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My battery is now 7 yrs old and the bike is tell me it's time to shop. So what the best after market battery out there. I was thinking of trying a YUASA.
 
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Interstate batteries in all my vehicles. Good battery and good prices. But if the battery you have now lasted seven years, you might want to stick with that brand
 
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AGM makes a good battery. I heard, you can cut them in half and they don't leak.

Got mine from O'Reilly Auto Parts.
 
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My battery is now 7 yrs old and the bike is tell me it's time to shop. So what the best after market battery out there. I was thinking of trying a YUASA.
I assume your 7 year old battery was a Genuine HD battery? If so, 7 years out of a battery is pretty good. I stick with the HD battery.
 
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Originally Posted by Iron lHorse
My battery is now 7 yrs old and the bike is tell me it's time to shop. So what the best after market battery out there. I was thinking of trying a YUASA.
http://www.batterymart.com/c-harley-...FcqZ4AodHw4AEQ
 
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Originally Posted by pld578
I assume your 7 year old battery was a Genuine HD battery? If so, 7 years out of a battery is pretty good. I stick with the HD battery.
Yes it is.
 
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Highly concur with gs34doc...BatteryMart's cheaper than HD & delivered to your door. After the swap, take old battery to one of the major auto stores for recycling...done & done!
 
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Originally Posted by pld578
I assume your 7 year old battery was a Genuine HD battery? If so, 7 years out of a battery is pretty good. I stick with the HD battery.
Yes it is. But with the after market I may up the capacity on the Ah and CCA .
 
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Just replaced the HD battery in a brothers bike with an aftermarket one and found the terminals were set back from the edge of the battery; HD's terminals are flush with the side of the battery...PITA to get the cables on; had to use a spacer (suspiciously provided). I will not buy another unless the terminals are flush to the side like stock...you'll see when you change it
 
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I love Odyssey batteries.
http://odysseybatteries.com/
 


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