How Long Your Battery lasting?
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From: AZ
Dangit you guys have me thinking of my Duracell in my UC. I think its exactly 3 years and 3 years is about all you get from any battery in Arizona. Gotta say the Duracell has been great, haven't even thought about it all this time. Have noticed a slight delay when hitting the starter but really just a spilt second. About 106° today so I doubt it'll last the summer.
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Got a fresh battery a couple days ago and put it in today. Old one may have lasted a while, but better safe than sorry I guess.
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Not everyone has a voltmeter on their bike....
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The original battery in my '07 FLHTCU lasted 8 years. The one in my '14 FLHTK lasted 5 years. I replaced it with a Duracell, which lasted 3 years. I generally use a tender, unless I'm riding every day. I store the bike at the dealer in the winter with the battery disconnected.
I just replaced the Duracell in my '14 with a H-D battery, because of an excellent discount available to me.
It's easy to tell on my bike when the battery's going. It hesitates when starting, and draws so much from the battery that the stereo forgets that it's playing an album from my USB drive, and sets up to play all songs in alphabetical order, from the one song that was playing when I shut down last.
I just replaced the Duracell in my '14 with a H-D battery, because of an excellent discount available to me.
It's easy to tell on my bike when the battery's going. It hesitates when starting, and draws so much from the battery that the stereo forgets that it's playing an album from my USB drive, and sets up to play all songs in alphabetical order, from the one song that was playing when I shut down last.
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Timely thread. Putting the third battery in my 2017. Never used a tender with my OEM battery. Lasted around 3 years. Used a tender religiously on the replacement and it lasted around 3 years...
Tender, no tender, 3 years is all I'm getting. Sucks.
Tender, no tender, 3 years is all I'm getting. Sucks.
I put a grey case Duracell in mine 7 months ago and it's already dragging the starter. Bike is ridden almost every day, multiple times a day. All connections tight, just a junk battery.
EDIT: battery was from Batteries+
EDIT: battery was from Batteries+
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Joined: Mar 2009
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From: IOWA
I'm on my 3rd battery in my '04 Electra, and on my '15 Electra I'm on my 2nd battery, I only changed it last year due to an upcoming trip and didn't want to have any issues.
Over the years I've found that just leaving them plugged into a tender constantly isn't always the best thing, so I'll plug the '04 in for like a day a week; I ride the '15 the majority of the time.
My cousins '15 Electra is on a tender constantly when sitting and he's on his 3rd battery.
I've only bought the H-D Battery's I know there are hundreds of threads that say it's the same battery as this or that, but I've had good luck with the H-D batteries, so I stick with them.
Over the years I've found that just leaving them plugged into a tender constantly isn't always the best thing, so I'll plug the '04 in for like a day a week; I ride the '15 the majority of the time.
My cousins '15 Electra is on a tender constantly when sitting and he's on his 3rd battery.
I've only bought the H-D Battery's I know there are hundreds of threads that say it's the same battery as this or that, but I've had good luck with the H-D batteries, so I stick with them.
Last edited by cyclone65; Jun 21, 2022 at 08:38 AM.
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From: SETx
Just replaced mine this spring. I seem to get 2.5-3yrs no matter what battery or charging habits. I plug them in if sitting for more than a week or so. Which doesn’t happen much. I’ve started buying off the shelf batteries from Oreillys or Walmart lately. I can replace them no matter where I’m at on the road if one gives me trouble.