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<blockquote data-quote="RadioHowie" data-source="post: 1141033" data-attributes="member: 426"><p>The " Build Date" on my Frankenbike, that gorgeous 2004 Cerulean Silver beauty, is July 03.</p><p></p><p>That means she's 3 months shy of 11 years old.</p><p></p><p>Well, you'd THINK 10 years, 9 months, and 85 thousand miles later the battery would crank her up after a 5 minute stop on the way home from work.</p><p></p><p>WTF!!! Now I gotta buy a frickin' battery??? This damn thing is a frickin' money pit! 3 tires in 5 years and now I need a damn battery? Where will it end?</p><p></p><p>Thank goodness I keep a 5mm allen wrench in the glovebox. Popped off the battery cover (without, I might add, requiring an "inline" redesign like the Gen III did) and got a jump start from a fellow motorist.</p><p></p><p>Now, decisions, decisions...Westco, Yuasa or Shorai? The Yuasa in my ZRX is now 12 years old and still cranks like a superstar, it never gets so cold here in CenFla to worry about Shorai cold-weather issues, or just get a Westco from Jeff at Bike Effects.</p><p></p><p>I'll worry about it Monday, leave it on the 'tender all weekend and see how she starts Sunday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadioHowie, post: 1141033, member: 426"] The " Build Date" on my Frankenbike, that gorgeous 2004 Cerulean Silver beauty, is July 03. That means she's 3 months shy of 11 years old. Well, you'd THINK 10 years, 9 months, and 85 thousand miles later the battery would crank her up after a 5 minute stop on the way home from work. WTF!!! Now I gotta buy a frickin' battery??? This damn thing is a frickin' money pit! 3 tires in 5 years and now I need a damn battery? Where will it end? Thank goodness I keep a 5mm allen wrench in the glovebox. Popped off the battery cover (without, I might add, requiring an "inline" redesign like the Gen III did) and got a jump start from a fellow motorist. Now, decisions, decisions...Westco, Yuasa or Shorai? The Yuasa in my ZRX is now 12 years old and still cranks like a superstar, it never gets so cold here in CenFla to worry about Shorai cold-weather issues, or just get a Westco from Jeff at Bike Effects. I'll worry about it Monday, leave it on the 'tender all weekend and see how she starts Sunday. [/QUOTE]
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