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Battery maintenance wisdom?
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<blockquote data-quote="FastJoyRide" data-source="post: 241313" data-attributes="member: 289"><p>The plusses of the sealed batteries are that they don't need vent hoses, and they are unlikely to puke acid all over the inside of your fairing, top of your motor etc. in the event of a get-off. Don't know what would happen in the event of a direct hit on the battery, but then probably the whole bike would be a parting-out exercise anyway...</p><p></p><p>The negative of the sealed battery appears to be a lot more sensitivity to type and length of charging, and a shorter life overall regardless of usage, maintenance, or neglect - at least for the GS OEM batteries - from what I'm reading here. Maybe the Westco's will be more robust, but we won't know for a few years!</p><p></p><p>I have a sophisticated Yuasa float charger similar to Toe's unit above, but with even more bells and whistles - but I suspect this is irrelevant to battery life for our FJR's.</p><p></p><p>Weekend's got the right idea - just change them out as a routine maintenance item (3 year intervals or less) and keep smiling! Just another cost of doin' bizness... (and it won't strand you Back of Beyond)</p><p></p><p>Thanks for all of the feedback on this thread - I suspected I was not alone <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FastJoyRide, post: 241313, member: 289"] The plusses of the sealed batteries are that they don't need vent hoses, and they are unlikely to puke acid all over the inside of your fairing, top of your motor etc. in the event of a get-off. Don't know what would happen in the event of a direct hit on the battery, but then probably the whole bike would be a parting-out exercise anyway... The negative of the sealed battery appears to be a lot more sensitivity to type and length of charging, and a shorter life overall regardless of usage, maintenance, or neglect - at least for the GS OEM batteries - from what I'm reading here. Maybe the Westco's will be more robust, but we won't know for a few years! I have a sophisticated Yuasa float charger similar to Toe's unit above, but with even more bells and whistles - but I suspect this is irrelevant to battery life for our FJR's. Weekend's got the right idea - just change them out as a routine maintenance item (3 year intervals or less) and keep smiling! Just another cost of doin' bizness... (and it won't strand you Back of Beyond) Thanks for all of the feedback on this thread - I suspected I was not alone :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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