SuzukiSavage.com - Battery Recommendations

TJ9000 YaBB Newbies Offline Posts: 23 Alabama Gender:	Battery Recommendations 03/24/10 at 11:46:01 Well, seems mine is finally shot. Any recommendations? How many amps and all that?
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Battery Recommendations Reply #1 - 03/24/10 at 11:54:13 high performance Yuasa ytx14ahl 20 cca more than stock battery. 210 vs 190
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babyhog Serious Thumper Offline Find a Cure for Breast Cancer! NOW!! Posts: 3802 WV Gender:	Re: Battery Recommendations Reply #2 - 03/24/10 at 11:56:22 There is a ton of battery related information, if you use the Search function. (*Note - Change "Post was made in the last..." drop-down, because the default search period is the last week) but here's a recent one... http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1266865500/1#1
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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Battery Recommendations Reply #3 - 03/24/10 at 12:01:53 I see the big crank is 220 cca
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Digger Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ya gotta be tough to ride singles! Posts: 1604 Colorado Springs, CO Gender:	Re: Battery Recommendations Reply #4 - 05/28/10 at 20:45:55 I've had real good luck with this Interstate Battery. 6+ years of use and still going strong. 210 CCA.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Battery Recommendations Reply #5 - 05/28/10 at 21:22:36 Hey, Digger, when I hit your link to the battery, I got a BIG Thumper, but no battery stuff.
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ATLjan YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 33	Re: Battery Recommendations Reply #6 - 05/29/10 at 03:31:52 I installed a Big Crank last year and it's been great.
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Digger Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Ya gotta be tough to ride singles! Posts: 1604 Colorado Springs, CO Gender:	Re: Battery Recommendations Reply #7 - 06/18/10 at 20:59:38 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 05/28/10 at 21:22:36: Hey, Digger, when I hit your link to the battery, I got a BIG Thumper, but no battery stuff. Jus, Oops! Fixed. Thanks for pointing that out!
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Reply #8 - 06/19/10 at 05:25:30

If I was not out to save every $, I would definently go w/ an AGM battery, for more than one reason.
They are still a "lead acid" battery (not gell as some here think) only in a different format. They will take more abuse such as faster charging, and deeper discharging, and not needing to chech fluid level in a place like the savage, would be a big plus.

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Reply #9 - 06/19/10 at 06:06:54

I installed a Yuasa Gel battery over 2 years ago, and it works like the day it was new. 2 winters with extended frost, even sitting for weeks at a time didn't do it any harm. One time in winter for about 3 weeks it was frosty and I didn't ride at all. The bike sat under the back porch with just a cover on. It started without a glitch, just a little longer cranking as I assume the bowl was out of gas. It didn't sound like it was even partially discharged when I cranked her up the first time.

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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Battery Recommendations Reply #10 - 06/19/10 at 06:46:23 That looks like a good battery and made in the USA,I still have my original 06 battery It's still working good.
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Reply #11 - 06/19/10 at 06:59:50

Are you sure its a "Gel" I don't find a Gel motorcycle battery on the Yuasa website.
ralfyguy wrote on 06/19/10 at 06:06:54:

I installed a Yuasa Gel battery over 2 years ago, and it works like the day it was new. 2 winters with extended frost, even sitting for weeks at a time didn't do it any harm. One time in winter for about 3 weeks it was frosty and I didn't ride at all. The bike sat under the back porch with just a cover on. It started without a glitch, just a little longer cranking as I assume the bowl was out of gas. It didn't sound like it was even partially discharged when I cranked her up the first time.

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Reply #12 - 06/19/10 at 11:49:04

Routy wrote on 06/19/10 at 06:59:50:

Are you sure its a "Gel" I don't find a Gel motorcycle battery on the Yuasa website.
ralfyguy wrote on 06/19/10 at 06:06:54:

I installed a Yuasa Gel battery over 2 years ago, and it works like the day it was new. 2 winters with extended frost, even sitting for weeks at a time didn't do it any harm. One time in winter for about 3 weeks it was frosty and I didn't ride at all. The bike sat under the back porch with just a cover on. It started without a glitch, just a little longer cranking as I assume the bowl was out of gas. It didn't sound like it was even partially discharged when I cranked her up the first time.

I thought it was, can't tell now. I threw the box away. I got it at Autozone. Nevertheless it's a very good one. No problems so far at all.

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