Is this a decent battery?

[ralph13]

I think my GS needs a new battery; it's having a really hard time starting under 50 degrees (I had to press the starter six or seven times).

http://www.motorhelmets.com/htm-engineparts/bikemaster/2010-02/bikemaster-engineparts-street-batteries-yumicron-suzuki-gs500-e.htm

Is that a good quality battery? I don't really know which one to get.

[jp]

It's probably OK, but they state that it is shipped without acid, so you would have to track down some to add before you could use it. I went with this one: http://www.batterystuff.com/batteries/motorcycle/sYT10L-A2.html and have been happy with it. No need to worry about overflow tubes, or adding fluid to the battery when the water gets boiled out.

[mister]

I think my GS needs a new battery; it's having a really hard time starting under 50 degrees (I had to press the starter six or seven times).

http://www.motorhelmets.com/htm-engineparts/bikemaster/2010-02/bikemaster-engineparts-street-batteries-yumicron-suzuki-gs500-e.htm

Is that a good quality battery? I don't really know which one to get.

I'd be thinking, if it has enough to give you six/seven goes at starting, it cannot be too bad.

Try this... put it on prime, give full choke, Then start it.

ALSO... I found I had more difficulty starting my bike in Winter when I used Shell gas (Shell provides the gas for 7/11 too FYI). Since I switched to BP gas, no problems starting - even if the bikes sits for two three days (due to rain) without being ridden.

Michael

[Norcon]

I use the bikemaster battery. got some acid from the local pep boys. no worries.

went through winter storage no problem on a battery tender, rode it every 2 weeks or so.

[ralph13]

I think my GS needs a new battery; it's having a really hard time starting under 50 degrees (I had to press the starter six or seven times).

http://www.motorhelmets.com/htm-engineparts/bikemaster/2010-02/bikemaster-engineparts-street-batteries-yumicron-suzuki-gs500-e.htm

Is that a good quality battery? I don't really know which one to get.

I'd be thinking, if it has enough to give you six/seven goes at starting, it cannot be too bad.


Hmm, thanks for the tip. If I put the petcock on prime, how long should I leave it in that position before and after pressing the start button?

Try this... put it on prime, give full choke, Then start it.

ALSO... I found I had more difficulty starting my bike in Winter when I used Shell gas (Shell provides the gas for 7/11 too FYI). Since I switched to BP gas, no problems starting - even if the bikes sits for two three days (due to rain) without being ridden.

Michael

[jeremy_nash]

I use a battery from advance auto, been using it for 2 years, and it has no problem starting my bike after 2 weeks of snow to go for a ride.  it has the vent on the wrong side, but if you can tighten the screw for the terminals, you can reroute the vent hose