i know this has been beat to death, but a friend is looking for a new battery. i've had two deka batteries that are still going in bikes i've sold. what i'm hearing now is Deka has changed the way they are making their batteries for the worst. anyone hear any of this ? my friend may go witha Yuasa.

 

Look at the Lithium batteries. I am very happy with mine.

 

I just bought a deka its only been a few weeks but good out the box

 

I used to buy my batteries from Advance Auto Parts with online coupon codes of 20% to 30% off and picked up in the store about an hour later.
Advance Auto Parts has now reduced the warranty significantly to something like 90 days for a power sports battery.
The last battery was from a Batteries Plus location.
Used online coupon of something like 10% off.
Bought it online and picked up in store about 1 hour later.
That one comes with a 2 year warranty and was within $5 dollars of the Advance battery but it had the two year warranty.
These are AGM batteries.
Remember to take old battery into the store with you to avoid returning to store another day for core charge refund.

 

Big Crank battery from Battery Mart. To your door within days, no sales tax. Rumor has it it's a Deka. I have used them with good results. I'm not "sold" on the lithium batteries yet. Right now I couldn't take my Road King on the airplane, if so equipped.

 

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Not true about Deka batteries having issues from my experience with them.

I have installed Deka maint free fact activated agm batteries in quite a few bikes i wrench on the side for other people over many yr's and have not had issue & or comeback with any of them.

I have used the same deka batteries in my own bikes over the yrs with great results too.

But just for ha ha's when i needed a battery for my HD i went for Yuasa's replacement for Deka's ETX30L with 400cca's which is Yuasa's GYZ32HL w-500cc's for only $132 including to my door.

But if you want a good price on Deka's ETX30L ($97.99 to your door!) OR YUASA'S GYZ32HL TO YOUR DOOR FOR $132 go to LINKS BELOW.

http://www.techbatterysolutions.com/...?Search=ETX30L

http://www.phatperformanceparts.com/...arch.y=12&mfg=

Scott

 

 

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IT'S not rumor,Deka does in fact mfg their ETX30L maint free fact activated 400cc AGM battery under BIG-CRANK label along with under other names too like for example:

* AUTOZONE
* PEP-BOYS
* NAPA LEGEND (FOR MOTORCYCLES)(EXCIDE MFG'S NAPA LEGEND BATTERIES FOR CARS & TRUCKS)
* EXTREME MEGA POWER
* FEDERAL AUTO PARTS POWER SPORTS PROFESSIONAL SERIES BATTERY

Scott

 

Big Crank from Battery Mart same as OEM but better.

 

I recently bought the Yuasa GYZ32HL AGM battery. It cranked my 2012 Limited easier than any battery I ever tried. It is a 500 CCA battery, and I could tell it was far superior to the Harley battery it replaced.