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#16 | RE: replacement battery datum

Sat Oct 06, 2018 10:37 pm

Zitat von Grumpy Goat im Beitrag #15
Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #14

Grumpy,

Traditionally, Yuasa is an excellent MC product. However, trying to trace the Yuasa/Exide/Enersys/East Penn corporate roots is a bit like tracing the branches of a West Virginia family tree.

https://www.yuasabatteries.com/wp-conten...inal.x78244.pdf

Thanks for the link to the catalogue. I see that the HP AGM battery they specify is the 6.4 lb model: GYZ16H selling on Amazon for $85. Light enough for fat ol' me.

I plugged the bike in since I am out of the country for 2.5 weeks and will nurse the factory battery along until it really gets worse. Since I ride daily that may be a while.

That is one unique feature of the old forum that I miss...�...the national flag changing with location of the server.

Relative the battery, the Yuasa product seems like a good value. I might consider an East Penn product as an alternative, but only due to them being a PA company.

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#17 | RE: replacement battery datum

Sun Oct 07, 2018 1:31 am

Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #14

Traditionally, Yuasa is an excellent MC product.

Made in USA and Pennsylvania to boot

Lee
2016 R1200RS
Iowa, USA

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#18 | RE: replacement battery datum

Sun Oct 07, 2018 2:17 am

Zitat von Lee im Beitrag #17
Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #14

Traditionally, Yuasa is an excellent MC product.

Made in USA and Pennsylvania to boot

I'm not sure that's still the case. The Yuasa-Exide group (located near Reading, PA) evolved into Enersys which makes Odyssey. Yuasa MC products group seems to have become GS Yuasa

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#19 | RE: replacement battery datum

Sun Oct 07, 2018 2:59 am

Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #16

That is one unique feature of the old forum that I miss...�...the national flag changing with location of the server.

Relative the battery, the Yuasa product seems like a good value. I might consider an East Penn product as an alternative, but only due to them being a PA company.

Agree with the location flag changing with the server from which one is connected through. That was a unique feature of that software. Don't believe the RSWasserboxer.com Forum software has something similar but I will have a look.

As for the battery being made in the USA � I was amused to read in their catalogue that it was a US company � "Yuasa" is a good old American name �

Seems that Yuasa is now only a brand name as it is owned by Enersys which bought Yuasa-Exide .

Doesn't matter that much to me provided it presents a good value. I'll not buy a product based on ownership only.

Regards,
Grumpy Goat
RSWasserboxer.com

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#20 | RE: replacement battery datum

Sun Oct 07, 2018 5:25 am

Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #18
I'm not sure that's still the case. The Yuasa-Exide group (located near Reading, PA) evolved into Enersys which makes Odyssey. Yuasa MC products group seems to have become GS Yuasa

But still made in the USA. (That's really, really, wonderful. It's stupendous. No tariff on products from The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until after the election, and only if the voters there are really mean people.)

But glancing at their offerings for the RS, I note they've added the 16 amp model - GYZ16H. Wow. Do I need that?

On the other hand, I note that the 2019 RR picked up a lithium battery. Wow. Do I need that?

�A good man always knows his limitations.�

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#21 | RE: replacement battery datum

Sun Oct 07, 2018 2:08 pm

Zitat von Ray B im Beitrag #20
Zitat von Mr. 36654 im Beitrag #18
I'm not sure that's still the case. The Yuasa-Exide group (located near Reading, PA) evolved into Enersys which makes Odyssey. Yuasa MC products group seems to have become GS Yuasa

But still made in the USA. (That's really, really, wonderful. It's stupendous. No tariff on products from The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania until after the election, and only if the voters there are really mean people.)

It's always just a tweet away. We can't all be lovely places like Russia.....

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