Battery life- what do you get?

[Stig]

Well after being pleased that my battery lasted 3 seasons due to not using the trickle charger, I came to use the bike to find it no longer holds a charge

So my choice is to buy decent like the Varta i had before or risk a cheap and cheerful that may last a couple of years if I'm lucky

How long are you getting out yours and do you lay up over winter and is it trickle charged or otherwise?

[krazyneil]

i used to start my bikes once a month and that seemed to work for me but 2-3 years for a battery seems to be normal

[Teego]

Had my Foxeye for 14 years and only had to change the battery once. Over winter I always take the battery fully charged off the bike and recharge it before putting it back in spring. Personally I favour Yuasa.

[Gord]

Quality batteries last longer than cheapies, although either will die early if they are left to go too flat and I'm not talking totally flat, letting it drop to 50% charge (12.5v) on a regular basis will ruin it.
Batteries like to be kept fully charged, I keep my bikes plugged into cheaply Aldi trickle chargers, they work the same as Optimates.

[nugget]

I always go for Yuasa batteries. My last one lasted me 5 years. I use a Gunson fully automatic battery charger. I put monthly reminders on the calendar and on my mobile phone to tell me to put it on charge.

[Stig]

I always used to use Yuasa and an optimates trickle charger. After many dead batteries I stopped using the optimates on continuous charge/maintenance and bought the Varta
For the last couple of years I've just given it a boost every few weeks but now that's died too
This time I've gone for a Dynavolt from Busters. I've not heard of them previous but figure for the cheap price if it does after 2 years it's not cost the earth.

[Stig]

Well new budget battery arrived today and is currently on charge

See how long this one lasts