I got my 1100 in August of '18 and put in an $88 AGM from Walmart. Every winter, no battery tender or fuel treatment, just under a Dowco cover outdoors. Going on six years now, and so far, it has started almost as if it had been ridden the day before.Thanks, Larry. Are there particular reasons why?
Great info, Larry. Thanks!!I got my 1100 in August of '18 and put in an $88 AGM from Walmart. Every winter, no battery tender or fuel treatment, just under a Dowco cover outdoors. Going on six years now, and so far, it has started almost as if it had been ridden the day before.
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Not many folks do the full charge to start, even when they buy a battery from an auto parts store that says it is fully charged right out of the box. If you don't do the full, slow charge, you lose up to 10% of the capacity (CCA) of the battery. I'm talking about lead acid batteries here.Did the add in acid and full 3 amp charge, 24 hours to start.
I'm kinda at, its probably hard to get a bad battery... something like oil?
I haven’t used anything but lithium on any of my 7 bikes past 10-yrs. I don’t miss dragging and rotating chargers between them all winter. Now I just leave them for winter, some of them 5-6 months.I am at I like the LiFePO4 for a sporty type bike (VFR) and AGM for a larger tour/sport bike.
On the VFR I have a 10 year old LiFePO4 that still cranks like no tomorrow. Maintenance? What maintenance? Ride all season, bring it
in the house for the winter. Not once ever charged. No maintainer nothing... Its still going... 13.3 volts static.... hmmmm...