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The battery that comes wth a new LS650? (Read 47 times)
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The battery that comes wth a new LS650?
07/11/19 at 18:23:27
Is it the old acid/water battery with caps for the 6 cells? I'm going to look, and possibly buy, a 2017 LS650. If it does come with the old-style battery I will probably replace it with a sealed AGM battery. Not going Lithium just yet.
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07/11/19 at 20:21:47
Never mind. Sorry, I should have looked closer at your reference section. I found this:
http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1298579303
The answer to my question is "Yes", the battery is the old/standard acid/water wet cell with the 6 caps, one per cell.
One of the first things I will do is replace it with a BigCrank ETX15L and put a battery tender pigtail on at the same time.
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07/11/19 at 22:55:35
Big Crank is a good battery and a pigtail is always smart.
I wouldn't want a two year old, neglected battery, even if it fires right up. They never just up and quit at a convenient time.
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Re: The battery that comes wth a new LS650?
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07/12/19 at 03:17:33
Unless the battery in the bike is not working.....or you are going on a long trip, I would likely use the stock battery for the rest of this riding season.
No sense replacing a battery that has a year or two more life.
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07/12/19 at 06:32:50
Well, the battery is at least 2 years old, possibly 3. Here in the AZ desert heat, batteries rarely last longer than 4 years, and if I'm going to take the time to put a pigtail on the battery, I might as well put in a new battery at the same time -- BigCrank is only about $80 and it's a sealed AGM battery. I've used BigCrank batteries from BatteryMart.com for many years. Besides, I can use the old battery to replace the older battery that powers my electric winch.
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