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14-04-2004, 04:08pm
I was about to buy a new battery, and would have opted for the Honda ST 1300 Yuasa (around $300 though), but then I read a thread over at SH.ORG.
Maintenance free battery is a myth unless it's a gel battery. The advice there was to top it up with distilled water and give a damn good rogering of a charge.
Sure enough my battery needed topping up. I keep it on a battery tender at the end of the day, (doesn't need that much), and it's doing a fine job again. It's over four years old and isn't as good as a new battery, but the top up and battery tender are doing a sterling job until I can mortgage $300 for a Yuasa YTZ 14S (recommended particularly if you have any accessories).
Two years? Give that F*ck#+ a kick before you part with your hard fought for dough. A good battery tender can be got for as low as $60.
Maintenance free battery is a myth unless it's a gel battery. The advice there was to top it up with distilled water and give a damn good rogering of a charge.
Sure enough my battery needed topping up. I keep it on a battery tender at the end of the day, (doesn't need that much), and it's doing a fine job again. It's over four years old and isn't as good as a new battery, but the top up and battery tender are doing a sterling job until I can mortgage $300 for a Yuasa YTZ 14S (recommended particularly if you have any accessories).
Two years? Give that F*ck#+ a kick before you part with your hard fought for dough. A good battery tender can be got for as low as $60.