Oh poo. Battery has died

[gh0st]

So after treating my bike battery so bad, i now have a totally useless one that wont hold enough charge to even start the bike.

Ran it through a couple of optimisers, they both came up as its buggered.

Motorcycle place B***** Motorcycles in Exeter sold me a "bargin" battery for £41.00 - got it home and its not for my bike (wrong size )

They are quoting £70 for a battery. Surely I can get a fazer battery cheaper than that?!

2001 Fazer 600

[iandbeech]

gh0st said:

So after treating my bike battery so bad, i now have a totally useless one that wont hold enough charge to even start the bike. Ran it through a couple of optimisers, they both came up as its buggered. Motorcycle place B***** Motorcycles in Exeter sold me a "bargin" battery for £41.00 - got it home and its not for my bike (wrong size ) They are quoting £70 for a battery. Surely I can get a fazer battery cheaper than that?! 2001 Fazer 600

I`m old enough to remember the good old kick starts on my bikes if the battery let me down!

[dern]

I remember trying to bump start my old zxr750 just for the wheel to lock every time I slipped it into gear and then having to push the b*stard thing back up the hill. No fun.

I leave my blade on the optimiser every night now.

Mark

[Andy Eccles]

gh0st said:

Motorcycle place B***** Motorcycles in Exeter

Have you tried CMS in Vennybridge/Pinhoe Road? They're usually a bit cheaper than Bridge. I still ended up paying £67 inc VAT for a battery for my DRZ400, but a battery for my VTR1000 was only £27+vat.

You probably won't be able to buy a battery mail order, because of postal restrictions of acids.

[gh0st]

Andy Eccles said:

gh0st said: Motorcycle place B***** Motorcycles in Exeter Have you tried CMS in Vennybridge/Pinhoe Road? They're usually a bit cheaper than Bridge. I still ended up paying £67 inc VAT for a battery for my DRZ400, but a battery for my VTR1000 was only £27+vat. You probably won't be able to buy a battery mail order, because of postal restrictions of acids.

I havent but I will do

[waynester]

dern said:

I remember trying to bump start my old zxr750 just for the wheel to lock every time I slipped it into gear and then having to push the b*stard thing back up the hill. No fun. I leave my blade on the optimiser every night now. Mark

Huh, try doing that with a Ducati 916!!!

Took me nearly an hour of wheel locking fun to finally start it. I was completely knackered after.

[DennisTheMenace]

dare i say it ...... Halfords i paid £50 for the ace's battery which is a bit less than the £70+ the robbing bastards at my local yamaha dealer wanted

[rsvmilly]

I got a new Yuasa battery for my Aprilia from Halfrauds. Its quite a large one - I guess for the larger starting current required for a large twin - and it was £49.99. At least 10-20 quid cheaper than Hein Gericke (sp?) wanted IIRC.

[DennisTheMenace]

thats the one i got , bloody typical that i get a bike the requires an expensive battery not only that but the Yusa battery is OE for yamaha YTX14 or something the battery is .