Should have read this thread in detail....BigBlueDog....don't know if your price is still that low, but let me share my experience with the ever confusing battery saga. It is an every two year deal with me from the time I starting riding harleys.
My BD Chopper is an 03 and I am on my third battery. Not too bad. Always on a tender. The stock battery lasted to some time in 06, at which time a got an Interstate FAYTX20HL. The joy of hearing no hesitation, starter over heating and wondering it I would have to jump start it....usually after it sat for a time, 2-3 months, without starting. A couple weeks ago the weather warmed up and I started it with that same old......it's taking too many tries to get this baby started and one more try it's going to die. I hooked up the car charger and put the switch in the "start" position. Bike fire-up without hesitation. This told me it was time once again.....replace the battery because it sucks you have to worry, am I burning up a starter, or will I get stuck.
I was just going to replace it with the same Interstate, but at $105 I had to do a little research. I found that most of these batteries are manufactured in the same factory and simply get different labels. I ended up at a BatteriesPlus and got a education. You can't always count on CCA ratings being measured the same and there are acid sealed and there are gel sealed. The replacement equivalent to the Interstate with 310 CCA and appeared to be the exact same battery with a 1 yr warranty was $87. What I ended up buying was a new gel filled, 2yr warranty, 270 CCA. It's an AMG, X2 Extreme. It cost $114. I like the terminal configuration better and the engine/starter spun like never before even before setting over night on the tender.
Don't know what it all means other than battery science, and prices change at the drop of a hat.
