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[110tHunDer]

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[edit to add]  It looks like batteries are a sensitive subject ( ) but you mentioned that yours is 2-3 years old.  It might be overkill but I replace my battery every two years.  I ride mostly in the boondocks and don't want to hike home so I figure the cost of a new battery before it's necessary is cheap insurance.

        

[RedFXR2]

       

You laughing at my battery replacement practices?
 

 

 

[Hoist!]

       

Now, now Brian, I'll be good!

I don't think that's the case Mike! And I have the same philosophy myself for batteries!

Hoist!

[RedFXR2]

Now, now Brian, I'll be good!

I don't think that's the case Mike! And I have the same philosophy myself for batteries!

Hoist!

I was just joshing with both of you.

And for that matter I was joshing with Dood, too.

Kum bay yah, my friend, kum bay yahhhhhh.

 

[Fired00d]

       

That is funny, because they definitely aren't to me.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[110tHunDer]

You laughing at my battery replacement practices?
 

 

 

Actually, I didn't get past the mid point of the first sentence!

2 years, if using a BT, may be overkill, but 3 years regardless seems about right.  If you use a BT, you can tell about how good the battery still is by the amount of time it takes to get to full charge.  Noticed earlier in the season the SEEG taking 6+ hours before the green light went from flashing to solid green after a ride whereas the FXR3 or SERG (new batteries in both this spring) got there in less than 2 hours, usually 1.   Decided then, time for a new SEEG battery!

[Fired00d]

Actually, I didn't get past the mid point of the first sentence!

2 years, if using a BT, may be overkill, but 3 years regardless seems about right.  If you use a BT, you can tell about how good the battery still is by the amount of time it takes to get to full charge.  Noticed earlier in the season the SEEG taking 6+ hours before the green light went from flashing to solid green after a ride whereas the FXR3 or SERG (new batteries in both this spring) got there in less than 2 hours, usually 1.   Decided then, time for a new SEEG battery!

Never thought of it that away. I'm still good to go then mine is usually green by the time (about 1 -2 hours) I let the bike cool off to come back to wipe it down.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[110tHunDer]

Never thought of it that away. I'm still good to go then mine is usually green by the time (about 1 -2 hours) I let the bike cool off to come back to wipe it down.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Disclaimer to earlier post: Your experience may differ!   But, just keep goin', Gary!   Maybe you'll win a free BT or H-D battery for going the longest!

[Fired00d]

Disclaimer to earlier post: Your experience may differ!   But, just keep goin', Gary!   Maybe you'll win a free BT or H-D battery for going the longest!

I'll be the "poster biker" for them.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Fired00d]

Seriously though if it lasts until July '09 (five years) I will change it out.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[FXR2evo99]

 

It might be overkill but I replace my battery every two years.  I ride mostly in the boondocks and don't want to hike home so I figure the cost of a new battery before it's necessary is cheap insurance.

Hmmmmm let's see here.....in 6 years you will have replaced your battery 3 times at aprx $80 - $90 per battery....speaking of insurance....IF I could just get Delta to OK me carrying a battery on board....LOL I could get 1 FREE YEAR OF Motorcycle NSURANCE!!!!  Mike.....you live in Florida....not Alaska....LOL.....

YOU KNOW I AM TEASIN.....BUT EVERY TWO YEARS!!!!  Let's see, yes I live in Colorado......and do have a "heated" garage....and I don't even think about replacing a battery until after year 5....and I try to get 6 out of it....I know 6 is stretching it a bit.....lol.....ok ok ok ok ~~~~~~>  Feels like Joe Pesci this thread isn't about batteries....and I think you are right it's apparently a "sensitive" subject.....but with all of that "acid" it's bound to get irritable at some point....

 

Back to our regularly scheduled "thread"......

Regards,

Tim

[RedFXR2]

.....you live in Florida....not Alaska....LOL.....

YOU KNOW I AM TEASIN.....BUT EVERY TWO YEARS!!!! 

Okay, okay.  Maybe I'll try to get THREE years out of the battery I have now.

But I'm calling you if I get marooned in the swamp somewhere.

[Hoist!]

Okay, okay.  Maybe I'll try to get THREE years out of the battery I have now.

But I'm calling you if I get marooned in the swamp somewhere.

Hey Mike, you're not alone here! I'd rather have the extra security too. I've been stranded with a bad batery before. If it gave ya notice, I'd try to stretch it. But one morning you can jump on and BINGO! No juice!!! No fun on the road! It ain't worth taking the risk to me for 90 bucks every 2 years!

Hoist!

[RedFXR2]

But one morning you can jump on and BINGO! No juice!!! No fun on the road! It ain't worth taking the risk to me for 90 bucks every 2 years!

Never mind what I just said about trying for three years.  I'm back to two.

Actually jumping on in the morning would at least mean I was most likely at home.  Dead batteries out in the backcountry at sunset is much worse.

[grc]

Keep the battery fully charged at all times (never let it sit partially or completely discharged), and unless you get the one in a thousand that just dies for the hell of it there is no reason you can't get 4 years from a modern AGM battery.  I got 6 years from the one in my Dyna, and it was still going strong when I traded it in.  Of course, if I hadn't sold the bike I did plan to replace the battery during that 6th year. 

You just gotta have faith. 

BTW, always use the ones from H-D.  The MoCo would never sell you something of inferior quality.

Jerry