How long did your ST1300 Battery last?

[Papa Brad]

My 06 Stock Battery didn't even make it a year. I replaced it with a $29.95 eBay special, and now, over a year later, it is still going strong.

Texas

2006 . . .
Put in service February, 2007 . . .
All electric refinements professionally done . . .
Stock lasted about two weeks shy of seven months . . .
Second one lasted about a year-and-a-half . . .
I'm on my third . . .
It's the color. It's so "fast", "hot", and "cool" all at the same time.

 

[st11ray]

My OEM on my '06 lasted 2 years and 11 months and I never used a battery tender. Then the dealer replaced it under warranty. I now have a battery tender and hope that my replacement lasts more than 3 years.

 

[Silver Bullet]

Well, I have chimed in on ST battery issues before and had noted the small size that they put in the 1300 . It has to be at full charge just to crank over the beast ! By reading the threads it seems like some riders have had really good luck with there battery,s and a few haven,t ? But in saying this ,if in doubt ,change the battery and make sure it is slow charged properly the first time ,it makes a huge difference in the lifespan .And yes a battery can fail from one start up to the next.I have seen it happen and has to me !

 

[Rick77]

Just bought an 08' ST and the battery lasted about 1 hour.
I bought the bike last week 1/15/10 and when I went to the dealer to pick it up he said the battery had died. While I was signing the papers for the bike they were installing a new battery. I thought, cool a brand new battery for my new ride, no problem.

After the hour and a half ride home I pulled into my driveway, shut the bike down and went to open the garage door. I got back on the bike and tried to start it and it was dead, I then had to push my brand new 730 pound bike up hill into my garage. (just glad no one was around to see this)

I installed the pigtail for my battery tender and left it on for a few hours and the bike started, but it's still not right. After making some local runs to some shops and the gas station the bike just barely starts. It sounds like an old car in cold weather. When it gets to this point (after three stops) and it does start, all the dash info and the clock reset. Clock goes to 1:00am, fuel mpg, miles to empty and so forth are gone.

Any ideas on what to do or check before I take it back to the dealer?

 

[Silver Bullet]

Rick , sounds like a give you another bum battery . You could check the charging rate at the battery with the bike running and if it,s charging at about 14 volts than the bikes OK and it,s got to be the battery, chances are the dealer quick charged it and ruined it ! they did that on my new 07 when new in June of 09 , replaced under warranty , and made sure they charged properly and all OK now . Yours is not holding a charge ,I would suspect, and the stealer should make it right !


MIKE

 

[Mellow]

I added a poll to this, I made the options go out to 7 years as I've heard of one lasting that long but there are probably others that have lasted longer. Really, if it lasts 5 years that's pretty good in my book.

Also, I added an option for Battery Tender or frequent rider, as they are both going to keep your battery topped off and may give us some good stats.

I broke it into ST1100 / ST1300, not sure what that will show but what the heck...

So, IF YOUR OEM ST BATTERY HAS FAILED.... please vote.

 

[LandRover]

I bought my ST1300 in Oct. of 2004; the installed battery lasted just a month over one year ... long enough that warranty didn't cover it.

I bought a battery from Honda Direct, put it on a slow charge till complete (2 days?), and it lasted just over four years.

I just installed the third battery this past November ... I'll post back when it dies ...

Cheers!
Bill

 

[hoowasat]

When I had a second Yuasa go bad in less than 18 months, I did this ...
https://www.st-owners.com/forums/showthread.php?t=74015

 

[Highrider]

I added a poll to this, I made the options go out to 7 years as I've heard of one lasting that long but there are probably others that have lasted longer. Really, if it lasts 5 years that's pretty good in my book.

Also, I added an option for Battery Tender or frequent rider, as they are both going to keep your battery topped off and may give us some good stats.

I broke it into ST1100 / ST1300, not sure what that will show but what the heck...

So, IF YOUR OEM ST BATTERY HAS FAILED.... please vote.

Joe
You need to add some more time to the poll. My 2002 is still on the original battery and still going strong.

 

[banzai]

The OEM in my 03 is starting to show it's age, most likely have to replace this summer. It's been on a Yuasa "Hot Shot Charger/Maintainer" during the winter months.

 

[WeeSTer]

Mine was going strong until we took a 5 week trip to Utah last year...it went dead in two days sitting in 100+ F temps and never fully recovered but it had enough juice to get us back home. Replaced it soon afterwards with a OEM Yuasa. Heat is the enemy of these AGM type batteries.

 

[Wintston]

When you battery goes, just it just die or do you notice a slower cranking speed. I'm have a ST2005 with orginal battery/battery tender during the late fall/winter/early spring. Do I just change out at 5 years, because it's 5 years? Any thougts?

 

[WeeSTer]

I had the clock and trip meters reset a couple of times during starting so the voltage must have been lower than normal during cranking. This happened the week before arrival in Utah where the battery went flat after sitting for several days in the 100 F heat. No obvious signs prior to this and the battery was only 4 years old at that point and was always on a tender when in the garage at home. The first thing I noticed with the new battery was that the starter cranked much faster and the bike seemed to run smoother upon starting. The old battery still holds a charge and will start the bike but the new one has more juice and is the one that I will depend on for a while.
Since it is a very small battery and has marginal cranking amps at best, I would consider replacing it if I was going on a long trip. Replacement batteries for the ST13 are hard to find when on the road and you would not want to be left stranded out in the middle of nowhere.

 

[Wintston]

Thanks for the comments, "replacement batteries hard to find on the road", make me think it may be time to change it out.

 

[BakerBoy]

Thanks for the comments, "replacement batteries hard to find on the road", make me think it may be time to change it out.

That's what thought occured to me last summer when the original battery was 5 years old and I was heading out on a trip with potentially high temperatures (the final blow for weak batteries).

I retained the original battery as an emergency spare should someone be stranded in need of a battery at off-hours. I occasionally connect it to a Battery Tender to keep it viable.

 

[indypup]

ST1300 - 3 Years w/Battery Tender

I have a 2007 Silver blow torch though...

 

[GlenT]

I'm currently about to install a new OEM battery. However, I may have the SHORTEST battery life story. I bought a cheaper Chinese-made PowerRoad Yucell battery this spring.

It lasted 3 WEEKS. The dealer was (eventually) kind enough to refund my purchase price. One of the cells failed.

 

[steve3b3]

I have an '04, and replaced the battery last summer.
It was cranking slowly during the previous fall, but was working fine until I replaced it.
I'd had two of two car batteries die within weeks of each other, and just got a bit paranoid.

Steve

 

[GlenT]

I find that my digital dash display is the canary in the coalmine. When the battery starts to get weak, the display get's reset during startup - clock, trip mileage are zeroed.

 

[Viggo]

My '04 with 40,000+ miles still has the original Yuasa. Living where I do, it gets stored for the winter hooked up top a battery tender. Last summer, I had left the ignition on for about 5-10 minutes and it wouldn't start (got going by bump starting on a hill) which is the only time it was ever seriously discharged.

I fully expected to replace the battery this spring after 4 months of storage but to my surprise, the ST fired up like I had ridden it the day before. So now I'm still using it. I have 2 big trips planned this year so I'm a little nervous about it lasting. I suppose I should just bite the bullet and get a new one. For what it's worth, before I had a battery tender, I was lucky to get 2 years out of a m/c battery.