Battery

[PROFLYER]

I disagree.

Harley does not make batteries. Harley primarily uses Deka Batteries. You can get them under dozens of names. Just look for made by Penn manufacturing on the back label. You will pay a lot more for the Harley sticker on it.

Furthermore, there is nothing all that special about them. Just about any AGM over 300cca will do fine.

You are dead wrong. I tried this last year, saved $50 on the battery and had to spend $550 on a new EHC and a new battery.

O'Reilly sells Deka 20lb batteries (with their label). Usually about $105 and you can usually buy them 'online' and store pickup and get 20% off.

 

[Jwooky]

Wrong about what?

That Harley uses Deka? Do your research.....

There are multiple failure modes for the EHC, to suggest as fact, a new battery caused it with a different brand sticker slapped on it is quite an assumption.

 

[Jwooky]

Yes, I agree with that for the most part. Deka does make the battery. Most any battery made by Deka should be fine. I've just found stopping by the Harley shop is the fastest and easiest to get one.
What I'm going to have to disagree on is any AMG battery over 300cca. Every EHC I've changed out, has been destroyed by inferior batteries shorting out. Some in less than one month time.
It's not the EHC's that are the problem with these bikes, it's the lack of protection between the EHC and the battery. Use a good quality battery, one that has proven to hold up to the 50 g's of vibration, these bikes produce at the battery box.
Sorry if I ruffled your feathers, but batteries are a big pet peeve of mine.

Not ruffled at all, I just want to get the facts out there, and hate to see folks spend more for Harley label if they don't have to.

If buying from Harley is more convenient, than so be it. I get it. We have several times when friend had issues o the road.

I will also agree with you that one (of several including water) of the EHC issues was lack of over voltage/current short protection.

I just don't think buying a Harley branded will help that at all. I can understand if one prefers a trusted brand like Deka.

 

[JB105]

Harley and Deka are the same battery but for a difference in $25 I’d rather buy it locally and pick it up that day also more convenient if for some reason it fails within the 1 year warranty period it’s much nicer to be able to return it at the dealer rather than waiting on shipping and testing from an online company

 

[Mr. Wright]

Lets not get in a pissing match guys. We are agreeing with one another that to save money in the long run, keep a good battery in your bike.
I work on Dogs for guys in about a 300 mile radius or so. Very few are on the forum, nor want to be. They just bring it to me when something is wrong. I tell them we're changing the battery out every 3 years, even if it is still working good. I pulled one out of an 03 chopper, that had been in there for 7 years. (Yes, 7 years) I pulled it out because we were going to do a road trip, and used it for a bench battery for several mare years.
Make sure the terminals are tight before each ride will help make it last longer too. I'm not a big believer in trickle chargers on the battery all the time either. I'll put one on the battery the night before a ride, and once a month during the winter.

 

[RBennet]

I saw some liked the 500CCA Trottle-X

 

[Mr. Wright]

I saw some liked the 500CCA Trottle-X

 

[Reddickracing]

I saw some liked the 500CCA Trottle-X

I have the throttle x in mine and looks like im only gonna get a year out of it. Its getting weak. Some others have got almost a year and others a lil more which sucks. They replace them no problem but still a hassle. I will be going another route come riding season

 

[MossBerg590]

I went with batteries plus this last time. The battery is made by east penn...same exact battery as deka, harley etc. Batteries plus gives 2 year warranty and is local almost everywhere. Another plus is they warranty 2 years from receipt date..not date code on battery like most other places. The local store also gave me 10%off