Nearly killed myself this morning

[Grubber]

I think that the Yuasa that was in my bike was the original one from Mr Bloor's factory in 2009. It did OK

I actually was going to get a Shorai one because I have one in my track bike and it is brilliant but I had to have one within the hour rather than, you know, being organised and waiting a day or so, and stuff.

the mini epic (best comment "Buy a new ten pack of undies) is entirely my fault.

My Trump had a Yuasa in from new and it lasted 8 years. Replaced it with Moto batt and after 2 years it starting to fail already. Give me Yuasa any day. It just kept going forever.

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[mossy1200]

My car battery died last week. Been hard starting for couple of months. Its the original Ford battery so it lasted 158km and 8 years.
Had the battery jump pack charged so all good.
New Panasonic car battery in it now.

Jump pack from Supercheap has been good value. Left lights on in old van twice and started neighbours cars a few times plus the café racer was running on it while being built.

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/onl...ecommendations

[Robbo]

My car battery died last week. Been hard starting for couple of months. Its the original Ford battery so it lasted 158km and 8 years.
Had the battery jump pack charged so all good.
New Panasonic car battery in it now.

Jump pack from Supercheap has been good value. Left lights on in old van twice and started neighbours cars a few times plus the café racer was running on it while being built.

http://www.supercheapauto.com.au/onl...ecommendations

Yep, got one of those myself Mossy. Had it about seven years and it also has an air compressor in it.
The thing has been worth it's weight in gold dust to me over the years with jump starts and tyre inflations.

[neels]

Had the same thing myself, nothing like sneaking to the front of the queue then stalling the damn thing to make a complete knob of oneself, the bike seems to take a very very long time to start in that situation. Fortunately not a dead battery at the same time, although have had that happen at an inopportune time as well, cue dinner at the pub and a trailer ride home for the bike.

If your battery is seeming a bit iffy buy a new one before it dies, but check some stuff first so you don't end up with a nice new battery and a still fucked starter motor....

[R650R]

Cool story bro.... *insert sarcastic cheesey smile meme here* Jesus put a teaspoon of cement in your coffee, hardly a near death experience...

A work colleague had his faulty battery isolater nuke his whole electric system going across the Mohaka bridge one moonless night at 110k and about 50ton. I didn't want to check but not sure if the skidmarks coming off the bridge were bigger than the ones in his pants or not.