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1stINTinWa

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on: April 05, 2020, 07:00:18 pm
So after having problems with the factory battery on my 650 interceptor ... I found this little gem, smaller lighter weight and only $52 US.  Plus digital readout.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/YTX14-BS-Chrome-Pro-Series-High-Performance-iGel-Powersport-Battery/272459533570?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649


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Reply #1 on: April 05, 2020, 09:45:04 pm
So after having problems with the factory battery on my 650 interceptor ... I found this little gem, smaller lighter weight and only $52 US.  Plus digital readout.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/YTX14-BS-Chrome-Pro-Series-High-Performance-iGel-Powersport-Battery/272459533570?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

I just replaced mine yesterday. I did it for peace of mind as much as troubleshooting. How did you know the problem was the battery?


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Reply #2 on: April 06, 2020, 12:06:47 am
Thanks for the heads up! That's a fine looking battery at not a bad price, and its reviews ain't shabby at all. Now that I think about it, isn't it sort of surprising that ALL vehicle batteries don't have a little integrated on-demand volt meter or low charge alarm? I mean, the electronics for it nowadays must add all of 10ยข to the unit cost wholesale. I think the little combination digital voltmeter-dual USB port-ciggie lighter panel I installed in my sailboat's helm pedestal in the hole where an old Raytheon auto pilot controller once dwelled cost me all of three bucks delivered from the Far East, and I'm sure they still made a handsome profit.

Please keep us posted over time how it hangs in there on your 650. I might just lob one into my Bullet when the time comes if the size jibes
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Reply #3 on: April 06, 2020, 12:37:23 am
This is the battery that came in my Enfield 650, from the dealer.. made in America cheap and total crap! 


https://www.amazon.com/Hellum-VTX14-Varta-battery-12Ahr/dp/B01MSKDSBO


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Reply #4 on: April 06, 2020, 12:47:19 am
This is the battery that came in my Enfield 650, from the dealer.. made in America cheap and total crap! 


https://www.amazon.com/Hellum-VTX14-Varta-battery-12Ahr/dp/B01MSKDSBO

Its sole review is indeed pretty scathing. Yours?
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Reply #5 on: April 13, 2020, 02:30:29 am
This is the battery that came in my Enfield 650, from the dealer.. made in America cheap and total crap! 


https://www.amazon.com/Hellum-VTX14-Varta-battery-12Ahr/dp/B01MSKDSBO


Varta is not American............
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