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New battery recomandations
Hi,
My battery on the 2012 RT lTD showing end of life signs.
Any battery recommendations except the OEM battery?
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Sharon
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Originally Posted by szohar
Hi,
My battery on the 2012 RT lTD showing end of life signs.
Any battery recommendations except the OEM battery?
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Sharon
Sharon:
If advice from a Spyder rider of five years who has gone the battery replacement route on four RT's so far (two of mine and two of my wife), is worth listening to......stick with the Yusa battery. The OEM is the best for these machines.
Penny and Rick have owned many motorcycles starting in 1974 with Hondas, then to Suzukis, Gold Wings and ultimately Spyders.
74 Honda 360T (pair); 78 Suzuki GS 1000 (pair); 82 Honda Aspencade; 84 Honda 400; 87 Yamaha 1100; 99 Honda Valkyrie; 01 Suzuki Burgman(triked); 02 Honda GL 1800(triked); 10 Spyder RTSE; 11 Spyder RTSM; 12 Spyder RTSL (pair); 20 Spyder RTL (current)
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Yuasa...
worked/owned shops all my upright years and have always ended up with yuasa. There are others your choice...
2012 RS sm5 , 998cc V-Twin 106hp DIY brake and park brake Classic Black
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Yusa has a high tech battery that will fit your spyder. Can't remember the price. I was going to put one in my '12 RTL, was going to have to wait to long to have it shipped so it did not happen.
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Odyssey has a great warranty west coast batteries warranty mine in my bmw almost 5 years later all I had to do was pay freight and send them the old top. Same size as spyders
2012 RT A&C bought new 42312 sold July 2018 56k miles currently driving a 2014 RTSE6 LTD bought October 2018 w 6800 miles nicely farkled
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I replaced the OEM with an Odyssey in my 2012 RT. Odyssey is a great battery. I would stay away from Yusa.
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Replacement battery
Stick with the OEM battery I got 50 months out of ours
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Battery
Thanks Bob,
Same battery for 50 month very impressive.
Do you know what is the OEM battery?
Sharon
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2009 RS/SE purchased new 5/10. 12,000 miles.Yashusa battery now 5 years old with no problems. Purchased new battery today. Staying with Yashusa. It's proven to me.
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Originally Posted by szohar
Hi,
My battery on the 2012 RT lTD showing end of life signs.
Any battery recommendations except the OEM battery?
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Sharon
Believe it or not this is one time where the OEM item is the all around best solution considering cost vs. performance.
2014 Copper RTS
Tri-Axis bars, CB, BajaRon sway bar & shock adjusters, SpyderPop's Bumpskid, NBV peg brackets, LED headlights and modulator, Wolo trumpet air horns, trailer hitch, custom trailer harness, high mount turn signals, Custom Dynamics brake light, LED turn signal lights on mirrors, LED strip light for a dash light, garage door opener, LED lights in frunk, trunk, and saddlebags, RAM mounts and cradles for tablet (for GPS) and phone (for music), and Smooth Spyder belt tensioner.
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Be careful of the -BS batteries!
YTX24HL-BS
I replaced mine 6 months ago with a non-OEM but listed as a replacement for the YTX24HL. I got it online for $96.
It was a -BS model which means bottle filled at the time of shipment. My new battery is not doing great. It seems to have much less cold cranking AMPs. If I stop for say 10 minutes and leave the key on, when I go to start, sometimes the screen will reboot because the battery voltage is dropping too low!
A waste of $100 basically. I will be replacing it with a OEM soon or something else with higher rated cold cranking AMPs.
Bob
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