Slight tangent, but I've always been puzzled by the short lifespans of batteries in bikes. I wonder if it's related to that long unused period, versus year-round use you get in a warmer climate.
I say this because the Nighthawk had a three year old battery when I bought it, still worked fine a year later when I replaced it with an on-sale AGM. The VFR battery was two years old, still worked fine when replaced with a stock shaped battery while fixing plastics. Of course, maybe I'm just supremely lucky. I don't often need to replace car batteries either; the OEM in the Lancer lasted nine years, the family Equinox was still on its OE battery after ten years and almost 300k miles. The only vehicle that's had more regular battery replacements is the diesel, and those are a bit undersized in my opinion. Kurt On Oct 18, 2014 12:58 PM, "Joey Kelley" <sandp...@gmail.com> wrote: > When was the battery replaced last? If you get more than three seasons on > a conventional battery you're doing REALLY well. Two is common. > -Joey > > On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Greg <gman...@msn.com> wrote: > >> Hey gang! I had an issue today and I am trying to get some input on how >> to remedy it. Bike is a 91 cb 750. 49000miles. Going on 8yrs with me. I was >> trying to leave today and the bike wouldn't start. I turned the key, and >> the indicator lights came on as usual but when I hit the starter button all >> I heard was a click. Then the lights went off. The "click" came from the >> "box" to which the positive lead from the battery goes to. From the "box" >> then the wires separate to four smaller wires. I looked at the fuse in the >> plug with the four wires, (30a) and it was fine. It took me about 10 tries, >> then the bike started fine as usual. Thanks for any help in advance! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > -Joey Kelley > JoeyKelley.com - My Life Online > JoeyKelleyPhoto.com - Photographing Today, For Tomorrow > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
