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Drkside79
Posted on Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 04:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Any thoughts on where to get a good one other than HD?
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Gunut75
Posted on Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 04:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I'll be getting a new one this season. I'll wind up buying some sort of name brand, other than HD. I have been looking for a drycell for it, but Optima does'nt make one. Some folks here have had great success with Wal mart cheapies. I think I may actually spit out the big coin for the EeBbRr race version. I dunno. I know the one in my bike is stock from HD, and 15.5k so far. I just put it on the trickler now and then. Give me a holler. We'll do lunch.
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Tk052
Posted on Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 06:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I've seen on XB board and or Big Bad and Dirty, people have dealt with Battery Mart.com with positive results.
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Nillaice
Posted on Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 06:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

ha ha 'positive results'
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Bishopjb1124
Posted on Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 06:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I just bought a GEL battery from Advance Auto. 93.xx out the door with a 1 year warranty on it. 220 Cold Cranking Amps.

Jimmy
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Reepicheep
Posted on Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 09:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My local bike store (import one) had a cheaper battery then WalMart or the auto parts store (for once). It was a new brand, a new fancy gel something or other with some kind of nano tech something or other. Maybe marketing smoke and mirrors, but it looked like a great battery and it had a great warranty.

It was for a Suzuki I was restoring for a friend, but I bet they have Buell sized ones as well.

I can try and dig up the brand, but I think it is really common, it was at another UJM store out on the shelf last week when I was getting jets for the kids KX-60 (Clinton County Motorsports).
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Greg_e
Posted on Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 10:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I just bought the harley battery, the terminals bolt up properly which is better than the Deka that was in there before it. It cranks and holds a charge for more than a couple days so it's way better than the old Deka.
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Sloppy
Posted on Tuesday, September 07, 2010 - 11:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

HD batteries are among the best and while not the cheapest, they are a very good value... don't forget that they are AGM batteries.
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Ourdee
Posted on Wednesday, September 08, 2010 - 06:11 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

$66.00, Free Shipping to your door. It is an AGM battery, American Made is the claim. 200 cold crank. It is what I've been running this year. I do use a maintainer when it sits for a day.
Here's where I got mine: http://bohannonbattery.com/html/deka/etx14.html

66 bones in this link or 72 bones to let them look up the bat. for your bike. The terminals worked for my Uly. It also had a second set of places to bolt to the terminals. I'm not affiliated with them. My hardly battery died after a year.

(Message edited by ourdee on September 08, 2010)
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