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Replaced my battery just today while I was checking the CVT filter on my 2013 Burgman 650 ABS.
I suspected the battery that was in there was original from 2013 and I suspect I am reading the date code correctly to confirm that. Do you think just over 8 years is long enough for a stock AGM type battery?
The CVT filter is just a foam air filter since the CVT is dry and only has a cooling fan for the CVT case on the driven pulley.
There is a code stamped into the plastic on top the old battery of 130303 (year-month-day?). There is another code ink stamped into the bottom of the old battery of 130304-1. It was still working just fine but I am planning a long-ish trip from central Iowa to North central TN in another week so didn't want to be at some remote camp ground with a dead battery. I do always carry mc jumper cables just in case but still...
The battery I put in came compliments of Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P6Z7TV3?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details
I know the Ah is .2 less than OEM (12Ah vs 12.2Ah) but I think this one will work fine for me. I usually plug into my battery maintainer if I don't ride for a few weeks but that is rare. I usually ride every month of the year even when temps go well below freezing for 3 months in a row.
I suspected the battery that was in there was original from 2013 and I suspect I am reading the date code correctly to confirm that. Do you think just over 8 years is long enough for a stock AGM type battery?
The CVT filter is just a foam air filter since the CVT is dry and only has a cooling fan for the CVT case on the driven pulley.
There is a code stamped into the plastic on top the old battery of 130303 (year-month-day?). There is another code ink stamped into the bottom of the old battery of 130304-1. It was still working just fine but I am planning a long-ish trip from central Iowa to North central TN in another week so didn't want to be at some remote camp ground with a dead battery. I do always carry mc jumper cables just in case but still...
The battery I put in came compliments of Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07P6Z7TV3?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details
I know the Ah is .2 less than OEM (12Ah vs 12.2Ah) but I think this one will work fine for me. I usually plug into my battery maintainer if I don't ride for a few weeks but that is rare. I usually ride every month of the year even when temps go well below freezing for 3 months in a row.