The Zephyr Zone

Most batteries fail without warning these days. Its due to the way they are now made.
In stead of slowly getting less & less effective as in years gone by, the grids will short out causing instant failure.
Keeping the Battery charged up helps them last.

Yuasa batteries are available for less than £50

Beginning to wish that I had posted this in the 'Electrical' section now, it may of been of use to future members

An admin can relocate this topic to any other place on this forum.

Update,I fitted the battery last Friday and cranked the engine over a good few times to get the oil pressure up (had just done a oil & filter change). The battery seemed as lively as ever, have been out on the bike a few times and all seem good.
I think I'm going to hang in with it for another year, any signs of it slowing and that's it, a new one but as Bigzeph said his one was 14yrs old before he replaced it
Taking a gamble

My feeling is better safe than sorry. Peace of mind is priceless.

Well, I should practice what I preach. The computer reset on it's own overnight on my other bike. The last 2 times it happened, I needed a new battery within a week both times. It is a way the bike tells me to replace the battery. Buying one today or tomorrow. I am staying with the standard battery, not ready to try the Lithium type yet, just dont know enough about it. The last battery lasted 5 years and 2 months.

So I parked my bike last autumn and left a (new) trickle charger on the battery. I started the bike once a month just to keep it 'fresh'. Last month it didn't start well and I felt the battery was having issues. Did some testing this week and indeed it's dead. Only 18 month old...

Just an update, the same battery is still being used its still spinning the bike over like a goodun am I tempting fate here ? will it last another year ? we shall see