Batteries - a confession
Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2015 6:26 pm
So. My dirty confession.
I've never bought a proper battery for a bike. Ever. Every bike I've had has come with something decent. Or has only really needed the battery as a short-term storage device. A fancy capacitor, if you will. My bikes normally have been kick-start only. My R65, of memory long past, must have had something decent, as it always worked. Even after weeks, nay, months laid up. It outlived my 4 years of ownership.
The R75's battery is old, "wet", and not taking charge too well. It's price tag denotes a 1990's purchase.
I'm tending towards an AGM battery, but have close to ZERO experience in batteries. What should I look for? One I looked at this morning - a $200 335CCH/20AH agm seemed a good option, and was slightly slimmer than the wet equivalent. And cheaper. The chap said that the CCH rating was more important. That I'd need all that cranking power. Is he right? The AH rating he said was archaic and irrelevant. Help!
I've never bought a proper battery for a bike. Ever. Every bike I've had has come with something decent. Or has only really needed the battery as a short-term storage device. A fancy capacitor, if you will. My bikes normally have been kick-start only. My R65, of memory long past, must have had something decent, as it always worked. Even after weeks, nay, months laid up. It outlived my 4 years of ownership.
The R75's battery is old, "wet", and not taking charge too well. It's price tag denotes a 1990's purchase.
I'm tending towards an AGM battery, but have close to ZERO experience in batteries. What should I look for? One I looked at this morning - a $200 335CCH/20AH agm seemed a good option, and was slightly slimmer than the wet equivalent. And cheaper. The chap said that the CCH rating was more important. That I'd need all that cranking power. Is he right? The AH rating he said was archaic and irrelevant. Help!