Battery Life

[Blackout]

...or "when will it ever die?"
My lil Monster has just a tick under 50K miles on it now. I have had this bike since 4/1/04 and have never changed the fecking battery. It just won't die.

[nikkimonster]

mine too is stock from 04. Always on battery tender and still keeps its charge and running strong.

[Speeddog]

You guys know you just doomed yourself to imminent battery failure, yes?

[nikkimonster]

You guys know you just doomed yourself to imminent battery failure, yes?

its only been 7 years. I have heard other owners with same stock battery lasting over 10 years.

[Bishamon]

You guys know you just doomed yourself to imminent battery failure, yes?

[Grampa]

why I remember it as if it were yesterday..........


(July 17th 2004)
IZ_     " I can't believe my luck..... I've never picked up a nail. I'm one lucky SOB. Todays the day I take a photography class.... I can't wait."

[Speeddog]

Well, yeah, there's tempting fate... and walking up and poking her in the eye.

[bikepilot]

My TL1000S's oem battery lasted a decade and ~50k miles.  I replaced it when it got a bit slow to crank in sub 20 deg F temps, otherwise it was just dandy.  If the bike were only used in above-freezing weather you'd never have known the battery wasn't tip top.

[fastwin]

mine too is stock from 04. Always on battery tender and still keeps its charge and running strong.

+1 Just ordered another Battery Tender today. The one I use on my lawn tractor at my farm died yesterday. It was weird. Just un-hooked the terminal clamps and set in on the floor of my barn because I was going to mow. ZAP!!! Sparks flew out of it and the air filled with electric short smoke. Never had that happen before. It was probably 5+ years old but I have older ones on my bikes. Still doesn't shake my faith in BTs. One of my bikes is a 2004 Gixxer 1000. Still has the original battery and it has lived on a BT since day one. I expect it to die at any moment but I'm keeping it in the bike as an experiment. It currently has my personal bike battery longevity record. Long live Battery Tenders.

[Hank025]

Can it hurt to change it out...? Probably not.

Two Reasons
-You can clean up/check for any corrosion.
-No reason to stress the starter/electronics the battery can still be weak even if it does start the bike.

[RBX QB]

Well, yeah, there's tempting fate... and walking up and poking her in the eye.

Fate is female. I keep forgetting that... but it explains SO much.

(original battery in my 24k '06, never Tendered)

[jmoth79]

Original Yuasa battery from July of 2004 still going strong.

[He Man]

50k, but you have probably had long trips.

my bike had 24k on it when the batt died, but i probably started her about 10 times a day  atleast 4 days a week and never tendered it. just depends on how you abuse it.

[Teutonics]

I just replaced the original battery on my '02, so 10+ish years.  It was kept on a battery tender religiously though...

[DucHead]

8 years and >70k miles from the Yuasa in my '04 Bandit.