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John H.[_5_]

On Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:55:35 -0400, wrote:

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.

I'm sure. Cold weather and batteries don't like each other. And, most of us don't do much
motorcycling when the temp is in the 30's or below.