On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 11:28:29 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 3/20/18 11:03 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:55:08 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 3/19/18 6:53 PM, Tim wrote:
The battery is shot in my moto Guzzi. Went out when I parked it last November. It came from Walmart too and didn’t have but about 6 months in it. I probably could have taken it in and got another but no need to let it sit over the winter and get stale too. So I let it sit all winter.

I noticed that Walmart had a fresh load of batteries on a pallet. Brand new dated 2/18. That’s for me!

Had to go back to town this evening so I pulled the old battery for core and away I went. Got it, installed it and here goes. Hit the button and it fired right off. I could but a genuine Guzzi battery for 5 times as much and maybe get 3 years out of it. I’ve even thought of a NiCd Battery , but those are ridiculously high.

So here I am back with El Cheapo. Life is good...



Wow. You spend $9 less on motorcycle batteries than I do on the
batteries for my lawn & garden tractor. Of course, I wouldn't buy
toothpaste from Walmart.

There isn't that much difference between a motorcycle battery and a
lawn tractor battery, in fact the battery for a "kicker" is smaller.


I buy a battery about every three years from a local power equipment
repair guy. This is the same guy who picks up my lawn & garden tractor
each spring, sharpens the three blades, performs a tune-up, replaces any
belts that need replacing, changes the air filter, et cetera. The
batteries actually are $24.95 each.

Must be a northern thing. My lawn mower batteries last 5-6 years. I
guess they don't sit around as much here and they never freeze.