Battery Replacement?

Looking at getting a Bosch replacement battery for my 2006 Daytona, or would I be better sticking with the standard Yuasa battery?

Here is a link to the Bosch one- http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1KC5G1I8HMRIO

 

Take a look at this thread
https://www.675.cc/675/index.php?threads/28991/

MDS sell at better prices than Amazon.

Yuasa are good batteries too.

 

Thanks, I have just had a Yuasa battery and only lasted a year so wanted to try something different.

 

Try a battery charger/optimiser like ctek or optimate and your battery will last for years.

 

Yeah think that's what I am going to need to do. I'm about to buy a Ctek MXS 5.0, hoping that may bring the battery to life. If you not will buy a Bosch or Yuasa battery.

 

I have a ctek 5 and was able to revive a car battery after it was completely drained because I forgot the interior light on for 2 weeks. Watch out the CTeck does not work if the voltage in the battery is lower than 5V. I asked someone to charge my dead battery with their car for 10 minutes. That was enough to bring the voltage greater than 5V and to be charged by ctek, but not enough to start my car. I left the charger on the battery in Reconditioning mode for 26 hours and the battery is as good as new.
Now I just charge it from time to time if I don't use the car or I use it only in city for short trips.

 

A 1 year battery should be easy to recondition and it should give you 2-3 years more of life, if you take care of it. I also recommend you buy the cheapest multimeter you can find, to be able to verify the condition of the battery. I usually check my batteries (car and motorbike) once per month.
Yuasa batteries are very good, don't get fooled by the lack of popularity of their brand name. Bosch has a more popular brand, but this doesn't mean they are better.

 

+1 for the optimate. Leave mine plugged in permanently. Battery should last 2/3 years. Alarms are the things that kill bateries

 

Ctek also can be left on the battery for ever if you have a garage for yourself. I have an open space garage, shared between all the neighbours.
Ctek comes with the regular crocodile connectors and with a connector which stay always on the battery and has a quick release on the cable.

 

Yea I have a cheap multimeter just to keep an eye, when my current charger says that battery is fully charged the battery is only at 12.4v (that is after about an hour of me taking it off charge to let the battery settle).

Would you recommend the Ctek 5 to just use on my Daytona battery, I wouldn't be using on my car.

I like the Ctek as it does have the recondition mode. The issue with me is that I have an alarm on the bike that drains it quick. I am hoping the my battery would never get as low as 5v (I think the lowest I have ever seen my battery is 11.8v, but is this an issue that would put you off buying the same charger again.

Thanks for your response

 

I highly recommend ctek 5 because is made for both motorbike and (regular) car. You can check the specs and you will see it's perfectly capable for both. Actually go and check the specs to see what it can charge and then verify both car and bike batteries' specs. I hope you drive a normal car and not a lorry or a caravan.

 

I own my Daytona and Ford Mondeo... Can't see there being any issues charging either of the batteries to be fair.

 

Check if both your batteries are AGM (they should be) and don't forget to select this mode when charging. AGM batteries usually need .2 more voltage and ctek has this option.

 

I am unable to find out if the battery I has in an AGM, looked at the battery and been on their website. Here is the battery, does anyone know if it is a AGM? Its the standard battery for an 06 Daytona-

http://www.yuasa.co.uk/yt7b-bs.html

 

Thanks for this, really good information and I appreciate your help. I assume that as the charger won't charge anything under 5v I won't be able to use it for the initial charge of a new battery if needed?

 

See if your battery tray will accommodate a YT9 because it is cheaper and more powerful than the YT6.

 

If your bike battery has less than 5V, charge it from the car battery, but DO NOT TURN ON THE CAR'S ENGINE!
Your car battery should have enough power to raise the bike battery to more than 5V ( you don't need to charge it completely), without discharging to the level of not starting the car.
Then, fully charge the bike battery with the CTek, in recondition mode. If the battery charger gives errors (as in the battery cannot be charged), disconnect the charger, leave for 5 minutes and try again. If you tried this for more than 5 times, the bike battery is dead and you need a new one.

Don't forget to fully charge your car battery after you finish with the bike battery. (you see why CTek 5 is the best charger to have around? )

 

Ok thanks, will I need to do this for a brand new battery (before I fit to my bike) or would a brand new battery have over 5 volts in it?

 

A new batter will have over 5V for sure. I would also fully charge even a new battery.