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Sep 30, 2012 | 07:46 PM

#11

duty2

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From: illinois

08 Ultra and still a stock battery in her.

Sep 30, 2012 | 10:22 PM

#12

Pelonz

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From: SoCal - 661

OE battery lasted 4 yrs. Replaced with HD Battery that is currently still going. I use a tender when it's parked in the garage. I sure hope I haven't jinxed it.

Oct 1, 2012 | 12:09 AM

#13

Neal Smith

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From: Central New Jersey

My 09 lasted two years also but my 2001 made it ten years and I sold it with that battery and gave the guy money back for a new one So who knows how long on the 01.

Oct 1, 2012 | 12:12 AM

#14

JacktheBagger

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From: Deep Inna Heart of Bama

had two last seven years without a tender

Oct 1, 2012 | 12:17 AM

#15

luisan

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From: Lawrenceville,GA/Rome,Italy

Quote:

Originally Posted by jamminjim

06 Ultra 6 years.

Same here,'06 must have been a very good year for batteries!

Oct 1, 2012 | 03:12 AM

#16

2AMGuy

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From: Michigan

I try to keep the batteries in our "road" bikes under three years old and I rotate the older batteries to the bikes (or generator) that aren't used very much.

Battery life (IMO) can be extended if they're plugged into a battery tender when not in use.
Batteries that are allowed to fully discharge usually don't last very long
I have an '03 RK (made in '02) that still has the OEM battery and it starts like a new bike as i should because it has less than 300 miles on it, butit has been on a battery tender since day one.

Batteries, like electrical equipment usually have a short life span in hotter climates.

Oct 1, 2012 | 03:18 AM

#17

Stiggy

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From: Oxford, Nc

Only 2 1/2 years this last time, but that was almost 60,000 miles of riding during that time too.

Oct 1, 2012 | 09:27 AM

#18

RevBlk

Road Master

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From: Red Deer, AB

Original in my 07. Keep the battery in a warm spot for the winter. Bike is in the garage shivering.

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#19

Joe12RK

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From: CT/FL

the one in my '10 road king died last month - just less than 3 years old. I admit it - I let it go completely dead last winter, so that didn't help matters.