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HRCNICK11 · 03-27-2009, 05:54 PM

I made the mistake of putting batterys on a tender and leaving them in the garage last year. I had to replace 3 of the 4, it gets cold here in the winter and really messes up batterys.

zed · 03-27-2009, 08:01 PM

was it the battery tender brand or something else? a float charger should have kept them good over the winter. if it was a trickle charger you have to babysit them.

Gas Man · 03-28-2009, 01:47 AM

If your battery is 4yrs old you should replace it regardless. Just don't get some cheap BS. Go to the HD dealer and get a nice AGM battery. Should run about $90-$100

Stay away from many other brands... Interstate are rebranded junk. YUASA blows nuts. I'll smack you if you got any auto store to get a fuckin tractor battery.

ZUKIMON · 03-28-2009, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Gas Man

YUASA blows nuts.

Are you for real? I hope you mean for a HD specifically?? You are the first one that I have ever heard say anything bad about a Yuasa.

I just put a replacement Yuasa in my CBR from the Honda dealer, who might I add, was cheaper on them than anyone else and I get a wholesale discount through everyone else.

Gas Man · 03-28-2009, 10:34 AM

Nope on anything. I had a couple YUSAs on my rice and never thought they were worth a shit.

ZUKIMON · 03-28-2009, 10:46 AM

Note to self, Gas Man hates Yuasa's.

Really though, I have never heard anyone say anything negative about them. It's always good to hear pro's and con's about anything though.

Yamerhaw · 03-28-2009, 10:55 AM

never had a problem with Yuasa, had them on MANY bikes, no issues...

HRCNICK11 · 03-28-2009, 12:04 PM

Yuasa's have been good to me. I look for them they are great batterys.

marko138 · 03-28-2009, 05:02 PM

Gas has been shitting on Yuasa for years.

BTW...PROBLEM SOLVED! I dont know how or why...but it ran on Friday. I gave it some throttle and fired it up. Keep on the throttle long enough to keep it running...maybe 10 or 15 seconds...then it settled into it's normal idle.

I let it warm up...snapped the throttle once...it hiccuped...then ran perfect.

So I have no idea what the problem was or is. I didn't do anything but try to start it on Friday. I rode it about 12 miles...it was fine.

I guess the real test comes when I try to start it next time.

Mr Lefty · 03-28-2009, 05:07 PM

I'd go with the seafoam next time you fill up... may be some sort of slight blockage in the lines, filter, or injector.

glad it's runn'n though

03-28-2009, 01:47 AM	#83
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	If your battery is 4yrs old you should replace it regardless. Just don't get some cheap BS. Go to the HD dealer and get a nice AGM battery. Should run about $90-$100 Stay away from many other brands... Interstate are rebranded junk. YUASA blows nuts. I'll smack you if you got any auto store to get a fuckin tractor battery. __________________ -Chris "Why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike?" Run Amsoil Product

03-28-2009, 10:34 AM	#85
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	Nope on anything. I had a couple YUSAs on my rice and never thought they were worth a shit. __________________ -Chris "Why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike?" Run Amsoil Product

03-28-2009, 10:46 AM	#86
ZUKIMON Is this thing on? Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Ashe Co, NC (Near Boone) Moto: '01, 929RR Posts: 398	Note to self, Gas Man hates Yuasa's. Really though, I have never heard anyone say anything negative about them. It's always good to hear pro's and con's about anything though. __________________ Dirty Harry said there's nothing wrong with a little shooting, as long as the right people get shot.

03-28-2009, 10:55 AM	#87
Yamerhaw Country Boy Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hicktown in NC Moto: 07 R1 Posts: 797	never had a problem with Yuasa, had them on MANY bikes, no issues... __________________ “If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.” It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.

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03-27-2009, 05:54 PM	#81
HRCNICK11 Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 429	I made the mistake of putting batterys on a tender and leaving them in the garage last year. I had to replace 3 of the 4, it gets cold here in the winter and really messes up batterys.

03-27-2009, 08:01 PM	#82
zed yellow don't corner well Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Kansas City, KS Moto: 06 ZX10R Posts: 1,243	was it the battery tender brand or something else? a float charger should have kept them good over the winter. if it was a trickle charger you have to babysit them.

03-28-2009, 12:04 PM	#88
HRCNICK11 Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 429	Yuasa's have been good to me. I look for them they are great batterys.

03-28-2009, 05:07 PM	#90
Mr Lefty TWFix Legend Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Denver CO Moto: 01 BMW F650GS Dakar Posts: 15,677	I'd go with the seafoam next time you fill up... may be some sort of slight blockage in the lines, filter, or injector. glad it's runn'n though