M50 Dead battery - options

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burbonas

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trickle chargers usually have a quick disconnect - which allows a plug to just stick out far enough under the seat/frame that you don't need to remove the seat.

but if you are me, you open the box in the store for the quick disconnect and then take open box to the register. When they ask if you want to buy the open box, you say "I opened it to check the contents, now I'm buying it."
 
You remove the seat?
Does it come off just by turning a key?
Am I missing something?

If the seat is not easily removable......or the terminals are not then easily accessible.....you permanently connect the quick-connect pigtail that comes with the charger. :bluethum:
 
I removed the back seat and then the rider seat. It came off after removing 3 bolts.
Ill keep your suggestions in mind next winter. I plan to buy a new batt at the end of feb so that way i can start riding my bike.

Thanks
 
Even a new battery will need a charge maintained for any extended period of non riding.
It's a 2 minute install to put the quick connects on the battery terminals and it saves you from having to remove the seat each time.
Spend the extra 10 bucks and get the trickle charger which will switch to maintenance once the full charge is on the battery.
It allows you to leave the charger connected and not worry about over-charging.
 
Went to walmart early in the morning hoping i can ride today, picked up the ever start maxx battery for my bike. Came home, read the instructions and it says it has to be charged!! what a bummer!

Anyway, got late to work because i could not ride. Now i plan to buy the trickle charger.

Does it come with the "pigtails" or do i buy that separately?
Also do the pig tails get screwed on to the terminals or is there a risk of these falling off?


BTW.. the ever maxx batt has a 3 year replacement, 9 year pro rated warranty. I thought that was pretty cool, it cost me 55 bucks.

THX
 
the trickle chargers I've seen normally come with pigtails that bolt onto the battery.

and yes, to this day, you need to charge a conventional bike battery (as well as as acid) before use. It is done this way since any given store does not know how long any given battery will be either

a) in transit from overseas
b) sitting on a shelf and
c) possibly shipped to another store across country due to a logistics snafu.

For the record, back in the day (the 60's) car batteries didn't come with acid in them either. But that was because battery life then (2 years) was so short that 5 - 6 months on the shelf really shortened the life in the field.
 
i doubt it; at the pace things are going, most batteries for sale will go to agm and the old lead acid batteries will only be found in new vehicles because it's $8 bucks cheaper than agm.
 
I'm surprised they have the life listed as short as 3 years - unless you are in AZ, which would cook the battery over time.

If you buy a gel cell battery (and they are getting around 100) the battery should last at least 5 years.

Not 100% certain these were gel cell batteries - although it would seem so.
 
Yep, the G-Bat is awesome. I installed a new HD ignition switch and needed to start the bike to check everything. I had not started the bike in a month, temps during that time were often below zero. The day I started it the temp was 10 F or so. Darn near flipped the bike over. Did not even grunt.
 
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