mmosel
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My bike is officially THUMPING now.
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NW Oregon
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My battery has been freaking amazing. It's sat through multiple winters where it wasn't even started for a couple of months.
Eventually, about a year or so ago, I had a hard time getting it to start. I pulled out the battery and filled up the levels with distilled water. I then charged it on a slow charger and put it back in the bike. Started up great.
I then decided to try one of these silly solar trickle charger things on the bike. I left it on for a day and a night, and when I went to start the bike - battery was drained. The doohicky said it had a circuit to prevent loss of charge. Didn't work for me. I threw it away.
I recharged it again. Worked great.
I recently moved, and I had to put my bike in storage for about 2 months. When I finally went to try to start it, it turned over fine. Except I was out of gas. I tried to start it until I couldn't turn it over any more. I pulled the battery, brought it home and charged it fully, and then trickle charged it twice for about 12 hours each time. I took it back, put it in, added some gas and it fired up on the first try.
I was all set to fork over the 80 bucks for a replacement, but it is still going strong. I know I'll have to replace it soon, but it's been amazing. I've had it for 6 years now probably. It's a Yuasa.
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