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jcstokes
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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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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...
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In other words,... I have no idea... and, am no help at all...
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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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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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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...
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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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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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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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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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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04/09/13 at 04:52:10
The stock battery in my FJR 1300 lasted 7 years.
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