a Batt in here is 4-5 yrs.. mine died almost 5 yrs to the day I bought it New....
I replaced my with one from Battery + ,, make by Deka 2yr warr and it was 90 something dollars.
I just read about the new Lithium battery's that just came out lately, Check Dennis Kirk's website... maybe the best out there at this time,,, That is if you got the $300. to buy one...
I replaced my with one from Battery + ,, make by Deka 2yr warr and it was 90 something dollars.
I just read about the new Lithium battery's that just came out lately, Check Dennis Kirk's website... maybe the best out there at this time,,, That is if you got the $300. to buy one...
Last edited by oct1949; Aug 26, 2015 at 06:16 PM.
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My OEM battery is 3 years and going strong, but when I do go to replace it I will strongly consider a lithium ion battery and Antigravity will be my first choice.
I have the Antigravity XP10 Mirco Start and that thing is sweet!!!
It's already jumped started my Son's car 3 times and two other stranded cars twice and I haven't recharged it yet. (now that I'm thinking about it I'll go and charge it).
That being said, $350 is an awful lot to pay for a battery
I have the Antigravity XP10 Mirco Start and that thing is sweet!!!
It's already jumped started my Son's car 3 times and two other stranded cars twice and I haven't recharged it yet. (now that I'm thinking about it I'll go and charge it).
That being said, $350 is an awful lot to pay for a battery