2012 road king battery
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From: anacoco, la
both are highly rated batteries. get whichever one makes you feel good.
here in la, between 2 and 3 years is about the average life of a battery. i've never gotten more than 3 years out of one, except on my sportster. but that had nothing else to push, just the starter.
here in la, between 2 and 3 years is about the average life of a battery. i've never gotten more than 3 years out of one, except on my sportster. but that had nothing else to push, just the starter.
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That sucks. I had bought the 08 in Aug of 07 and replaced the stock battery in 2017 just because I didnt want to keep trusting it, but it was still cranking when I replaced it.
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