New battery recomandations

[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

 

[Bob Denman]

Hi Sharon!
Odyssey Batteries have gotten some decent press. :2thumbs:

Question: why not another Yuasa? :dontknow:

 

[Pennyrick]

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.

 

[Chupaca]

Yuasa...

worked/owned shops all my upright years and have always ended up with yuasa. There are others your choice...:thumbup:

 

[grumpybob]

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.

 

[AbNormy]

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

 

[cougar]

I replaced the OEM with an Odyssey in my 2012 RT. Odyssey is a great battery. I would stay away from Yusa.

 

[Bob Ledford]

Replacement battery

Stick with the OEM battery I got 50 months out of ours

 

[szohar]

Battery

Thanks Bob,

Same battery for 50 month very impressive.

Do you know what is the OEM battery?

Sharon

 

[Bob Denman]

Yuasa : YTX24HL

 

[Cajuncanam]

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.

 

[IdahoMtnSpyder]

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.

 

[finless]

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