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Originally Posted by jimmyj900
Was this a gel or AGM battery? I've been kind of curious about the life expectancy of these.
Jim
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i'd be curiouse too . my experiences with agm , which is completely different than gel , has been nothing short of stupendous .
beginning of last year i put one in my wife's buell , she rode it maybe 3 times i rode it once . after sitting for 2 months i needed to put it away in december because a storm was coming . it was below freezing and i cranked it for waaaaaaaay to long before it finally started , but the battery just kept going and going !
took the battery out and put it in the garage . no charging nothing ! then last week after a post questioning the agm's i said f*** it . and instead of putting it on the charger first , i just put it back in the bike and .......................... again took a few but the battery just kept cranking away til it started .
hell yea , AGM's rule as far as i'm concerned . put one in my adventurer this january and killed it once by leaving the ignition on .5 days dead . put it on the tender . next day vrooooooom .
agm technology was developed 20 years ago for the military . the only downside is they don't like high temps , but i haven't been able to find what high temps they mean .
gell's are very critical to charging rates and normally require special regulation .
just my 2 cents worth from experience and research . google em . ;_)
ohhh and what i read time and time again in researching was that they self-discharge less than any of the other batteries . good thing for a motorcycle . :-)
