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Anyone tell me the going price for a battery in the UK I have been quoted £70 for a new battery here in Belgium. Wow, I can get one for the car at a supermarket for £25.
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can get the large varta 28 amp wet filled for £43 -- smaller varta 20 amp ? wet filled £30 ish --
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Having an ABS bike and an eleven hundred which I believe has a "stronger alternator" which should I use? Please Steptoe
you can only fit the smaller battery on your bike ritchie--
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Cheers Steptoe now I know that I can get it at least 50% cheaper....
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Para,
believe it or not my battery is still the original, when I bought the bike it was cream crackered but as I ride every day after a few weeks it was fine again. Now after the recent cold snap I have been having to jump start it from time to time.Which is a pain in the behind but only takes about ten minutes to do. (Undo the tank for access). Maybe what I should do is just go the optimate way. As recently I have been working less with the bike therefore after six days non use it won't start. But once I use it its OK again as long as I ride twice in the week.
As my avatar says "ride to work and back" that is exactly what I do and if I work from home it does not get used....
believe it or not my battery is still the original, when I bought the bike it was cream crackered but as I ride every day after a few weeks it was fine again. Now after the recent cold snap I have been having to jump start it from time to time.Which is a pain in the behind but only takes about ten minutes to do. (Undo the tank for access). Maybe what I should do is just go the optimate way. As recently I have been working less with the bike therefore after six days non use it won't start. But once I use it its OK again as long as I ride twice in the week.
As my avatar says "ride to work and back" that is exactly what I do and if I work from home it does not get used....
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richie said:Para,
believe it or not my battery is still the original, when I bought the bike it was cream crackered but as I ride every day after a few weeks it was fine again. Now after the recent cold snap I have been having to jump start it from time to time.Which is a pain in the behind but only takes about ten minutes to do. (Undo the tank for access).
No need to undo the tank just remove the one allen key bolt from the starter motor cover
Stick the red lead on the starter terminal and the black to earth, the centre stand is handy
About one minute !
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I bought one in October from a BMW dealer and it was around 55 Euros if I remember rightly.
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