Yes, it sounds more like a sales marketing pitch by that battery retailer.

 

X2 for Yuasa battery plus one of Yuasa's 5 phase tenders, if you can find one. We still have em in Canada.

 

I pulled the battery out today, not sure why, a test light will not light yet the charger show it was almost charged. I had to fight to get it out, the strap that the service manual shows was down under the battery, and almost worn through in 2 places. I put it on a 2a charger, it charges for about 30 minutes then stops, just like the battery tender does. I have a cheap load tester which shows full charges, when I hit the load button it drops instantly to about 9a. going to do a good slow charge, then take it to the HD dealer tomorrow and have them do a load test with their tester. I think it's time for a yusa.

 

The battery actually had 5 seasons on it not 4, since it was a police model it had the 400cca battery in it, dealership tested it slip says REPLACE BATTERY 125cca and fully charged. I ordered the Yuasa 500cca from PhatPerformance with the 5% off code it was 126.30 free shipping and no tax. I hope this warm weather holds out enough to use it. I was going to wait until spring, but warm days are so tempting.

 

If you have a good battery charger, after its charged the charger should go in float mode.

 

If you gave a good maintainer, it will do more than that !

 

Good battery Charger.
After talking to the Batteries Plus people.
I bought this charger. It don't just maintain.
It charges AGM and lead acid batteries.
Its a 5 amp charger and is waterproof.

Been using it for years.
Got a Odyssey battery in my bike.



https://www.batterystuff.com/battery...v022-0157.html

 

...and there you have the qualifiers to which the tech referred:
IMPURITIES BOILED/FILTERED OUT...
his point was that the products they are getting from a country south of the US have NOT been sufficiently processed to ensure all the impurities are out during the melting/smelting process, leaving a metal product that is not pure and not as effective as they should be... that's the point.
No argument what so ever with the process you described which produces a 'recycled' product that cannot be differentiated from the original metal in quality or characteristics. Thanks for your clarification.
Cheers

 

I do have a good charger, and charged it in AGM mode, It does go into a float mode, readout will show full when charges and maintaining, and switch to amp readout when it needs to charge. When it is in the bike I use a Battery Tender (The real one not a knock off)

 

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FYI,you were misinformed by the guys @ batteries plus (Battery Stuff?) because they gave you incorrect information & heres why.

Deka & Yuasa motorcycle battery mfg both state the ETX30L & GYZ32hl agm batteries for our HD touring bikes are supposed to be charged @ a max of 3-3.2 amps (respectively) & not the considerably higher (by approx 40-45%) charge rate of 5amps you were told.

Max charge rate of 3.2amps is actually printed on the case of the Yuasa GYZ32HL battery i installed in my HD,i guess the phone guy @ Batteries Plus know's something Yuasa & Deka doesnt.

Now will using a 5amp charger damage either of those batteries after a few uses,very not likely.

But would long term use of a 5amp charge rate maint type charger/tender being used on those batteries be the proper/best choice when mult mfg's rec using a max of 3-3.2amps on the battery they mfg?

NO,it would not be the best choice.

And over time using an approx 40-45% higher amp charge rate then the battery mfg rec's could reduce srvc life a bit due to fact AGM batteries by design having less electrolyte in them making them more sensitive to drying out when charged with too high of a charge rate/too many amps.

But it's not as much of an issue when talking older gen std lead acid battery tech thats fully flooded using considerably more electrolyte/acid making that type battery much less likely to have issues with drying out & warping plates when charged at higher amp rate.

Happy Motoring.

Scott