*TECH* Battery question and intro

[wwparton]

hows it going, ive been riding since i was about 12 when i bought a honda dirt bike. i recently got back into riding when i bought a buell blast in 2002 to see if i still liked it. in 2005 i bought my 2006 cbr600rr and love it. Im not too technical with bikes, just really enjoy riding.

i now need to replace the battery was just going to grab one from Batteries Plus, model XTAZ10S and wanted to make sure this would be ok. Dealer wanted $237 bucks for one as i took it in first to make sure it was not electrical and was truly the battery. The above mentioned model was only $79 so it seems too good to be true. i tried to do a search here but only found info on the regulator problem that can affect batteries.

thanks everyone for any insight

[1HardRyder4Life]

Why do you need a new battery? was the bike sitting for a while without a tender or something?

Dont pay a dealer to do it if its a simple battery replacement. Buy a stock battery from somewhere and throw it in yourself.

[HollywoodBush]

This question is in the wrong topic and is strange. Are you saying you need to replace the battery and was quoted $237 but on Batteries Plus they are only charging $79?

[Asian Dave]

Why do you need a new battery? was the bike sitting for a while without a tender or something?

Dont pay a dealer to do it if its a simple battery replacement. Buy a stock battery from somewhere and throw it in yourself.

+1

Why do you need a new battery? Have you tired to recharge it w/ a Battery Tender?

[Vtec44]

Here's the thread I made about the regulator / rectifier issue

http://www.600rrforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=22764#post22764

You probably want to re-charge the battery first, and test it out, before trying to replace it. Chas also posted a good post about testing the battery and the charging system. Yeah, 50-80 for a motorcycle is about the right price

[Chas4RR]

I would get a battery tender and charge it til the light goes green solid. Note that the bett tender can be deceiving however...I've had it register a full charge on batteries that would not hold a charge or enough juice to start the bike. If its NOT a maintenance free battery, make sure you have enough water in it - usually use distilled water and fill to bottom of filler hole in each cell. But yeah, about 70 bux for a gel cell china battery is right. A Yuasa gas-mat style battery will run you more, like $125-150

[HollywoodBush]

I bought a Yuasa battery from batterystuff.com for $102 shipped