What battery do you use.
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: MO
It was finally time to replace my Sporty's original HD battery because it would occasionally hesitate while turning over the engine on the compression stroke. And it was getting steadily worse; Not a good thing to deal with this winter.
East Penn / DEKA makes the original equipment AGM batteries for Harley Davidson. They also make the BatteriesPlus Extreme X2Power series for our Sportys.
Since I have a BatteriesPlus close by, and since they offer a 2 year warranty, I bought their X2-14L and put it in the Sporty yesterday.
WOW! With the new X2 the engine instantly spun up and started before what seemed like a full turn. Every start since then has been the same: hit the button and the motor's running NOW. Sort of makes me feel like a dumbass for waiting so long to replace the original.
Note: The Sporty's charging system had checked out good, but recently the OEM battery would only hold about 80% of full charge. Took it to BatteriesPlus and had them do a load check and it passed but was barely marginal.
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East Penn / DEKA makes the original equipment AGM batteries for Harley Davidson. They also make the BatteriesPlus Extreme X2Power series for our Sportys.
Since I have a BatteriesPlus close by, and since they offer a 2 year warranty, I bought their X2-14L and put it in the Sporty yesterday.
WOW! With the new X2 the engine instantly spun up and started before what seemed like a full turn. Every start since then has been the same: hit the button and the motor's running NOW. Sort of makes me feel like a dumbass for waiting so long to replace the original.
Note: The Sporty's charging system had checked out good, but recently the OEM battery would only hold about 80% of full charge. Took it to BatteriesPlus and had them do a load check and it passed but was barely marginal.
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From: Shamokin, PA
Also considering the Batteries Plus X2-20L X2Power AGM battery. It's the same price as the stock battery. It's dead of winter here so I'm not worried about waiting for shipping.
Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2009
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From: south Texas
Are they actually 11lbs lighter than the OEM H-D battery..?!
Enough to make room for the ECU...?
Are they actually 11lbs lighter than the OEM H-D battery..?!
(when i roll my bike around w/o the battery in it i'm always amazed at how light it feels)
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