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[GregMan]

Looking for feedback on quality batteries riders have used in replacement of HD batteries.  I am tired of swapping my batteries out after 2 years despite keeping them on tenders and having a heated garage for my bikes.....  is it me.. am i the only one having this issue.... if you have had good luck with an alternative battery source, please let me know.... thanks and cheers!

Special thanks to everyone that commented and gave me some ideas for an alternative battery..... CHEERS and ride safe!!

[geezerglide]

I still stuck with HD and picked up the HD Lithium Battery as have Lithium Batteries in my BMWs and still had a OPTIMAX Lithium Charger. There are many Lithium batters that fir Harleys just make sure they to fit the battery posts and will fit into the battery compartment without any filler pieces. As they are a lot smaller and very much lighter, good thing and have a lot more CCA.

geezerglide

[Homer 661]

I've had good luck with these .... https://www.chapmoto.com/yuasa-gyz-series-battery-parent-358-1371

[SIKBIRD]

Looking for feedback on quality batteries riders have used in replacement of HD batteries.  I am tired of swapping my batteries out after 2 years despite keeping them on tenders and having a heated garage for my bikes.....  is it me.. am i the only one having this issue.... if you have had good luck with an alternative battery source, please let me know.... thanks and cheers!

I was out of town on my bike when the battery died at supper one night, luckily there was an advance auto just down the street from the restaurant so with no other options, I bought the battery from them...that was 4 years ago and that battery is still going strong but I do keep it on a tender most of the time.

[d3v1ld0g]

I live in Chicago. I bought a battery at O’Reilly’s in 2015. Keep it on the tender all winter. It started up fine this year. I was just gonna get a new one because of the age.

[J.D.]

I was told HD switched vendors maybe 6 or so years back and the new ones are failing faster.  I bought a Deka online which I was told is both a better quality battery than OE and is also less expensive.

[skratch]

from what i understand, deka is the mfg for hd oem.

[Fired00d]

from what i understand, deka is the mfg for hd oem.

That is my understanding also. I purchased a Deka back in 2015 that is still going strong - Deka ETX30L. Here is a thread I did back in "15 when I was gathering info - Deka (Big Crank ETX 30L) vs AGM Duracell Ultra - Longevity/Reliability like the OP I was fed up w/the lack of quality in H-D batteries. Even though Deka is the mfg for H-D batteries there is a big difference in quality.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[J.D.]

Interesting.  Source of my info was the local dealer 😂.

Maybe that's part of the lithium battery sales pitch.

[SDCVO]

I used to go through batteries every 2 years as well. Got a Antigravity LI battery 4 years ago and still going strong. No doubt crazy expensive but also turns over the bike like a Honda which I love

[iski]

That is my understanding also. I purchased a Deka back in 2015 that is still going strong - Deka ETX30L. Here is a thread I did back in "15 when I was gathering info - Deka (Big Crank ETX 30L) vs AGM Duracell Ultra - Longevity/Reliability like the OP I was fed up w/the lack of quality in H-D batteries. Even though Deka is the mfg for H-D batteries there is a big difference in quality.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

X2.

And - when the bike is parked the battery tender is hooked up. 

[fos41]

Replaced my weak O.E. H.D. battery with  Yuasa GYZ32HL 500 cca`s vs 420 CCA factory H.D. came on my on a C.V.O. nearly 3 years if use and battery tender regularly, still as strong and when installed.

[Twolanerider]

Replaced my weak O.E. H.D. battery with  Yuasa GYZ32HL 500 cca`s vs 420 CCA factory H.D. came on my on a C.V.O. nearly 3 years if use and battery tender regularly, still as strong and when installed.

I put that battery, actually two of those batteries, in my Road Glide and my Road King.  The one in the Road King wouldn't start the bike a couple months ago (March sometime).  It was just over 3.5 years old and had lived on a tender when not in use.  I'm not complaining about close to four years for a battery.  Out of caution when the one failed I put new batteries in both though.  Even if batteries are something more expensive than cheap to buy they are still cheap compared to road service or trying to push several hundred pounds of Road Glide.

When the Road King's battery crapped out I didn't want to wait that day so went to the local Battery Outfitters store.  Just got the biggest thing they had.  Something called a "MotoBatt" with yada yada yada.  It's bright yellow and oh so pretty.  It also has battery posts front and rear.  The extra post was actually convenient for some accessory wiring.  Hopefully I'll outlive the new batteries again rather than the other way around!  That's always the goal!

[Fired00d]

X2.

And - when the bike is parked the battery tender is hooked up.

X2 here also.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Twolanerider]

X2 here also.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Admit it.  You're still mad you can no longer get 37 years out of a battery like you did that first one.