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z1100r:
Its the sealed for life Gel battery I just bought but I have not used one before.
   I refuse to buy a conventional cheapo lead acid anymore because I end up with a huge pile of them every year. A couple of years ago I bought 2 of those YTX sealed for life after you've filled with acid jobbies and they have been great but they dont do one that is physically the same size as a YB12A-A so I've bought The YT12B-4 gel for the first time.
 
 Have to See how it lasts.. They are out of stock till after easter but thats not going to bother me..!

z1100r:

 Guess what, they are out of stock and probably for some time. I cant get any other type because no one makes anything else......So I cancelled my order.

  I've bought a

K2-K6:
The failure problems if left is because they slowly loose voltage and then the plates corrode I've been told.

It seems that if you can stop the discharge buy taking it off the bike or disconnecting it then a full charge should keep it ok for 2/3 months and then charge again and this does seem to work (or use one of those battery conditioner chargers) they do seem to last longer like this, maybe someone more informed than me can add to this for our benefit.

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