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« on: April 01, 2015, 06:57:39 PM » |
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Just thought I had to share this. My standard had the battery changed out last fall because it was starting to sound a little week and I could not remember when I had last changed it so I figured it was time. When I got the IS project that I was working on 8 weeks ago, and got it up and running the interstate battery that was in it would not hold a charge long enough to shut down the engine and come back and hour later and crank it. So, I had grabbed the battery I pulled from the standard and threw it in there and charged it up. Been riding it like that for 3 or 4 weeks now with not a single problem. It sounds like it is short of a full charge, so today I ran by the interstate distributor and picked up a new one. I changed it out tonight and when I pulled the Yausa out I thought I would check the bottom and see how long it lasted. Well, I now know why I couldn't remember ever changing it out of the 2000 standard. It was a 1999 production battery. 16 years on a battery, and no telling how much time I could still get on it. Wow. I will be happy if I get 4 years out of the interstate, and that is supposed to be a good battery. Now I am wishing I would have gone back to the dealer and gotten another Yausa!!
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« Reply #1 on: April 01, 2015, 07:16:40 PM » |
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So? You put an Interstate in the Interstate?  |
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« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2015, 09:38:37 PM » |
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Just replaced the original battery on the Mothership (1998 standard). Replaced it with another Yuasa.
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« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2015, 03:23:46 AM » |
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Yeh, I figure I wasted 73 bucks on the new interstate battery. The interstate I pulled out of the interstate would not even charge and it was a 2012 mfg date.
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« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2015, 03:49:41 AM » |
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The Interstate battery is made by Yuasa. Or at least the one I bought two weeks ago was.
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« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2015, 03:54:02 AM » |
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hopefully i will get the same service then. I was absolutely amazed when i saw the mfg date on the Yausa. I always have believed that old fashion lead acid last the longest, but everything seems to be switching over more and more to gel's. Sure hope I can get another 16, but honestly I would be happy with 5. The interstate distributor is about 4 miles from my house, so I get a lot of batteries there, but I really do not think they last near as long as some others. Convenient, yes. But that is the only reason I keep buying them.
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« Reply #6 on: April 02, 2015, 03:58:00 AM » |
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The one I bought was for my standard 1997 and it was put on in 2007 so I got 10 yrs from the first and 7 on the one just replaced. It was still turning the bike over but just didn't have the juice to fire I did put it on a charger and it fired but figured I would go ahead and put on a new one.
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« Reply #7 on: April 02, 2015, 04:49:37 AM » |
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I feel good to get three years out of my batteries.
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« Reply #8 on: April 02, 2015, 04:55:07 AM » |
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hopefully i will get the same service then. I was absolutely amazed when i saw the mfg date on the Yausa. I always have believed that old fashion lead acid last the longest, but everything seems to be switching over more and more to gel's. Sure hope I can get another 16, but honestly I would be happy with 5. The interstate distributor is about 4 miles from my house, so I get a lot of batteries there, but I really do not think they last near as long as some others. Convenient, yes. But that is the only reason I keep buying them.
The OEM Yusa battery is not a Gel battery. the OEM Yusa is an AGM type battery which if correctly charged with a charger designed for AGM batteries when new and before use will last longer than a lead/acid type. my next battery will be a Lithium Iron after the Johnson controls made walmart AGM battery is done. |
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« Reply #9 on: April 02, 2015, 05:14:55 AM » |
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hopefully i will get the same service then. I was absolutely amazed when i saw the mfg date on the Yausa. I always have believed that old fashion lead acid last the longest, but everything seems to be switching over more and more to gel's. Sure hope I can get another 16, but honestly I would be happy with 5. The interstate distributor is about 4 miles from my house, so I get a lot of batteries there, but I really do not think they last near as long as some others. Convenient, yes. But that is the only reason I keep buying them.
the OEM Yusa is an AGM type battery which if correctly charged with a charger designed for AGM batteries when new and before use will last longer than a lead/acid type. my next battery will be a Lithium Iron which is 9 lbs lighter after the Johnson controls made walmart AGM battery is done. I respectfully disagree with the gel outlasting the lead acid. I have used both in boats for house banks and lead acid ABSOLUTELY outlasts gel. Of course the discharge levels are much higher in the house banks and that does have some impact. Gel's can't handle that kind of discharge and return to power anything near what the lead acid's can. However, back to original point, amazing to me that a oem gel battery made it that long. Not sure how long the interstate will last, but if it dies in 5 years, I definitely will go back to the dealership. Only a 5 dollar difference, and two hours of travel time. |
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« Reply #10 on: April 02, 2015, 07:57:21 AM » |
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Lithium Iron is the HOT battery today.
Weighs less.
Keeps itself nicely for 6 months or more with no tender.
As far as lasting 16 years, no DATA for that one.
I bet you always use your Ignition Switch to kill the engine.
That was actually a question.
Kill Switch folks, usually lead to a brutal battery testing of leaving the lights on
after the event.
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« Reply #11 on: April 02, 2015, 07:57:57 AM » |
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When my I/S puked the alt and battery I looked at Amazon and got one or two of the lower prices and my dealer price matched on the Yuasa. 75ish and the dealer price is flirting with a C-note. I took a no name battery out looking for a mfg date with ZERO success. R J and others have stated the proper way to put a new battery into service as duz the battery mfg. These Yuasa batteries in a lot of instances go from the M/C to the lawn tractor. Stories like yours and others on the length of service received from a Yuasa battery convinces me to keep purchasing them!  RIDE SAFE. |
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« Reply #12 on: April 02, 2015, 06:14:56 PM » |
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5 to 6 years on any battery and you are doing good, much over that consider yourself lucky.
You must have gotten a rare one overly perfect to last that long.
I had an Interstate battery last 7-8 years on my old ATV and sold it with it on there just last season. I also had 7-8 years on a branded Polaris gel cell battery for my other ATV still going strong on my other ATV I sold as well recently last fall.
Never have gotten over 5-6 years though on any cycle battery, but Yuasa is one of the more reliable ones able to last that long.
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