High cold cranking amp batteries on a RSV??

[ToolmanRR]

Does anyone see a reason NOT to use these higher cold cranking amp batteries on a 2006 Royal Star Venture? (Except for them not being a local purchase)

I'm in AZ and batteries don't last but 1.5 years.

See the links below.

 

Battery_#1 $ 79.99, 850 CCA.

 

Battery_#2 $ 79.99, 850 CCA.

 

Battery_#3 $ 94.99, 600 CCA.

 

Battery_#4 $124.99, 680CCA

 

Thanks.

[OB-1]

Does anyone see a reason NOT to use these higher cold cranking amp batteries on a 2006 Royal Star Venture? (Except for them not being a local purchase)

I'm in AZ and batteries don't last but 1.5 years.

See the links below.

 

Battery_#1 $ 79.99, 850 CCA.

 

Battery_#2 $ 79.99, 850 CCA.

 

Battery_#3 $ 94.99, 600 CCA.

 

Battery_#4 $124.99, 680CCA

 

Thanks.

 

Those amp ratings are Cranking Amps, not Cold Cranking Amps. The difference is that CCA is at 0F and CA is at 80F. With automotive batteries the only real indication of life expectancy is weight. There is no secret to making a lead-acid battery that has a long life; it takes lead, (thicker plates actually). Lead is heavy and by simple deduction, the battery that weighs the most contains the most lead and "should" last the longest.

[GeorgeS]

Unless something newer and better has come on the market, most of the members here have zeroed in on the DEKA brand AGM type batteries.

I have an Odyessy brand AGM that is now 7 years old, and still working OK.

Another Odyessy I had died after 5 years, of use.

 

My new 08 RSTD, has a Yuasa AGM installed OEM. Seems to be working just fine.

[Cougar]

DEKA I also have been using Odyessy for the past 7 years I now think DEKA

has them beat. put the Odyessy in my ZTR

[Snaggletooth]

DEKA AGM!!

 

I'm going into my 5th year I think with the DEKA in my 1st gen and I've put it through the wringer. I ride year round and it fires up like the 4th of July even when it's down to 15 degrees (F).

 

Extra tough battery.

 

Mike