Battery
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Mastiff Rider64
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I know on my Mastiff and Bulldog bagger they use the same battery, not sure about your k9 tho. But I wouldn't trust just any old bike battery. I've heard and read horror stories on this forum site from ppl using cheap batteries and also from using expensive ones supposedly rated at 550 cca. Ican tell you that I have used drag specialties batteries and usually get about a year to 2 years out of them on the Mastiff but I'm not one to use a trickle charger everytime the bike is parked either, but the bagger bulldog i do use the trickle charger everytime its parked because if not within a week the battery is so weak it wont start the bike. the difference between the 2 ones carb and the other fuel injected with a radio that has the memory wire connected. But mine use a group 20 series battery and the last one i bought was a Duracell 310 cca for both bikes from batteries plus for I think about 125 bucks and it seems to be doing a great job so far.
bdmridgeback
Low Down Chop Shop
I've had DEKA, Big Boar, Interstate....
The best AGM battery made Right now are the Duracell bike batteries. Made in USA by one of the best battery builders. I'm on almost 4 years and it cranks like new. Best damn battery Ive ever had. I thought the Big Boar batteries were the longest lasting but this beats it.
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The best AGM battery made Right now are the Duracell bike batteries. Made in USA by one of the best battery builders. I'm on almost 4 years and it cranks like new. Best damn battery Ive ever had. I thought the Big Boar batteries were the longest lasting but this beats it.
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Jwooky
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East Penn Releases New Duracell Automotive Batteries - East Penn Manufacturing
East Penn Manufacturing now produces Duracell automotive & marine batteries under an exclusive agreement. Learn more about the partnership & new products.
www.eastpennmanufacturing.com
Jersey Big Mike
100K mile club
And if you order online and pick up at Batteries Plus store, you can save 10%
john sachs
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Deka, or MotoBatt, are the only ones I will recommend/use on higher compression engines that I build. NO posts to melt.
John
John
john sachs
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A problem a lot of owners don't realize is, if you need to crank the engine for above average time, the heat generated will make the connected wire(terminal) loose. A loose terminal will melt the lead post. Another reason to use a battery with solid lead posts.
John
John
Deka part #
Jwooky
Well-Known Member
My point was it’s also a Deka (made by Penn manufacturing)
Duracell, batteries plus, Harley etc do not produce batteries.
They are just rebranding them with a sticker and marking them up.
Same exact battery.
Jersey Big Mike
100K mile club
And you get a 2yr warranty thru Batteries Plus and they are everywhere should you need a replacement on the road.
Like the over $200 by now Braille 2015? Great batteries but pricey. I got 2-3 yrs out of each but had to keep on a tender always.
Jersey Big Mike
100K mile club
I call BS.
There are only a few real manufacturers of batteries in the world. Non of them advertise a 500+CCA AGM Battery in that size. Therefore you must ask yourself, where is this coming from.
It's coming from a marketing dept that doesn't understand proper CCA testing and even likely the difference between CA and CCA.
Also for example when you have a battery load tested at a shop and are given the CCA, know that his is a ESTIMATE sionce I don't know of any ship I have ever u that is setup to properly conduct a CCA test. To do CCA test the battery is to be taken after the battery is at 0 degrees for 24hrs. Even a CA test the battery is suppose to be at 32F for 24hrs. Load testers estimate based on a math curve what it should be but there are many factors that can not be accounted for that way and I have seen more than my fair share of batteries that test ok for CCA but fail in real world.
Caveat emptor