Time to say goodbye
 

...to my OE Yuasa battery.

It’s served the Ten well having lasted just shy of eight years, but it’s now noticeably laboured when starting the bike on a cold morning or if she's not been used for a few days. I guess I could have made the battery limp on a bit longer by keeping it on the Optimate, but what with the camping season ahead and travelling further afield, the need for reliability realistically means it’s got to go.

Although I’ve nothing against Yuasa batteries, I’ve decided to replace it with an AGM Motobatt equivalent (MBT9B4) mainly because it’s considerably cheaper at �45, 25% less than the �60 Yuasa. However, the Motobatt does have a few other plus points: It produces a genuine 9Ah (Yuasa is 8Ah); the cold cranking amp rating is 140 (Yuasa’s CCA is 115); and everyone who’s tried a Motobatt on the forum seems to sing its praises, so I thought I’d give one a go.

All I can say at the moment is it starts the bike better, but then you’d expect it to – it’s a new battery! The big test will be to see if the yellow one will last better or worse than eight years…

enjoy a refreshed bike Pete. :)
As about the 8 years of serving... all I can say is :wow:
I replaced mine at 5 years...

That's an impressive length of time your battery lasted...I wonder if as more and more use of Led's as lighting becomes the norm, with their low use of battery power will batteries last longer or become smaller. I guess they will have to be strong enough to start the bike. Steve

I'm on my 2nd motorbatt in 3 years...
next time it will be a yuasa.....
as yer said they are a bit more
I got 6 years from mine so alot
cheaper than a motorbatt in
the long run...


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That's exactly what worries me about the change in loyalty, and why I'll reserve final judgement until the Motobatt has died. It needs to last at least six years to break even.

Yuasa OEM :winner:. From 2007. 9th birthday in may. Speechless.

My �08 Tenere still runs the OEM battery, at 105.000km�+! Wonder how long it will stay untroubled.....

I have to say, mine appeared to be absolutely fine until a few weeks back when it suddenly started showing signs of weakness. It almost happened over night.

Not sure about your maths - I make that 9 years old in May! ;)

my 2009 is still on the original yuasa despite my gross miss-handling (disconnected it for 18 months and only charged it twice!!)

the battery production date also plays a role. the OEM yuasa on my Honda was already 1 year old when fitted to the new bike!

Holy mackerel, my heart sank at the title, ' Time to say goodbye' by Pleiades !! That would be a sad day. Then all is well as it's just your battery !! :045: Phew.