I purchased my NT700V in the summer of 2010.
I ride it as my daily commuter, 52 weeks a year.
It is parked outside under a motorcycle cover both at home and at work. It sees temperatures from 5?F-105F?.
Since I ride it every day it never gets put on a battery tender. I rely on the NT's charging system to keep it charged. In December of 2013 it failed to start one cold morning. Since the battery was now 3.5 years old I replaced it with a Yuasa (Motocross) private label battery from BatteryStuff.com. The battery is made by Yuasa in Japan. It cost $121 and was shipped freight free.
The battery appeared to be exactly like the OEM battery.
It is now 2.5 years later and it failed to start my NT this morning. I noticed for the last few days while it started the NT it seemed like it was struggling. I check the voltage and it was at 12.5V. I was going to put it on my tender this weekend but it did not make it. I will probably put it on the tender to see what the voltage gets up to. A good AGM should be 2.8-13.0V. Regardless of what it measures I decided to order a new battery anyway. As unsure as I am about the quality and life of Chinese batteries I decided this time around to go with a Scorpion China produced battery for $59.95 from BatteryStuff.com. It is 1/2 the price of the Motocross battery. I suspect the high heat we have been having took the life out of the Motocross battery. Last winter was also the first winter I started using electric heated gear and that might have also put some stress on it.
I will update this post on the results of putting the old battery on the tender and how the new battery measures up. Will also check the charging system to see that it is putting out enough voltage.
I ride it as my daily commuter, 52 weeks a year.
It is parked outside under a motorcycle cover both at home and at work. It sees temperatures from 5?F-105F?.
Since I ride it every day it never gets put on a battery tender. I rely on the NT's charging system to keep it charged. In December of 2013 it failed to start one cold morning. Since the battery was now 3.5 years old I replaced it with a Yuasa (Motocross) private label battery from BatteryStuff.com. The battery is made by Yuasa in Japan. It cost $121 and was shipped freight free.
The battery appeared to be exactly like the OEM battery.
It is now 2.5 years later and it failed to start my NT this morning. I noticed for the last few days while it started the NT it seemed like it was struggling. I check the voltage and it was at 12.5V. I was going to put it on my tender this weekend but it did not make it. I will probably put it on the tender to see what the voltage gets up to. A good AGM should be 2.8-13.0V. Regardless of what it measures I decided to order a new battery anyway. As unsure as I am about the quality and life of Chinese batteries I decided this time around to go with a Scorpion China produced battery for $59.95 from BatteryStuff.com. It is 1/2 the price of the Motocross battery. I suspect the high heat we have been having took the life out of the Motocross battery. Last winter was also the first winter I started using electric heated gear and that might have also put some stress on it.
I will update this post on the results of putting the old battery on the tender and how the new battery measures up. Will also check the charging system to see that it is putting out enough voltage.
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