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Ok guys, once an for all, what is the best Battery?

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#1 ·
Best balance of price and performance.
I have a 1 year old battery now and its already iffy.
I have an 07 Dyna currently using a 18ah / 310 CCA. with a high performance high compression engine.
I always use a battery tender.
I need a high powered battery that fits, and lasts, thoughts??
Mike
 
#13 · (Edited)
I didnt buy harley I got chinese brand weights about 8oz and cranks the built 110 over like a jet engine, its been 6 years now and if it went bad I would buy another. I do use a tender when not riding daily.. Looks like prices are coming down on these. 12V 20Ah 650CCA Motorcycle Lithium Iron Pack Battery LiFePO4 Replace YTX20L-BS
 
#19 ·
The DieHard Batterys just came back on the Market.

I bought one and a few weeks later my Fatboy's S&S Cycle Single Fire Coil purchased last June went bad !


So I had starting issues but the Diehard just kept turning the Engine over and over never losing power till it started. Any other battery would have lost power and failed after all the attempts. When it started running on 1 Cylinder I pulled the rear cylinders Sparkplug wire out of the Coil with no effect, I realized it's not the Sparkplug Wire. How smart is that...Duhhhh !!

I don't know how long it will last but I have to hand it to the Battery, it performed !!
 
#25 ·
Thanks for the nice words. I won many shows with that bike. Those shocks are new inexpensive Progressive 412's.
I had a previous pair of 412's on it that were 12 years old and finally developed a tiny leak so I just replaced them.
I noticed with the new shocks, the actual shock itself inside the Coiled spring is now also chromed whereas the earlier model was black. A nice touch.
 
#26 ·
I always replace my 2012 ElectraGlide battery with OEM battery at the Harley dealer. I do it every 4 yrs. so i don't get stranded somewhere. Lookin at $175 but it's got the original good quality hardware hookups and all that. Could have saved about $40 by going away from OEM but I hate the hardware hookups on a lot of offbrand batteries.
 
#30 ·
Was reading the comments about the best battery to use..i have pretty much the same question in trying to find one with 600+ cca. Found a few online that sound as if they would work on Amazon. Problem I have is don't have the measurements of the one currently in my side hoe under lock and key.she is a 2010 FXDF Fat Bob..and the betterhalf won't touch the bike to get the mesurements
 

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#36 ·
I have no means of using a battery tender as I store my 20913 Fat Bob in a trailer that's about 500 feet from any electrical outlet. My HOA (They all suck) won;'t of course let me string an extension cord. My on ly option that I know of is to pull out b battery, bring inside and use tender in my house. ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS, please??
 
#38 ·
Home depot rents trenchers (ditch diggers), run a cord 3' under the ground (inside conduit) to the trailer, put a weather proof plug box under the trailer, drill a hole in the floor for the cord and call it done. It should take less than 8 hours to do. Place sod over the ditch you backfilled and tamped the dirt on so there is no obvious signs of what you did.
That is the cheap way.

The other option is a solar setup in the roof of the trailer.
 
#37 ·
Maybe a deep cycle Marine battery, or 12v car battery w/ converter to 120v & plug the trickle charger into that in the trailer
Should not take much juice, bring big battery in to charge it back up, then put it back in the trailer
In the Winter on my old bikes I used to take the seat off & battery out & keep them in the house until Spring