Posted by another nogn on September 25, 2008, 6:45 pm
Shirley is grabbing some popcorn and peanuts and is bringing that electronic
gizmo to take your drink orders - my treat but the bank is nearly
out-a-money.
Stopped for gas on the way to work this morning, attempted to restart the
bike and it went "grunt" for a second or so, then turned over and started,
all seemed fine, didn't think much of it and continued on to work. It
started ok for the ride home, had to make a stop enroute, started up again
but after about 10 minutes of riding the engine and battery idiot lights
came on and stayed on. Made it home, turned it off and it now will not turn
over - just "grunts" a lot, starter "slips" a bit. My guess is that battery
is beat. It's about 4 year old. (Harley had to replace the original about 5
months after I bought the bike new in 2004).
Any reason to not go with the standard Harley battery for this bike? If so
what kind of batteries are people buying and what are you having to pay for
them? Do "stronger" batteries exist and are they worth any extra $$.
Oh Shirley just arrived with the gizmo....
Tim.
Stock 2004 FLSTCI TC88
Posted by Steve Irving on September 25, 2008, 7:14 pm
another nogn wrote:
> Shirley is grabbing some popcorn and peanuts and is bringing that
> electronic gizmo to take your drink orders - my treat but the bank is
> nearly out-a-money.
>
> Stopped for gas on the way to work this morning, attempted to restart
> the bike and it went "grunt" for a second or so, then turned over and
> started, all seemed fine, didn't think much of it and continued on to
> work. It started ok for the ride home, had to make a stop enroute,
> started up again but after about 10 minutes of riding the engine and
> battery idiot lights came on and stayed on. Made it home, turned it off
> and it now will not turn over - just "grunts" a lot, starter "slips" a
> bit. My guess is that battery is beat. It's about 4 year old. (Harley
> had to replace the original about 5 months after I bought the bike new
> in 2004).
>
> Any reason to not go with the standard Harley battery for this bike? If
> so what kind of batteries are people buying and what are you having to
> pay for them? Do "stronger" batteries exist and are they worth any
> extra $$.
>
> Oh Shirley just arrived with the gizmo....
>
> Tim.
> Stock 2004 FLSTCI TC88
>
The OEM Harley battery is fine. 4 years is a long time for a battery, mine
usually last about 2 (but I live in the desert)......my current battery is 3
years old and I'm considering swapping it out before I hit the road in a couple
weeks.......just in case.
--
Steve Irving (Irv) - BS#237/SLOB#12
http://www.users.qwest.net/~niteh/bike
Posted by nobody #1 on September 25, 2008, 7:20 pm
another nogn wrote:
> Shirley is grabbing some popcorn and peanuts and is bringing that electronic
> gizmo to take your drink orders - my treat but the bank is nearly
> out-a-money.
> Stopped for gas on the way to work this morning, attempted to restart the
> bike and it went "grunt" for a second or so, then turned over and started,
> all seemed fine, didn't think much of it and continued on to work. It
> started ok for the ride home, had to make a stop enroute, started up again
> but after about 10 minutes of riding the engine and battery idiot lights
> came on and stayed on. Made it home, turned it off and it now will not turn
> over - just "grunts" a lot, starter "slips" a bit. My guess is that battery
> is beat. It's about 4 year old. (Harley had to replace the original about 5
> months after I bought the bike new in 2004).
> Any reason to not go with the standard Harley battery for this bike? If so
> what kind of batteries are people buying and what are you having to pay for
> them? Do "stronger" batteries exist and are they worth any extra $$.
> Oh Shirley just arrived with the gizmo....
> Tim.
> Stock 2004 FLSTCI TC88
The battery light came on? Probably a bad stator too.
nobody #1
Posted by Jinks on September 25, 2008, 8:13 pm
>Shirley is grabbing some popcorn and peanuts and is bringing that electronic
>gizmo to take your drink orders - my treat but the bank is nearly
>out-a-money.
