Cal-spec battery

[Luap McKeever]

Hard to believe that that $20 lawn mower battery we bought in 2010 for LaSandras bike has to be replaced already...

Oh, the blasphemy :-)

[jcctx]

If the naysayers are to be believed the bike should have rusted into pieces from the uncontrolled outgassing!!
Tractor supply has one that has the CCA rating of a car battery for 50 bucks!!!!

[oldbike54]

Hard to believe that that $20 lawn mower battery we bought in 2010 for LaSandras bike has to be replaced already...

Oh, the blasphemy :-)

 I know a good lawyer ...

 Dusty

[guzzisteve]

If the naysayers are to be believed the bike should have rusted into pieces from the uncontrolled outgassing!!
Tractor supply has one that has the CCA rating of a car battery for 50 bucks!!!!

Yep, last one lasted 5yrs, sealed and never had to charge it till last year. What I used in the 700.

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

If the naysayers are to be believed the bike should have rusted into pieces from the uncontrolled outgassing!!
Tractor supply has one that has the CCA rating of a car battery for 50 bucks!!!!

Count me as one of the "naysayers" if you like. I've experienced first hand the effects of using flooded-cell batteries (have the stains on my Ambos transmission and a rotted seat pan to prove it). I'll never use a battery in any of my bikes with vented caps or even a vent hose ever again. There are much better and safer alternatives for not a lot of $$ more.

[guzzisteve]

+1 Charlie, no one wanted to work on the old rusty stuff but me. The ones that rode more than sat were better, more airflow.