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Message started by raydawg on 05/15/14 at 16:26:06

Title: Battery life......
Post by raydawg on 05/15/14 at 16:26:06

My battery came with the bike new, almost two years ago. I noticed I let the water level get so low the top of the cell plates I could see when I popped the caps and looked in. I topped them off, put it on a charger while I had it out, but it said it was charged (light only, no meter reading)
I put it back in, she lit right up, and has all week..... but I'm a little concerned, should I be? It is a daily rider and has always started without any problem, even before I pulled it. Under normal conditions what is the life expectancy of these batteries, any idea? Anybody buy then online?

Title: Re: Battery life......
Post by Yoshi on 05/15/14 at 16:43:36

5 years is the average of a battery if maintained properly

Title: Re: Battery life......
Post by pgambr on 05/15/14 at 17:34:23

I've had my bike for 8 years and I've never got more than 2 years out of a battery :P.

Title: Re: Battery life......
Post by Serowbot on 05/15/14 at 17:38:12

Yup,.. my last one only went 2 years... I've had others go for 5 or 6...
I see no correlation to brand or price... jus' dumb luck,.. maybe weather,... maybe solar winds...
;D...

Title: Re: Battery life......
Post by raydawg on 05/15/14 at 18:28:23

6C7A6D70687D706B1F0 wrote:

Yup,.. my last one only went 2 years... I've had others go for 5 or 6...
I see no correlation to brand or price... jus' dumb luck,.. maybe weather,... maybe solar winds...
;D...

If all right wiff you buddy, not that I doan think you is not sage an allz.....
but I think I wills wayt till lady NC weighs in on the matter ;D

Ok gang, anybody buy one online?

Title: Re: Battery life......
Post by WD on 05/15/14 at 23:16:33

I have, bad idea with a traditional wet cell type battery, they don't ship with acid, so you get to go to the auto parts store and buy some...

Gel cell, AGM, dry cell, etc will ship to your door ready to charge and install.

Replaced the 2004 sealed battery in the 1500 Drifter this spring, it only lasted about 85K miles.

Pokey was destroying a battery every 3 months out in WA.

Just take the big green and white boat across the ditch and hit Lynnwood, Cycle Barn or "Roached out pieces of monkey sh**", er, Bent Bike. Either one should have the battery in stock.

Title: Re: Battery life......
Post by Serowbot on 05/15/14 at 23:45:27

... am I on the Russian site?... ;D...

PS... Big Crank is the online battery...
Don't go E-bay... I did... I was bad...
I was surprisingly unimpressed with BatteriesPlus battery (2 years)($110 .00)...
My current battery, is a locally bought, sealed glassmat, Bikemaster, $65... so far, so good. and I do like to buy local when I can)...

Title: Re: Battery life......
Post by WD on 05/16/14 at 00:01:05

4254435E46535E45310 wrote:

What's the part number 'Bot? The chickensh** cheese ball wannabe "bike gurus" at any of the local shops are not only useless, they won't hand the WPS catalog across the counter and let me show them how to look something up... F'n Cycle Gear sport/dirt bike pukes... Mewling pimple faced brats at the Suzuki dealerships... Tax write off kings at the Yammerscammer shop that might, might, sell one bike a year... >:(

Title: Re: Battery life......
Post by gizzo on 05/16/14 at 01:00:43

My suzuki DR had a 100% neglected battery last for 10 years. It's kickstart only so it had an easy life i guess. When it finally went down I replaced with a capacitor.
My Ducati kills batteries in 2-3 years.
The Savage had a new Lead Acid battery, it fried when the regulator came unplugged and charged it at 20v for long enough to cook it almost dry. Weirdly enough, I topped it up with rainwater, charged it up and it's doing sterling duty in the ducati.
The Savage has a SSB Powersports lithium which works awesomely. I bought it online BTW. Was funny to have a battery turn up in a padded bag. No wet stuff, no leak, and very light. It's about 1/2 the size of the wet battery and probably 1/4 the weight. It has the charging circuitry built in, so no need for add on charge bits n bobs.
My 2c.

Title: Re: Battery life......
Post by jcstokes on 05/16/14 at 01:07:59

Two years out of the stock battery, bike brought brand new.

Title: Re: Battery life......
Post by Steve H on 05/16/14 at 06:26:06

I have generally gotten 2 to 4 years from stock type wet cell batteries. Haven't had my savage long enough to say in it, though. Put new battery in when I got it in late 2012.

Title: Re: Battery life......
Post by Fishbulb on 05/16/14 at 06:52:27

Based on the records I got when I bought it, the wet battery my '96 lasted about 5 years. I have not had a wet battery since I-don't-know-when, so I never even thought to check it when I bought it or put it away for the winter on the battery tender.

Needless to say, she was as dry as a bone when I tried to fire her up this season. She now has a locally sourced sealed battery for about $90.

Title: Re: Battery life......
Post by youzguyz on 05/16/14 at 11:14:57

Big Crank

http://www.batterymart.com/c-suzuki-l650-savage-all-battery.html

I replaced one at 7 years just because I though it was time.