buy the one at the Harley shop AGM it is worth the extra money

 

I just had one of those and it died. I'm looking to try something different. The wally-world brand is supposedly either Gel or AGM - either way, it should get the job done, and walmart is 3 miles away, instead of 30 like the hd shop. battery is cheaper too.

 

pretty much any gel nowadays is a good battery

 

Why do people spaz out so much about putting something into the ground that came out of the ground to begin with?

 

No tender = 2 years.

Battery tender and Harley battery = 5+ years and still going.

 

Odyssey battery. Best You can get.

Have a life span of 6 to 8 years!

Check 'em out at odysseybatteries.com

 

Look up East-Penn on the web or DEKA Batteries they are the source and the site will help you locate a DEKA dealer nearest you. Personally I would stay with the H-D or go with the DEKA, I have both, no difference, but you might save some coin on the DEKA. Why not leave the battery in the bike, using the pigtail on the battery for a charger just plug in the tender plus while the bike is the garage? But then, without busting your chops, before you decided to toss it around how else was it maintained?

 

I have a 2003 883r.It has 19,000 miles on it.And I live near Cleveland,Ohio.It has seen a lot of cold lonely days.And it still has the original battery.So I'm gonna say H-D batteriers are just great


ps,
It has never seen a battery tender either

 

It's been on chargers of various kinds all day long. No change - best we can do is get it to spool everything up with the ignition on, but if you touch anything you can hear the fuel pump slow - it doesn't even have enough amperage left to keep the pump running iwth the lights on, let alone actually start it. Trying just lets the starter motor clack a whole bunch, and the lights die each time. We even tried roll starting it once. No joy.

It's been driven at least twice a week since I bought it, minus the week it was up for the new parts, and the week I was gone (on the tender for that). Never run low, always at least one run a week of over an hour. It's garage kept and always has been - garage is heated even, although not the best. Fired up every time till I came in from a sub-zero night and dashed upstairs first to thaw (hot shower++), and a friend that came in while I was upstairs and flipped it on per my request (checking to see if I'd turned over the 1000 mile mark) and forgot to turn it off.

 

sweet, I'll take a look.