>Stopped for gas on the way to work this morning, attempted to restart the
>bike and it went "grunt" for a second or so, then turned over and started,
>all seemed fine, didn't think much of it and continued on to work. It
>started ok for the ride home, had to make a stop enroute, started up again
>but after about 10 minutes of riding the engine and battery idiot lights
>came on and stayed on. Made it home, turned it off and it now will not turn
>over - just "grunts" a lot, starter "slips" a bit. My guess is that battery
>is beat. It's about 4 year old. (Harley had to replace the original about 5
>months after I bought the bike new in 2004).
>Any reason to not go with the standard Harley battery for this bike? If so
>what kind of batteries are people buying and what are you having to pay for
>them? Do "stronger" batteries exist and are they worth any extra $$.
>Oh Shirley just arrived with the gizmo....
>Tim.
>Stock 2004 FLSTCI TC88
Odyssey or HD whichever you can find for the best price. I know you can
get HD from Chicago HD or Zanotti's, & I think you can find Odyssey on ebay.
Both are online somewhere. The Odyssey batteries on ebay come from a distributor
in Jacksonville, Fla. I used to live there & would just go over & pick 'em up.
They're good batteries.
You want a "gell cell", or an A.G.M. battery. The wet cell cheap
batteries at Walley World will work for a while, but you have to deal with the
PITA over flow tube.
-
Jinks ('86FXRS, '07 FLTR)
#64
Remember, "No good deed goes unpunished"
Posted by Roger (the other one) on September 25, 2008, 9:46 pm
On Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:45:41 -0400, "another nogn"
>Shirley is grabbing some popcorn and peanuts and is bringing that electronic
>gizmo to take your drink orders - my treat but the bank is nearly
>out-a-money.
>Stopped for gas on the way to work this morning, attempted to restart the
>bike and it went "grunt" for a second or so, then turned over and started,
>all seemed fine, didn't think much of it and continued on to work. It
>started ok for the ride home, had to make a stop enroute, started up again
>but after about 10 minutes of riding the engine and battery idiot lights
>came on and stayed on. Made it home, turned it off and it now will not turn
>over - just "grunts" a lot, starter "slips" a bit. My guess is that battery
>is beat. It's about 4 year old. (Harley had to replace the original about 5
>months after I bought the bike new in 2004).
>Any reason to not go with the standard Harley battery for this bike? If so
>what kind of batteries are people buying and what are you having to pay for
>them? Do "stronger" batteries exist and are they worth any extra $$.
Might be worth while to check if there's a reason the battery is dead,
such as a bad voltage regulator or stator. Easy enough to check if
you have the service manual and a volt-ohm-meter.
FWIW, I have a battery tender hooked up whenever the bike isn't being
ridden and got four plus years out of Harley batteries (on two
separate bikes). Also had the same thing happen as you did, it was a
bad voltage regulator. YMMV, yada yada yada.
--
The_other_Roger
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> electronic gizmo to take your drink orders - my treat but the bank is
> nearly out-a-money.
>
> Stopped for gas on the way to work this morning, attempted to restart
> the bike and it went "grunt" for a second or so, then turned over and
> started, all seemed fine, didn't think much of it and continued on to
> work. It started ok for the ride home, had to make a stop enroute,
> started up again but after about 10 minutes of riding the engine and
> battery idiot lights came on and stayed on. Made it home, turned it off
> and it now will not turn over - just "grunts" a lot, starter "slips" a
> bit. My guess is that battery is beat. It's about 4 year old. (Harley
> had to replace the original about 5 months after I bought the bike new
> in 2004).
>
> Any reason to not go with the standard Harley battery for this bike? If
> so what kind of batteries are people buying and what are you having to
> pay for them? Do "stronger" batteries exist and are they worth any
> extra $$.
>
> Oh Shirley just arrived with the gizmo....
>
> Tim.
> Stock 2004 FLSTCI TC88
>