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jcstokes Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com is very useful Posts: 2119 Mauku New Zealand Gender:	Re: AGM battery? Reply #15 - 12/29/16 at 21:13:38 I don't know about Big Crank, but Motobatt won't go in a stock battery box. So check you height against a stock lead acid job. A millimetre makes a big difference. One way round it would be to shave something off a rubber/flexible pad in the bottom of the stock battery box.
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rong Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 120	Re: AGM battery? Reply #16 - 01/02/17 at 12:22:42 Is AGM the preferred battery? It looks like it's sealed and doesn't need water maintenance. Would I be correct? I had my first experience with adding water to the stock battery. A lot of labor for just adding water! Open to your ideas on the best sealed batteries for the bike (Mine is a 2015). Thanks. Ron G
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Reply #17 - 01/02/17 at 13:45:44

Ron,

It is a real hassle putting water in the battery on the Savage/S40. Some will say it is an easy bike to work on. I will say it is not complicated but there is nothing easy about working on it.

I have had very good luck with the Yuasa Maintenance Free Batteries.

You can save $25.00 or so if ordering from Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Yuasa-YUAM62H4L-YTX14AHL-BS-Battery/dp/B0018F3MP6/ref=...

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Reply #18 - 01/03/17 at 07:56:45

Kenny G wrote on 01/02/17 at 13:45:44:

Ron,

It is a real hassle putting water in the battery on the Savage/S40. Some will say it is an easy bike to work on. I will say it is not complicated but there is nothing easy about working on it.

I have had very good luck with the Yuasa Maintenance Free Batteries.

You can save $25.00 or so if ordering from Amazon.

https://www.amazon.com/Yuasa-YUAM62H4L-YTX14AHL-BS-Battery/dp/B0018F3MP6/ref=...

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Kenny,

I don't think that is the right battery.
It shows: 9.3 x 6.4 x 5.7 inches on the Amazon page.

My Big Crank battery is:
Length: 5.25"
Width: 3.5"
Height: 6.56"

Just measured a spare I have, and it matches the Big Crank battery measurements

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: AGM battery? Reply #19 - 01/03/17 at 08:24:00 It may be a Savage, but it's not a very friendly person.
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youzguyz Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 2538 San Antonio, Texas Gender:	Re: AGM battery? Reply #20 - 01/03/17 at 09:13:11 justin_o_guy2 wrote on 01/03/17 at 08:24:00: It may be a Savage, but it's not a very friendly person. One of these days I will figure out what you are saying, and to whom you are referring. Today is not that day..
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Reply #21 - 01/03/17 at 09:51:16

Guyz,

I know that I purchased my battery from Amazon and I know it is a Yuasa Maintenance Free Battery. But those numbers of yours are probably the correct dimensions and my link may be wrong.

But Amazon states "This Fits Your 2013 Suzuki S40 Boulevard". I wouldn't order this again without checking the Yuasa website.

Someone posted on Amazon: "I believe that 5.3 x 3.5 x 6.6 are the correct dimensions."

Another guy on Amazon posted: "Works and fits perfectly on my 2008 Suzuki S40."

The next time I have the battery out of my bike I will measure it and post the dimensions.

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Reply #22 - 01/03/17 at 10:16:06

Kenny G wrote on 01/03/17 at 09:51:16:

Guyz,

I know that I purchased my battery from Amazon and I know it is a Yuasa Maintenance Free Battery. But those numbers of yours are probably the correct dimensions and my link may be wrong.

But Amazon states "This Fits Your 2013 Suzuki S40 Boulevard". I wouldn't order this again without checking the Yuasa website.

Someone posted on Amazon: "I believe that 5.3 x 3.5 x 6.6 are the correct dimensions."

Another guy on Amazon posted: "Works and fits perfectly on my 2008 Suzuki S40."

The next time I have the battery out of my bike I will measure it and post the dimensions.

Kenny G

It looks like they just messed up the dimensions in the description.

I looked other places on the internot, and the dimensions are (L x W x H): 5.16 x 3.47 x 6.34 Inches.

You should have order history from Amazon to double check that the part number is right.

P.S. Wallyworld has it for $41! Different manufacturere though..

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Chrome-Battery-M00031-10000-YTX14AHL-BS-High-Perfo...

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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: AGM battery? Reply #23 - 01/03/17 at 12:56:57 Guyz, When I switched to Chrome I lost my shopping history. Since you mentioned history I opened Amazon with Internet Explorer and that is definitely the battery that I purchased. So I guess their description is messed up. I wonder how many order they lost because of the description? Kenny G
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rong Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 120	Re: AGM battery? Reply #24 - 01/04/17 at 11:44:43 Thanks for the help on the maintenance free batteries. Saves a lot of labor! Ron G
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Reply #25 - 01/09/17 at 01:06:11

I just came across this battery while researching some other stuff and I remembered this thread, so I thought I'd put it up for considerations, looks pretty good and cheap too.

https://www.batterystuff.com/powersports-batteries/sYTX14AHL-BS.html

it's one of the batteries on this page listed for the S40

https://www.batterystuff.com/batteries/motorcycle/suzuki/2015/650cc-ls650-sav...

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JLC Senior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 262 Black Forest, Colorado Gender:	Re: AGM battery? Reply #26 - 01/09/17 at 05:22:01 The Big Crank ETX15L AGM battery fits perfectly, but you have to bend one of the tabs on each terminal as the posts are wider than on the original battery. I fitted one to my 2015 S40 yesterday.
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Reply #27 - 01/10/17 at 08:58:55

youzguyz wrote on 01/03/17 at 09:13:11:

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 01/03/17 at 08:24:00:

It may be a Savage, but it's not a very *friendly* person.

One of these days I will figure out what you are saying, and to whom you are referring.
Today is not that day..

]It may be a Savage, but it's not a very *friendly* person.

I Actually Typed

]It may be a Savage, but it's not a A55hole..

Or, some such,, the censors made it senseless..
What's gnu?

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pam Junior Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 51 Ft. Mitchell, KY Gender:	Re: AGM battery? Reply #28 - 01/10/17 at 11:06:53 i was going to say..it fit in mine and i have the 2015 bike
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