New battery

[Jeff Klarich]

Tried to start the bike today but only turned over slow, pulled the battery and to my surprise it's the org one dated January of 04. I think I got my moneys worth.

 

[fin_676]

I had a similar issue about a year ago once i got the bike started i checked the voltage across the battery terminals when running and got 17.7 volts a new regulator dropped the voltage to 14.5
So perhaps worth a wee check of what the charge level is like once you are near the battery anyway

Brian

 

[Jack Klarich]

Now that is good life from a battery

 

[90FXRS]

9 years............Yes you definitely got your money's worth.

 

[NEWHD74FAN]

Yep, I changed my 2004 Sportster battery about 2 years ago, then had to change the Batteries Plus one about 6 months or so ago, but they honored the 1 year warranty without pro-rating because of the intermittant battery terminal factory defect I had after only 1 month new. So those HD OEM batteries from 2004-2005 Made in PA USA were pretty darn good...!

 

[HDDon]

Talk about squeezing a nickel till it cries!

 

[Jeff Klarich]

Talk about squeezing a nickel till it cries!

No kidding, I bought the bike used and seeing it has high compression I thought for sure it would have gone through a battery or 2 but it's the org Harley battery dated Jan of 04.

 

[NYHarley]

I changed my battery last year, and also upgraded to a set of 2ga battery cables. Bike starts way better with the new cables.

 

[Jack Klarich]

No kidding, I bought the bike used and seeing it has high compression I thought for sure it would have gone through a battery or 2 but it's the org Harley battery dated Jan of 04.

Should start a bit better now too, wanna trade bikes for a few miles again

 

[HDDon]

Should start a bit better now too, wanna trade bikes for a few miles again

So there is the answer. You let Jack ride your bike and the battery dies! He does the same thing to camera batteries!:bigsmiley30: