--Anyone using/recommend UV2000 cover by Nelson-Rigg? http://www.tonker.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/nelson_rigg_uv_2000_cover.html

--New jackets from Joe Rocket:
1) Alter Ego
http://www.tonker.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/joe_rocket_alter_ego_jacket.html
http://www.motoxoutlet.com/product.asp?0=270&1=272&3=146
2) Phoenix 3.0
http://www.tonker.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/joe_rocket_phoenix_3_jacket.html
http://www.motoxoutlet.com/product.asp?0=270&1=272&3=145

-- which do you prefer and why: sealed or un-sealed battery

Thanks,
Flash

Good price on the bike cover, but I would go with a cover that covers the whole bike.....


Jackets are OK, a little expensive.  I prefer FieldsSheer, they got better designs and are quite a bit cheaper than Joe Rocket

Quote from: Flash-- which do you prefer and why: sealed or un-sealed battery
Thanks,
Flash

Sealed = noleaky when bike tippy over

My battery box was all eaten up from what looked like spilled acid. Now she sports a sealed battery from walmart and cranks much better to boot.

Dylan

Cover's good as a dust cover if you park indoors (like apt garage) but if you park outside I'd spend the cash for a good full cover. I use the Defender 2000 by N-R...my opinion-not based on any experience with 1/2 covers.

Jackets? look fine but what's your goal? What are you looking for in a jacket? Multi use (winter/summer)? Inexpensive? Attractive design? Latest model? Armor? Without any info jacket seems okay. Good price relative to textile jackets I suppose. Check www.newenough.com closeouts for good deals too.

Sealed battery. Seems like modern tech to me...I know, we've had this debate before and even though non-sealed batteries aren't old tech I havent bought one for my car in as long as I've known what a battery was. I'd rather have one less thing to do maintenance-wise. Although its been argued that non-sealed lasts longer.

Sealed lasts longer...You use the bike often, and chaged the battery when its not in use a sealed will outlast non sealed...I have managed 5 years from a non sealed BTW but I was lucky too I guess. However having 1 battery that fits like 8 of my 10 and the other 2 take the same 1 makes for a batter that gets used a lot...so it should be fine.
Cool.
Srinath.

Gel-cell batteries will not normally vent like a wet-cell battery; but they will if overcharged.  In that case, they have pressure-sealed vents which will allow some venting.  And there's no vent hose on a sealed battery, so you have no control where it will vent.  At least with the wet-cell battery, you have some control; for example, you can connect the hose to a reservoir bottle, so that it doesn't vent all over your exhaust pipes.

Even in a tip-over, a wet-cell battery shouldn't vent from the caps, unless the cap seals are faulty; that's what the vent hose is for.  But if your bike is laying on its side, who knows where the vent hose will drip.

That said, faulty cap seals do happen; and my Haynes manual lists checking the eletrolyte level as a "daily pre-ride check" (anybody who checks battery fluid level every day, raise their hand...?); and probably tip-overs and crashes happen more-often than overcharging; and only racers run the vent hose to a bottle.  So gel-cell is often preferable, unless you are some kind of control freak, and really want to maintain the eletrolyte