No more Yuasa battery at my Yamaha dealer
 

I couldn't believe it. My bike wouldn't start yesterday. But to be fair, my Yuasa battery was 6 years old and didn't fail me on my 2 weeks trip in the Highlands (which would have been very inconvenient). It still passed the MOT 2 weeks ago. Big surprise when my Yamaha dealership gave me a GS battery from Taiwan, and it even has the Yamaha sticker on. I wonder if this will be a complete shift from Yausa to GS. And more important wether this one will give me 6 years service!

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Incidentally, I couldn't believe how heavy that little battery is. Thats lugging around an anchor to put it mildly. Now you know why dirt bikes have kick start levers and not electric start.

I'll be going for a Shorai Lithium when the time comes. Got one for the missus' KLR recently and I thought the box was empty when it arrived it was so light. It's a massive free weight saving with those bad boys.

Yamaha TTR250 has come with a GS battrey for years now...
prob some other Yamaha's as well...
Could be wrong here.. think I read somewhere
the GS is a budget Yuasa...



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If that's true then I'm cross, as I paid the same as for a Yuasa, well actually more since the pound has dropped in value.

yer prob could have got it for half the prise with out the
Yamaha sticker on the box...





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"In 2004, Yuasa Japan merged with Japan Storage Battery to form GS Yuasa Corporation."

So, its a Yuasa-ish battery

http://www.yuasabatteries.com/history.php

I ride an �08 XT660Z Tenere and still run the OEM Yuasa battery, at 109.000km�s........

That battery weighs 3.7kg. The Shorai only 1 kg. But then it is double the price

Just changed my OE (8 year old) GS battery for a Motobatt AGM battery (�45). Even the Motobatt was lighter than the OE battery. Mind you, I could always have a poo and shift a pound too!

I did consider the motoblatt but my dealer said he's seen quite a few of them fail. But then he would say that. I wonder how motoblatts have served some of the members in this forum particularly how long they last

i have motobatts in both my bikes....
still think the yuasa is better... only got
2 years from the first motobatt in the XTR..






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So they're not as good then based on your experience. I wonder what's the shortest life of a Yuasa then. Our winter cold with not using it so much obviously takes its toll

I always plug my bikes into Solar chargers when not used
via the lighter socket/plug...the panels hang in the shed window...



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I got just shy of eight years out of the OE Yuasa and replaced is with a Motobatt last April which was �20 cheaper.

The Motobatt is lighter, but in my eyes doesn't feel as good quality and a strongly suspect it won't last anywhere near as long. The other thing that was slightly irritating about the Motobatt is that it isn't actually a straight swap; the terminals need messing about with and the clamping plate needs the lip bending out of it it as there is no slot in the top of the battery for it to locate as there is on the Yuasa.

Funnily enough, my last and current Subarus came with OE Yuasa's. The one in my 1999 Impreza (bought new) was still going strong in 2010 when I changed to a new Legacy, and the Yuasa in that is still fine too nearly seven years on. They are probably the best batteries I have experienced for longevity.

I suspect that I shouldn't have penny-pinched on a Motobatt and gone for the GS or Yuasa which are identical batteries just with different branding. Better the devil you know and all that. Only time will tell I guess...