I've never had any trouble out of the battery in my (2014) black bike,
never had to charge it, it always starts up
right away. But it is
kind of old, and I'll probably go to InZane this summer. So I put this
battery in the black bike yesterday...
The old battery sure was heavy, it was like there was lead in it or something!
I put a few little stacker frobs they included to make the new battery as
tall as the old one.
Those gold looking connectors are removable and they have multiple
places to make connections. I have one non-oem accessory added
for my heated gear, so now it has its own connection to the battery
instead of being stacked on.
I removed the ground connector from the battery and cut a slit in it so that
the bike's ground connector would fit well. I read some reviews and saw some
people saying stuff like "I had to cut a little tab off my battery wire to fit,
no prob"... bleghhh... I liked being able to modify the battery
...
I had to go for a test ride, naturally.
Not far from home, I notice a GIANT plume of dense black smoke in the
distance, so instead of aimless noodling, I tried to head off towards the
smoke. The roads kept on turning me in the wrong direction, but I
eventually made it to where the action was. A very small road and
a whole bunch of fire engines back up in there. I know they don't
like looky-loos so I didn't stop and the afternoon sun was right
where I needed to look when I rode by, so I couldn't really see much.
The lady who leads the singing at Church is on the fire department,
and she was there, so I got to talk to her about it this morning. She
had a story about her and another firefighter trying to control a whipping
hose that had the pressure turned up too much. The building was a barn
with lots of tractors and atvs and living quarters... and horses and dogs
and a cat
... the feller got out OK.
-Mike
