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Best Motorcycle Batteries: Get Amped With Our Hands-on Review
thedrive.com ^ | 11/8/23 | Make Bumbeck

Posted on 12/01/2023 6:40:31 PM PST by martin_fierro

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To: wjcsux
I never got smacked or thrown over the handlebars either. When it wanted to start, it started right up.

Other times, it could be a challenge.

Kickstart ironhead Sportsters can detect fear. Mine has both so if it cops an attitude the electric leg comes into play.

21 posted on 12/01/2023 11:44:37 PM PST by SnuffaBolshevik
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To: wjcsux

Neither did my ‘65 XLCH, those were “man’s motorcycles”.


22 posted on 12/02/2023 1:10:06 AM PST by Fireone (Who killed Obama's chef?)
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To: martin_fierro

Yes, yes he was!


23 posted on 12/02/2023 1:12:05 AM PST by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: martin_fierro

The charger is a $10 Harbor Freight one.

The battery is a U1 Everstart from Wal-Mart, which I think cost $30 back in 2017.


24 posted on 12/02/2023 3:19:24 AM PST by brianl703
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To: catnipman; brianl703

I’ve been keeping my riding mower battery on a trickle charger. One of those $10 Harbor Freight ones.
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I keep the leads permanently connected to my battery.... and the charger is plugged into a nearby receptacle. Roll into the garage and just plug in... takes all of about 3 seconds. I think I’m on about the 15th year of my battery.


25 posted on 12/02/2023 3:33:31 AM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: martin_fierro
I run cheap WalMart lead in the Indian and BMW and Harley, and Lithium Iron in the Duc.

Four trickle chargers over the Winter keeps them juiced up in the stable and ready to go. Had to replace the batteries on R1100S and Sportster just because they got old.

26 posted on 12/02/2023 4:40:03 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: BraveMan

Good Advice! Thank You. :-)


27 posted on 12/02/2023 5:06:22 AM PST by left that other site (Romans 8:28)
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To: Fireone

“ Neither did my ‘65 XLCH, those were “man’s motorcycles”.”

Yes they were, not girly men either.


28 posted on 12/02/2023 6:45:21 AM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: hecticskeptic

“I keep the leads permanently connected to my battery”

ditto ... hanging out of the hood ...


29 posted on 12/02/2023 6:59:52 AM PST by catnipman (A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil)
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To: martin_fierro

I got a Shorai lithium battery several years ago. It died within the warranty period. I called and emailed several times for a replacement. Shorai never answered. I will never again buy one of their products.


30 posted on 12/02/2023 8:12:19 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Myrddin

Ha! Try a 1954 BSA 500 single with a 13:1 racing piston. Cheezus.


31 posted on 12/02/2023 8:15:19 AM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: Seruzawa
Ha! Try a 1954 BSA 500 single with a 13:1 racing piston. Cheezus.

That would be a serious challenge. The BSA 500 could kick back. Mine was only 12.1:1. It was an MX model. I would have another if they were offered for sale today.

32 posted on 12/02/2023 9:27:30 AM PST by Myrddin
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To: martin_fierro

Thanks for posting. The Sportster won’t hold a charge anymore even on a battery tender, so it’s time to go buy a battery. I think the summer heat in southern Arizona doesn’t do batteries any good.


33 posted on 12/02/2023 2:24:20 PM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: Seruzawa

“ Ha! Try a 1954 BSA 500 single with a 13:1 racing piston. Cheezus.”

One of my classmates had one of those that was made in the early sixties. It was a scrambler model. We went out to an area outside of Tucson where everyone played hill climb with their bikes. The kids with their new Jap bikes had to make a running start. Ron lined up with the base of the hill with his old BSA and just let out the clutch and climbed right up the hill.


34 posted on 12/02/2023 6:26:43 PM PST by wjcsux (On 3/14/1883 Karl Marx gave humanity his best gift, he died. )
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To: hecticskeptic

Only thing is my riding mower has one of those batteries you can’t (easily) open to add water to, so at some point it’s going to fail due to water loss, unless I want to try prying the vent caps off (they’re flush with the top of the battery, not designed to be removed).

I just had to replace the battery on my pickup truck because it failed, opened up the vent caps and it was less than half full. No wonder it failed. The bad alternator didn’t help, I suspected for a while that something was wrong with it, it started making noise like has a bad bearing, put a new one in and the voltage is more stable and doesn’t drop as much when I turn the blower fan on high. Think one of the diodes on the old one is bad, going to take to to an alternator shop and have them test/rebuild it for a spare.


35 posted on 12/02/2023 6:29:30 PM PST by brianl703
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To: Disambiguator

I once watched a welterweight, leather clad biker trying to kickstart his 60’s Harley get tossed clean over his handlebars when the engine kickstart peddle kicked back. It was a hoot. The funniest part was he had to kick that damn beast about 12 times to finally get it running. Made me glad to be a Bonneville owner.


36 posted on 12/03/2023 11:08:11 AM PST by Pennsyltucky Boy (bitterly clinging to our constitutional rights in PA)
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