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Battery life
04/07/13 at 22:55:43

My proudly stock S40 did a nasty today, I went to buy a tyre valve extension at the dealership and when I had brought it the bike wouldn't start. Dead battery, dealership didn't have one on hand and loaned me a GZ 250 to get home and back to them tomorrow. I don't want this to become a bash the dealership thread, but how long are peoples batteries lasting? I got two and a half years and 14000 miles.

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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28625 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: Battery life Reply #1 - 04/07/13 at 23:04:08 I'd say 2 to 6 years.. depending on use, weather, stop 'n' starts, luck... Yer's didn't do great,... but, it's within the realm of possibility that it's going... ... In other words,... I have no idea... and, am no help at all... ...
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Routy Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2280 Winston Oregon Gender:	Re: Battery life Reply #2 - 04/08/13 at 05:08:30 2 - 6 yrs is a good guess range. The ones that stay w/ the fullest charge, and gets a drink of water now and then, will last the longest. One that does lot a short trips,....sits around 1/2 dead 1/2 the time, seldom sees a float charger or a drink of water, 2 yrs max !
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Battery life Reply #3 - 04/08/13 at 05:49:35 My 2000 Savage, stock battery 4 years/5K miles, a flooded battery 3.5 years/14K miles, AGM battery 5 years/20K miles and still running. And I had flattened the battery about 5-6 times, with 1-2 quick charges with a 10 amp car charger. I like AGM batteries -- far stronger than old tech flooded batteries.
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Reply #4 - 04/08/13 at 06:42:31

First battery 3 years, 2nd battery 4 years, 3rd battery 4 years, 3-4 months out of the last 3 batteries... has been of the road 2 years getting electrical work... Roll Eyes

Mine is a 15 year old machine that was ridden hard for its first 8 years or so. The next 5 saw intermittent use or no use after a charging system malfunction, decompression relay failure and harness melt down.

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Battery life Reply #5 - 04/08/13 at 06:50:09 I had a new battery crap out in a matter of months on the 4 wheeler.,.It was so flaky I suspected an intermittent low current drain in the charge circuit.BY the time it finally crapped out I had lost the receipt.. blast,,
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Reply #6 - 04/08/13 at 07:32:04

I bought my S40 new in August 2006. I have no idea how the dealership prepped the battery. The original battery is still in it, and still apparently going strong. I check the water a couple of times during the summer season. I remove the battery during winter storage, because it is easier to check and charge it that way during winter. I put a battery charger on it two or three times during the winter for however long it takes to decide the battery is charged, but I do not leave it connected for more than a day or two at a time. So far, so good.

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Re: Battery life
Reply #7 - 04/08/13 at 07:32:51

I left my light on the other day for about 15 minutes...not sure how but I did, anyway I put it on the trickle charger (took a whole day to come back to life) but works fine now.
I must be lucky I've done this maybe 3 times...original battery yusa or whatever it is...my bikes an '06 which means it's probably a 6-7 year old battery...still kickin'
I'm thinking i should probably get an AGM this year tho'

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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 life Reply #8 - 04/08/13 at 20:35:38 jcstokes wrote on 04/07/13 at 22:55:43: ....but how long are peoples batteries lasting?... I just recently swapped out an AGM battery that had been in my bike (see my signature) for over nine years. I pulled it out after it had (just barely) failed a load test.....
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Gyrobob Serious Thumper Offline Posers ain't motorcyclists Posts: 2571 Newnan, GA Gender:	Re: Battery life Reply #9 - 04/09/13 at 04:52:10 The stock battery in my FJR 1300 lasted 7 years.
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