Ponyperformance8
New Member
Few things frustrate me more than when a simple job takes much more time than it should because of a poor design on the part of a manufacturer.
Long story short, OEM battery died. Ordered new "Mighty Max Battery" with the common cheap terminals that include rectangular nuts and nothing to hold them inside of the terminals, same as many other batteries in there.
AS many have noticed this design is less than desireable due to the way our batteries sit in the bikes, but the OEM Yuasa YTZ12S costs almost $200 from your bike shop and 130 ish on Amazon.
So after trying everything from Superglue to stuffing foam earplugs in the terminals to try to make it work, I'm over it, resigned to buy the Yuasa until !
Behold:
Motocross YTZ12S AGM Maintenance Free Battery - Free Shipping: BatteryMart.com
Come to find out that "Motocross" Is Yuasa's aftermarket brand name, same battery, same terminals, same construction, less frustration (hopefully) at a more reasonable price.
Will post an update once it is in, should be the middle of the week, then I am back on the road again...
Long story short, OEM battery died. Ordered new "Mighty Max Battery" with the common cheap terminals that include rectangular nuts and nothing to hold them inside of the terminals, same as many other batteries in there.
AS many have noticed this design is less than desireable due to the way our batteries sit in the bikes, but the OEM Yuasa YTZ12S costs almost $200 from your bike shop and 130 ish on Amazon.
So after trying everything from Superglue to stuffing foam earplugs in the terminals to try to make it work, I'm over it, resigned to buy the Yuasa until !
Behold:
Motocross YTZ12S AGM Maintenance Free Battery - Free Shipping: BatteryMart.com
Come to find out that "Motocross" Is Yuasa's aftermarket brand name, same battery, same terminals, same construction, less frustration (hopefully) at a more reasonable price.
Will post an update once it is in, should be the middle of the week, then I am back on the road again...