Another year....another battery. UGH!

[auto]

Well went to batties plus store-they carry ALL kinds of batteries.Bought a CLYX2-15L battery.He said it was a step up from the CBTX14AHL.Cost 87.00 dollors and worth every dollor.I think this battery takes the place of 15 carb cleans.My vision never started so good.This battery really spins the motor over and it fires right off.Thanks for all the info.

[YellowJacket!]

I'll echo what Brian and auto said.  My bike really starts a lot better.  (although now I'm getting the "you've gotta do the starter clutch fix soon clunk")  I'm going to replace my old battery cables with teh ones I bought from tiger (absolutely the best quality I've seen) and I'm sure that will be nothing short of another major improvement.
As far as cost goes, I've spent about $50.00 a year on lead/acid battery's and they have crapped out on me after just over a year.  The AGM that I bought cost $75.00  and has a 2 year warranty (1 year full replacement and the second year is pro-rated) so, If it dies after one year like my other battery's, then I get it replaced for free; 2 years and its pro-rated.  From what I have been hearing and reading about them, they are a good investment.

Now, to go replace some cables and test for a short.

David

[inanecathode]

Except in my case, the AGM wasn't that much more expensive than the standard Yuasa battery (I think about 60 % more.)  I've had much fewer problems with the AGM than I have ever had with a Yuasa.  Well, there was one that was really good, but in the 25 years I've owned the bike, only 1 lasted long enough to match the AGM.  With the AGM, my bike consistently starts in a second unless it's been sitting for a long time.

Brian

Not unusual. More cranking amps mean more amps available to keep the voltage up, hotter spark, better starting.

On an aside, i'm intensely curious why there hasnt been more messing arounds with different coils, different plugs and so forth. It wouldnt take very long to slap on a pair of HEI packs from a mid eighties gm car, shrug.

[QBS]

Inane, please expound regarding your HEI comment.

[inanecathode]

Inane, please expound regarding your HEI comment.

I thought about it, and i was wrong, you cant just throw a set of HEI coils on there, they have a special design where the rotor for the distributor goes right to the coil.

However, you could just get virtually any modern dry solo coil as long as theres room in there for it to fit. One of the guys on the other forum i'm on put i think ford escort coils on his cb1000, he said it was the bees knees. I know the vision coils work alright, but it would definitely help starting to get hotter coils.

[YellowJacket!]

Just a little bit of an update.
My Schumacher battery tender turned out to be a peice of crap - probably why I was also buying batteries every year.  I decided earlier this year that the thing was probably in fact defective and I was right.  Now, after investing in the AGM battery I also have a new (Actual brand name) Battery Tender JR.  It works great.  NO problems charging the battery or keeping it charged and no trouble light.  If I hook the schumacher up to it, the trouble light comes on.  If I hook the battery tender up, everything works great.  AND... YJ starts incredibly easy as well.  Yes, a fully juiced battery is a requirement for the Vision.

I'm a happy camper again and my old schumacher battery "tender" is rotting in a landfill somewhere.

David

[67GTO]

My battery was running low on water when I left my Battery Tender JR on all the time, so
now I  plug it in a timer and only have it on for one hour a day. Seems to be working
much better.

Dan

[Rick G]

My 2007  AGM battery is doing fine It has sat for a year , during the Visions siesta and will still turn the engine over! Never had it on a charger.

[PeteXS/GS/CB/XZ]

First, you don't want to put a WalMart battery in a motorcycle.  They're made for lawnmowers.  Get the AGM battery from MikesXS.  It's the same one as needed on the older XS650.  Finally, your regulator/rectifier might be fubar.  I'd have it tested.  Or else your stator isn't charging.  Have that checked too. 

[kev10104]

I noticed a huge drain on my battery when I tried to start it and actually thought the battery was toast until I pulled the starter and cleaned and greased her all up and now she starts fantastic and the battery seems like it is new again.

[Lucky]

starters are really hard working pieces of equipment.  if youve looked at enough of ours, you'll see that the anemic alignment tabs don't keep them from twisting over the years. this has a negative effect.  anyone who races electric RC cars knows that where the brushes sit in relation to the poles on the permanant magnets affects torque vs rpm.

get these things far enough out of alignment & performance degrades....

they should be pulled off, cleaned & inspected every 4 years or so...

[Tiger]

First, you don't want to put a WalMart battery in a motorcycle.

:) I couldn't disagree more... ::) "The Mistress" runs on one, as do ALL my rebuilds...

              8).......TIGER....... 8)