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[cahdbiker]

Hi to everyone, hope you all put in some fun miles this summer. The battery in my 09SEUC lasted for 4 years. It just got replaced. Now I am going to put a new battery in my 95 Heritage.( it is 4 years old) Both are always on Battery Tender Plus units when I am not riding. Just for kicks I looked in my 09 service manual under battery replacement and maintaince and I found an interesting chart. See attachement. So what this means that if you buy a new battery that may have been sitting on the shelf for 2 months or so you should always check the voltage and charge it accordingly before installation. I used to ask the parts guy if I should throw a charge on a battery when I got a new one and the answer was always the same. "No need it is ready to go" So I will be checking all batteries from now on to make sure they are at 100% charge before installation. I think it may add a little life to them.Just something I wanted to pass along. CAHDBIKER

[SteveO]

About 3-4 years is all you are going to get and the battery continue to be reliable, Over 4 years is pushing it.

[Jackhd]

Believe it or not.  On my 2004 the battery lasted till 2011 before I traded it in.     It was 2004 pumkin cvo.

[Fired00d]

Believe it or not.  On my 2004 the battery lasted till 2011 before I traded it in.     It was 2004 pumkin cvo.

I believe it... I just replaced the orignal battery in my '04 this spring.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[spydglide]

I believe it... I just replaced the orignal battery in my '04 this spring.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

What?  I must have missed something.....I thought that battery was a 'lifetime' battery, D00d.  har.  spyder

[Fired00d]

What?  I must have missed something.....I thought that battery was a 'lifetime' battery, D00d.  har.  spyder

Almost 8 years was a lifetime for a battery in a motorcycle.

It was actually back in the winter when I changed it see this thread - BREAKING NEWS about d00d.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Supershooter]

I just replaced the battery in 03 Wide Glide this spring, but my 2010 needed a charge after a long winters nap this spring.

Supershooter

[kiwihog]

Got my 07 Deuce in Sept 06 replaced the battery Dec 2011  never owned a battery tender but did get one now i have the 2 bikes as there can be extended periods between rides on one or the other

5 years and 3 months

[Fired00d]

Almost 8 years was a lifetime for a battery in a motorcycle. ....

I will add that my bike stays on a Battery Tender when it is parked and I believe that is the only reason the battery lasted as long as it did.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[110tHunDer]

 
The one in my SERG is 5 years old now.  It shows no signs of slowing down and turns the light on the BT green long before the brand new SEUC's battery will.  I figure it's got at least two years left and it may be on the "D00d Replacement Cycle" before it's all over with.

5+ years should be easy if you keep 'em on a BT religiously.

[Fired00d]

The one in my SERG is 5 years old now.  It shows no signs of slowing down and turns the light on the BT green long before the brand new SEUC's battery will.  I figure it's got at least two years left and it may be on the "D00d Replacement Cycle" before it's all over with.

5+ years should be easy if you keep 'em on a BT religiously.

It got to be a game (challenge) for me (also a testimonial on how effective the Battery Tenders are)... so many had said it was crazy to trust a battery that old, how it would let me down, they (battery) should be replaced after a couple years, etc., etc. that I had to go for as long as I could before replacing it. My Mom did say I was hardheaded when I was younger I guess I still possess some of that trait.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[spydglide]

It got to be a game (challenge) for me (also a testimonial on how effective the Battery Tenders are)... so many had said it was crazy to trust a battery that old, how it would let me down, they (battery) should be replaced after a couple years, etc., etc. that I had to go for as long as I could before replacing it. My Mom did say I was hardheaded when I was younger I guess I still possess some of that trait.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Yeah, you had to 'go for it'.....like Kramer & the car salesman driving on 'Empty'.  har.  spyder

[hdbrad03]

The Game is to figure out when to change it, before you are caught having to change it on the road. That is at least a $100 mistake!


 


    Brad

[spydglide]

The Game is to figure out when to change it, before you are caught having to change it on the road. That is at least a $100 mistake!


 


    Brad

Not to mention the 'inconvenience'.  But, the bigger 'trick' is to figure out when to replace the cam chain tensioners w/o constantly tearing into the motor to check the wear pattern. I have heard of some that are so proactive as to change batteries ea. year, but as the cost of batteries goes up, up, up, that becomes a less desireable solution to the trick.  spyder

[cvobiker]

I,ve been averaging about 3 yrs on each of my three. The longest about 3-1/2 yrs on my 04 pumpkin.  I always use the battery tenders, however not during the summer riding season.   Some of you guys reporting 5+years blows me away