Replacement Battery

[kingofsteel]

Any body is used it? $87
Yuasa YTX20HL-BS Motorcycle Battery

[Gas Man]

yuasa = junk

[avdhunter]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

yuasa = junk

I second that! That is what comes in Polaris ATV's..... and they are junk..... the batteries too!!!! Ha!

[Marco Polo]

A lot of batteries come from the same place and are just labeled differently, it's no different with Yuasa. That battery is the same one as the Interstate CYTX20HL-BS that Big Dog uses as the STOCK battery now that some swear by. Yuasa is also sold as GS and under a few other names like Westco as well. Yuasa was the stock battery brand in my previous ride and those owners all found that if you had to replace it before 4 years was up then you very likely had some other issues that caused it. Sure, there are slightly better options that still fit but nobody ever had issues with the quality or life of them.

[stlmikie]

I just replaced my battery with the agm. I had the yusa before and it worked great. I replaced the battery trying to track down some gremmilns.

[Marco Polo]

So I bought the Braille B2015 last month and it worked great, MUCH better starts then the stock Interstate. Anyway, last week I had some "issues" with the Wolf (the starter crapped out on me, etc) and somewhere in the process it ruined a cell or more in my brand new battery. The bad news is that my dealer was a huge ass about me having the nerve to mod my bike so much as upgrading the battery and he threatened to not cover anything under warranty and, of course, the Braille wouldn't be replaced and I had to produce the Interstate for him to send back. The good news however is that I called Braille (941-312-5047) and was told to simply answer their email with a few questions and they'd ship me one out within a day or two and I can send mine back afterwards. Pretty quick and easy. I bought mine from HRPWorld.com by the way and they were willing to replace it as well but were going to go through Braille anyway. Just nice to see someone actually standing behind a product after the way both my dealers have been.

[avdhunter]

Originally Posted by Marco Polo

So I bought the Braille B2015 last month and it worked great, MUCH better starts then the stock Interstate. Anyway, last week I had some "issues" with the Wolf (the starter crapped out on me, etc) and somewhere in the process it ruined a cell or more in my brand new battery. The bad news is that my dealer was a huge ass about me having the nerve to mod my bike so much as upgrading the battery and he threatened to not cover anything under warranty and, of course, the Braille wouldn't be replaced and I had to produce the Interstate for him to send back. The good news however is that I called Braille (941-312-5047) and was told to simply answer their email with a few questions and they'd ship me one out within a day or two and I can send mine back afterwards. Pretty quick and easy. I bought mine from HRPWorld.com by the way and they were willing to replace it as well but were going to go through Braille anyway. Just nice to see someone actually standing behind a product after the way both my dealers have been.

Thats AWESOME!!!

[chihuasbigdog]

Originally Posted by Marco Polo

So I bought the Braille B2015 last month and it worked great, MUCH better starts then the stock Interstate.

Last week I got my Braille battery... cause my agm HD was dying... cant decide to go on Big Boar or Braille, cause all the threads here.

I ask allhall and chopper dave about the Braille and both told me it was a real powerful battery, HD was $110, Big Boar $155 and the Braille $149 (the carbon fiber version wasnt in stock, 18-21 days for shipping, besides no one looks under my seat) !!!

braille was my choice, and .............. BINGO!!! Real power, the dog starts like 1/4 of the time it used before, even the cranking feels stronger.

A++++++++++++++++++.

[Marco Polo]

You guys make sure to post up here if you have starter trouble after replacing your battery please. My dealer seems to be under the impression that even though the BDM starters are prone to problems that my using the Braille might have caused my starter to go bad somehow.

[chihuasbigdog]

Originally Posted by Marco Polo

You guys make sure to post up here if you have starter trouble after replacing your battery please. My dealer seems to be under the impression that even though the BDM starters are prone to problems that my using the Braille might have caused my starter to go bad somehow.

hey, so far so good !!! real good !!!
I think you can see all threads here about the Braille with no complains at all!

the thing rocks !!!

[Chopper Dave]

Originally Posted by chihuasbigdog

hey, so far so good !!! real good !!!
I think you can see all threads here about the Braille with no complains at all!

the thing rocks !!!

yep..Chaingunner is also running the Braille

[Marco Polo]

It sure worked better for me as well but my dealer is under the impression that you have to be an engineer to make such a crazy "assumption". Me hearing it start right up without the straining and other problems of the stock battery isn't sufficient enough of a difference in his opinion.

[alhall88]

My bike is a 2004 and it still has the original starter and I have been running the braille so far this whole season with no issues at all.

[chihuasbigdog]

Originally Posted by alhall88

My bike is a 2004 and it still has the original starter and I have been running the braille so far this whole season with no issues at all.

alhall, mine too is running with the original 04 starter!!!

[Thumper169]

Braille is the shit in my book, My bike had a hard time starting sometimes when hot and say I shut down for fuel and tried firing it back up a couple minutes later, not any more..