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Battery AGM
12/14/15 at 13:32:47

I bought an AGM battery before checking the old one and found that I already had an AGM installed. Of course I threw out the packaging and it looks like I will be keeping the new one. Is there a good way to store this battery so I have it when I need it?

Also, I got the bike with a horrible unprofessional paint job and I'm going to have it painted. House of Kolor has a beautiful green, which as some of you know is the fastest color. Wink

I can't put out all that money for fenders/side covers/tank so I'll probably do just the tank. If I use a stock paint color will it match if I don't do the rest of the metal until next year?

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Re: Battery AGM
Reply #1 - 12/14/15 at 14:02:53

Once activated....batteries begin to age. If you try to store one of them, you should put it on a battery tender every few weeks to keep it charged - but I would not recommend attaching the tender 24/7/12. You will be money ahead if you find someone to sell your extra battery to - you pick if it is the old or the new one.

If you keep the paint sealed in the container - the color will be consistent enough that you won't have a color match problem from panels that are not bolted right up against each other.

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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	Re: Battery AGM Reply #2 - 12/14/15 at 16:46:27 Why Green Motorycles Are Bad Luck https://www.throttlexbatteries.com/details.aspx?p=A4D3D61DCEB3C859&ppid=59924...
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Padriac YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 5	Re: Battery AGM Reply #3 - 12/14/15 at 16:54:26 I have heard the Triumph/Harley thing but not all this! The battery "extra" I bought is a ThrottleX, too. There's always this...
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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	Re: Battery AGM Reply #4 - 12/14/15 at 17:11:19 that blue is gorgeous
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Battery AGM Reply #5 - 12/14/15 at 17:20:38 Check Google for pics of the stock '07 deep blue color.
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DesertRat Serious Thumper Offline I love rat bikes! Posts: 1569 Arizona	Re: Battery AGM Reply #6 - 12/14/15 at 17:35:47 I know one of the "blue" models looks more like a purple tint than blue under white light
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Sonny Full Member Offline DeSoto, TX Posts: 224 Gender:	Re: Battery AGM Reply #7 - 12/14/15 at 21:02:18 I recently got a VN900 in Kaw's "Candy Plasma Blue." That high metallic / pearl neon blue draws the eye like fly paper. 99% of the comments I get on the bike are about the color. Dark greens and OD are not easy to see out the corner of the eye. Visibility is life on a MC.
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Battery AGM Reply #8 - 12/14/15 at 21:05:23 Visibility is life on a MC. That's why I wear orange rabbit ears.
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Sonny Full Member Offline DeSoto, TX Posts: 224 Gender:	Re: Battery AGM Reply #9 - 12/14/15 at 21:39:50 Hey, J_O_G, if you add a hi-viz neon green bra under those orange ears you can pretty much do as you please on the streets. Everybody will see you and nobody will hit you because the last thing they want to do is meet you face to face. Too much 'splainin' to do...
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Battery AGM Reply #10 - 12/15/15 at 07:30:01 hi-viz neon green bra Just added to my Christmas list! Great idea.
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Battery AGM Reply #11 - 12/15/15 at 11:38:51 You wouldn't really wear a neon green bra would you?
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: Battery AGM Reply #12 - 12/16/15 at 11:17:11 DesertRat wrote on 12/14/15 at 17:35:47: I know one of the "blue" models looks more like a purple tint than blue under white light Yup, when I looked up paint colors for mine I thought blue was a misprint, it do look purple
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: Battery AGM Reply #13 - 12/16/15 at 11:36:22 HoK is tricky to work with. Sprays like water. Good finish if you are careful applying it.
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