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Message started by och on 04/06/23 at 21:06:36

Title: One word to describe our battery box design.
Post by och on 04/06/23 at 21:06:36

Sadistic.

Title: Re: One word to describe our battery box design.
Post by verslagen1 on 04/06/23 at 23:28:38

oh... it could be so much worse.

Title: Re: One word to describe our battery box design.
Post by och on 04/07/23 at 03:58:25

6F7C6B6A75787E7C7728190 wrote:

oh... it could be so much worse.

Sounds like you're speaking from experience, lol. Granted, I don't have much experience with motorcycles, but out of four bikes I have the Savage has by far the worst battery box design that is the most pain in the ass to access.

That being said, years back I had a 2005 Ford E350 cargo van with the cursed 6.0 diesel. It actually had two batteries, inside two underbody compartments that were a pain in the ass to access, and the cables connecting the batteries had absolutely zero slack. When it got flooded by the hurricane Sandy, it took a good 2 hours to replace these batteries. I'd say the design is 10 times worse than the Savage, but its kind of apples to oranges comparison.

Title: Re: One word to describe our battery box design.
Post by Ruttly on 04/07/23 at 05:00:17

Same dumbas$ engineer designed them both. Been there done both of them.

Title: Re: One word to describe our battery box design.
Post by och on 04/07/23 at 05:06:32

022524243C29500 wrote:

Same dumbas$ engineer designed them both. Been there done both of them.

;D ;D ;D

http://https://i.imgur.com/fqt6A8C.jpg

Title: Re: One word to describe our battery box design.
Post by verslagen1 on 04/07/23 at 05:29:48

https://www.google.com/search?q=intruder+battery+installation&oq=intruder+battery+in&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j33i160l2j33i299.14127j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#cobssid=s&fpstate=ive&vld=cid:faeba480,vid:Wl3eFxkKV-A,st:70

Title: Re: One word to describe our battery box design.
Post by J Mac on 04/07/23 at 16:44:46

It's not great. I've seen better. Remove toolkit cover followed by backing plate behind toolkit cover? Not intuitive. I've never investigated how to remove the actual plastic battery box, and I hope I never need to. The two screws on top of it holding the lid are apparently only tightened by a 90 degree screwdriver if the tank isn't off. I agree, it *could* be worse.

Title: Re: One word to describe our battery box design.
Post by buster6315 on 04/07/23 at 19:36:46

Re-installing the tool kit cover can be a pain. Not sure what holds the top in place.

Title: Re: One word to describe our battery box design.
Post by och on 04/07/23 at 22:26:56

Connecting wires to the battery is a pain, and using any kind of jumper cables is even worse, there is virtually no room to clamp the jumper wire to the positive terminal without touch the frame and causing a short.

Title: Re: One word to describe our battery box design.
Post by justin_o_guy2 on 04/08/23 at 08:11:48

I haven't been there, but some of the people who decided to modify the intake and delete the air box had a little bit of criticism about how it was put in. IIRC, language that would qualify as Hate Speech was used.

Title: Re: One word to describe our battery box design.
Post by J Mac on 04/08/23 at 13:19:15

The *one* thing the previous owner did right for me was install a battery tender pigtail.

0D010A620 wrote:

Title: Re: One word to describe our battery box design.
Post by ThumperPaul on 04/11/23 at 13:34:44

You can pick any of the following individual words: Sadistic. Deranged. Misplaced. Really? Huh? Ok. Alright. Fine. No. Why?

Title: Re: One word to describe our battery box design.
Post by ThumperPaul on 04/11/23 at 15:01:54

It’s about realistic expectations. It’s like hopping on a 65 year old hottie and expecting her to perform miracles in the middle of the day while the whole world is watching. Meanwhile you’ve got your hand on the throttle and burning up your clutch friction zone.