sakura ish
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I'd stick with the OEM replacement battery. Although maybe you could remove the old battery and read the battery labels carefully. It might be a standardized battery from the digi camera or video camera market.
I'd stick with the OEM replacement battery. Although maybe you could remove the old battery and read the battery labels carefully. It might be a standardized battery from the digi camera or video camera market.
Bad battery? I was riding my motorcycle when all of a sudden, no power or lights and...?
Sass
the batter smells almost like rotten eggs.
also when i turn the key to on the lights flicker (if they even come on) and it make a high pitch humming noise.
would you say this is a bad battery?
thanks!
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The smell you are detecting is sulphuric acid gas cooking off from the battery. The lights flickering SOUNDS like loose cables. From the sounds of things, I am going on experience here, because I can't physically check out the bike, your battery cables are loose and vibrating when riding, also, it sounds like you have an old fashioned screw-top or (maintenance free) lead acid style battery. They are ancient history, out-dated junk technology.
Go get yourself a Factory HD battery or DEKA AGM battery---Absorbed Glass Mat (Deka, manufactured by East Penn Mfg, who is also the company that manufactures HD's batteries). They will come pre-charged and are totally sealed...EXTRA HEAVY DUTY that no other battery on the market compares to. You will also want to get a BATTERY TENDER, hook up the "pigtail" to the battery and plug it into the charger whenever you are not riding, it will maintain the battery for you and keep it fully charged at all times. NEVER USE A STANDARD TRICKLE CHARGER ON AN AGM BATTERY----IT WILL KILL IT!!!.....Use ONLY a Battery Tender!!! Agm batteries require a very special type of charging procedure that only a Battery Tender (or similar "float" charger) can provide. ALSO...NEVER load test an AGM battery...let a HARLEY DEALER do this for you, AGM's do not use the same load testing procedures as the old-style lead/acid batteries. Properly maintained, an AGM battery will last 4-6 years as compared to 1-2 years for old-style batteries, and they also have a higher Cold Cranking Amp rating.
Once you have a new, fresh battery installed, check your charging system output with a voltmeter on the battery terminals. At 2000 rpm and above, you should read around 14.2 volts. Any lower than 14, you have an issue with either your regulator, stator or rotor, or a combination of all three...this can get involved in repairing and recommend letting a shop do it. If the stator is bad, the primary drive must come off in order to replace it.
http://www.eastpenn-deka.com/
http://batterytender.com/?SID=4668b310602955d5e8debe51240eb9d3
The smell you are detecting is sulphuric acid gas cooking off from the battery. The lights flickering SOUNDS like loose cables. From the sounds of things, I am going on experience here, because I can't physically check out the bike, your battery cables are loose and vibrating when riding, also, it sounds like you have an old fashioned screw-top or (maintenance free) lead acid style battery. They are ancient history, out-dated junk technology.
Go get yourself a Factory HD battery or DEKA AGM battery---Absorbed Glass Mat (Deka, manufactured by East Penn Mfg, who is also the company that manufactures HD's batteries). They will come pre-charged and are totally sealed...EXTRA HEAVY DUTY that no other battery on the market compares to. You will also want to get a BATTERY TENDER, hook up the "pigtail" to the battery and plug it into the charger whenever you are not riding, it will maintain the battery for you and keep it fully charged at all times. NEVER USE A STANDARD TRICKLE CHARGER ON AN AGM BATTERY----IT WILL KILL IT!!!.....Use ONLY a Battery Tender!!! Agm batteries require a very special type of charging procedure that only a Battery Tender (or similar "float" charger) can provide. ALSO...NEVER load test an AGM battery...let a HARLEY DEALER do this for you, AGM's do not use the same load testing procedures as the old-style lead/acid batteries. Properly maintained, an AGM battery will last 4-6 years as compared to 1-2 years for old-style batteries, and they also have a higher Cold Cranking Amp rating.
Once you have a new, fresh battery installed, check your charging system output with a voltmeter on the battery terminals. At 2000 rpm and above, you should read around 14.2 volts. Any lower than 14, you have an issue with either your regulator, stator or rotor, or a combination of all three...this can get involved in repairing and recommend letting a shop do it. If the stator is bad, the primary drive must come off in order to replace it.
http://www.eastpenn-deka.com/
http://batterytender.com/?SID=4668b310602955d5e8debe51240eb9d3
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