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Started by He Man, March 12, 2011, 09:29:58 AM

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He Man

March 12, 2011, 09:29:58 AM Last Edit: March 12, 2011, 09:39:06 AM by He Man
Anyone ever bought a pepboys branded battery? i bought a yuasa for my friend and everything minus the print on the battery itself is the same.  This is for my bike, which gets ridden pretty much everyday. My current battery wont start the bike anymore (left me stranded even though i charged it up just a few days before)

the pepboys battery is pretty much identical to the yuasa minus the actually print on the battery.

ducatiz

#1
March 12, 2011, 10:12:16 AM
They are just a chinese copy.  Probably work find.

I get batteries from bikebatts.com.  They sell no-name AGM batteries for cheap CHEAP CHEAP.  I have one on my Elefant that's 6 years old now.  No problems.

Or use this:

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He Man

#2
March 12, 2011, 03:54:02 PM
bikebatts.com has them for cheep, but after shipping its the same price as pepboys.

I took the batt from the 1098, it reads 12.5v cold, and drops down to about 10volts durign cranking. It works fine so i think ill keep his until the batt starts getting really bad.

ducatiz

#3
March 12, 2011, 04:22:26 PM
Is that the wet acid or AGM battery?
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He Man

#4
March 12, 2011, 11:31:02 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on March 12, 2011, 04:22:26 PM
Is that the wet acid or AGM battery?

AGM, i think after a certain year all ducati batts were yuasa AGMs.

ducatiz

#5
March 13, 2011, 12:07:01 AM
After 99?  My 98 FE has a wet acid YB16AL-A2.

Either way, the bikebatts batteries are pretty good, I didn't know poopboys sold agm batteries!
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He Man

#6
March 13, 2011, 12:50:22 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on March 13, 2011, 12:07:01 AM
After 99?  My 98 FE has a wet acid YB16AL-A2.

Either way, the bikebatts batteries are pretty good, I didn't know poopboys sold agm batteries!

$54.99 at mine. After tax, you might as well just get it from them. 3 month warranty too. the packaging is identical to Yuasa. down to the instruction manual and the plastic foil seal that covers the batterys acid port prior to filling.

ducatiz

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March 13, 2011, 01:21:38 PM
Filling?  That's not an agm then!
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He Man

#8
March 13, 2011, 01:29:50 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on March 13, 2011, 01:21:38 PM
Filling?  That's not an agm then!



The Yuasa is labeled as a AGM batt. You have to fill it to activate and then permanently cap it off. Its maintence free afterwords. The one your thinking about is regular batts where you can remove the cap and fill it as the acid begins to drop. Its just a difference of being activated at the factory, or consumer activated i think.

ducpainter

#9
March 13, 2011, 01:38:29 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on March 13, 2011, 01:21:38 PM
Filling?  That's not an agm then!

au contraire.

they get filled it's just all the acid is absorbed by the  mat.
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Howie

#10
March 13, 2011, 01:45:55 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on March 13, 2011, 01:38:29 PM
au contraire.

they get filled it's just all the acid is absorbed by the  mat.

One of the features I like about that Yuasa.  Battery life starts the day it is activated.

ducatiz

#11
March 13, 2011, 02:07:35 PM
Interesting.  Never seen an agm that you fill.
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ducpainter

#12
March 13, 2011, 02:19:29 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on March 13, 2011, 02:07:35 PM
Interesting.  Never seen an agm that you fill.
Only because you always bought them pre-filled.
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Howie

#13
March 13, 2011, 04:47:41 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on March 13, 2011, 02:07:35 PM
Interesting.  Never seen an agm that you fill.

Most AGM batteries come pre filled including most Yuasa.  The YT12B-BS is an exception

ducatiz

#14
March 13, 2011, 05:24:24 PM
it's pretty interesting nevertheless.  the whole idea of a sealed agm battery was that they are sealed at the factory OR SO I THOUGHT

i am going to go by poopboys near me and see what they have.. i need a big battery for the darmah

kui, which store did you go to? 
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