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Seabeowner:
Think that's a good price/quality compromise. Bike batteries all seem to suffer from some degree of variable quality. Presume that it's the clearances between plates and the demands of electric starters and intermittent use. Many chargers can also play there part. I've had old (not sealed) car batteries last 13 years, but never a bike beyond 5 years.

tom400f:
Waiting for Mick to express his reservations about MotoBatt... but I have two of them. Oldest is now 3.5yrs in the 400 and I never touch them, not even disconnecting in winter.

Last May I bought one for the VFR when the battery the PO installed new (an LP one) completely failed after 3yrs. One (or more) cells shorting and in that case even the ignition won't work after a bump start. Again, so far so good so I only have good things to say about them.

The best thing is the massive CCA, though probably all AGM (or decent modern battery) is the same.

Laverda Dave:
I have used a Motobatt in project 400 and considering the amount of cranking its been asked to do on a new engine its been great.  It keeps a really strong charge as well.  But, if money was no object I would have bought an Odyssey, I have used one of these in my Jota for 5 years now and it has never let me down despite sitting for months on end sometimes without a charge, well worth the extra money.

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