On Friday morning I was getting ready to go to work, got all my gear on and jumped on the bike, and that was when I got a rude surprise
The battery didnt have enough power to start the motor
Anyway I rode the cruiser in to work and started to look around for a new battery.
(Battery for the ST1300 is YTZ14-S)
1. Battery World: quoted just under $250 for a Yuasa
2. Repco: said they only have a couple of motorbike batteries and none of them would be suitable.
3. Supercheap: quoted $440 for the Yuasa
and said they would have to order one in.
4. Batteriesdirect.com.au: quoted (+ $15 delivery) $228.65 for the Yuasa or $117.78 for a SSB
I called them to find out what the difference between the two brands was.
He said the price difference is due to just the brand name and that the SSB actually has higher Cold Crank Amps at 285 as opposed to 230 for the Yuasa.
5. Turbo Batteries: quoted $123 for another brand (I forget which one
)
6. Allpurposebatteries.com.au: quoted $95 with free delivery for the SSB.
So that was prices worked out (All Purpose Batteries the winner
)
the next step was to work out if the issue was the battery or the alternator.
When I got home from work I had RACQ around to test my battery and alternator
Battery was stuffed, alternator was good producing a solid 14 volts.
Had a chat to him and he said the battery must have been on the way out for some time but as I ride almost every day it wouldnt have been as noticeable. (I hadn't ridden for a few days as I had stuff to do around the house and didn't get a chance to ride)
So at the end of all that, I went for the SSB from
www.allpurposebatteries.com.au for a saving of $155 from the original quote of $250
I made the order late Saturday so will update when I receive the delivery.
Cheers
Shiney