Recommend me a battery..

[Quigs]

Apparently, putting only 400 miles on your bike all season is a recipe for a dead battery. I've pop-started my '07 R1 the last three times I've ridden it, and today it just refused to hold a charge. (Gotta love basically living on the road...)

What's the "better" battery to get these days?

And what's it like to actually have time to ride?

[csmutty]

Yuasa. Seriously.

I wouldn't buy anything else.

And invest in a battery tender. When you aren't riding it, make sure it is plugged in.

[Degsy]

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[NPDCPA]

Don't laugh, but Walmart has good batteries cheap. My $45 battery has been maintained on the battery tender and is going strong into its 4th season.

[Ryno]

Almost always stuck with Yuasa

[Quigs]

Yuasa. Seriously.

I wouldn't buy anything else.

And invest in a battery tender. When you aren't riding it, make sure it is plugged in.

Danke.

I never actually planned to basically take the season off, it's just been "oh, I'll go for a ride today as soon as I finish this_work_thing". FML, I work too much. My bike only has 4k miles on it.

I'll snag a Yuasa. Comically, I actually have a battery tender, but until now I only used it over the winter. :\

[tsorfas]

parts unlimited? I mean most batteries are fine as long as you keep them on the tender or use the bike often..
Iv had a walmart battery on a car and it was just fine

[Woodsy]

i have a bike-master AGM gel cell battery. As a former Battery Master Technician on US Navy Submarines I know first hand that these out perform standard lead acid batteries hands down. I have one in my bike and will not look back.

[Garandman]

For your use AGM is the way to go. Lower rate of internal discharge and can be cycled deeper than standard lead acid batteries.

[DuncanMoto]

Battery Tender will solve your problem.
If you already have an AGM battery, you can recover it with a multistage shop charger.
I have one you can borrow if you want to make your way to Brighton.

[PinHead]

Yuasa. Seriously.

I wouldn't buy anything else.

And invest in a battery tender. When you aren't riding it, make sure it is plugged in.

This

[CBR929RE]

I have a Yuasa ytz10s that you can have for $30. its from my 01 929 but has worked flawlessly since I bought the bike in 05. always kept charged in the winter or when not in use for long periods and kept inside the house.

[DaveZX6r]

Don't laugh, but Walmart has good batteries cheap. My $45 battery has been maintained on the battery tender and is going strong into its 4th season.

You must have gotten one of the last good ones then both me and a buddy of mine just bought yuassas last season. I went thru a wm battery in a season andx he went thru 2 in two seasons. Suposedly they use rebuilt batteries now idk.

I'm with everyone else get a yuassa and keep it charged.