OK, Who Will Admit To...

[stormi]

It certainly is !!! That's the result of ignorance or greed on the part of the advertiser/seller of the sealed lead/acid battery....
usually a no-neck mouth breather at your local big-box dealership who wouldn't know a gel-cell if it fell on his head.....
but he heard that "gel-cell is the way to go" and so ALL batteries have suddenly become "gel-cells" to him. That way he gets more commissions selling "gel-cells" to people as ignorant as he is. Grrrr......

Yeah, but how do you really feel?

Nawww....it's just good old battery-grade sulphuric acid that's been around since the invention of the wet lead/acid battery. Nothing fancy.....unless it somehow "gels" when it gets put into the battery...but I doubt that. I think I'll pry my cap strip off and take a look just to satisfy my curiousity.

Well isn't that strange?  The guy that sold me the battery specifically mentioned that it was a gel that was put in the battery.  Perhaps he didn't really know.

[H2RICK]

Yeah, but how do you really feel? stickpoke

Stormi, when you get to be my age, you call a spade a spade.
I am NOT/NOT/NOT politically correct when it comes to bikes, or much else for that matter, as you may guess from my signature at the bottom of my posts.

Perhaps he didn't really know.

I'm willing to bet he wouldn't have the faintest idea what a true gel-cell looks like or works like.....and the scarey part is that he's an "expert" hired by that dealer for customers to depend on for info, opinions and "facts".

[stormi]

Stormi, when you get to be my age, you call a spade a spade.
I am NOT/NOT/NOT politically correct when it comes to bikes, or much else for that matter, as you may guess from my signature at the bottom of my posts.

LOL!  Perhaps I'm a little ahead of my time then.  I can really be guilty of the same,  

I'm willing to bet he wouldn't have the faintest idea what a true gel-cell looks like or works like.....and the scarey part is that he's an "expert" hired by that dealer for customers to depend on for info, opinions and "facts".

There's a reason that I always do my research before I bother to go into the dealer.  I didn't really think that researching a battery at the time was important,... guess I was wrong.     That said, I'm buying less and less from the dealers here.  It's turning out to be a lot cheaper to import from the states.

[350ers]

You guys are making me nervous with all this battery talk..I still have the original in my '97 ( 38K ) My Interceptor went 11 years before I changed the battery and I did it just because I didn't want to be suprised one morning and have to drive a cage to work. Neither battery gave me a hint of trouble..both were/are maint. free oem Yuasa.
I probably just put a hex on myself for even mentioning this.

[H2RICK]

350ers:
That's the kind of info I like to hear....actual user input.
With that kind of battery life, I've gotta assume you take care of your batteries properly, don't let the posts get corroded, etc etc. Of course where you live makes a difference as to battery life as well: temperate climates are best....too hot or too cool and the battery suffers....usually. Bad road surfaces (like we have in lotsa places in the Great White North) can wreck a battery really quick, even on modern bikes.

[Daytona]

Maint free battery! None vent lead acid but has fibre in the cells to keep from slosh etc. Gell cell complete sealed in gell, can be positioned up, down, etc. Won't hold up in hot climate area's and is very expensive. Sealed M/C battery of good quality power max is a good choice. The B12 Needs a good battery to crank that eng, don't wear out the alt making it charge all the time, and non vent good sealed one will not turn under your seat into crap like that walmart one will. All over the web.
  Suzuki GSF1200S Bandit Motorcycle Battery (1997-2003)   $50.75
  The Suzuki GSF1200S Bandit Motorcycle Battery (1997-2003) cross-references to the following: Power Max GTX12-BS ... 9375Width3.4375Height5.125Warranty1 YearChemistrySLASealed AGM battery. Rugged maintenance-free design. Shipped pre-charged and ready to ...

[Daytona]

Don't be a idiot and milk that crap battery that will leave you in the parkin lot, burn out your charging and your ignition sys that ain't cheap to fix, all for a 60$ battery! Your trusty steed deserves better.    

[smooth operator]

Don't be a idiot and milk that crap battery that will leave you in the parkin lot, burn out your charging and your ignition sys that ain't cheap to fix, all for a 60$ battery! Your trusty steed deserves better.    

   I'll 2nd the motion

[Daytona]

="smooth operator"]

Don't be a idiot and milk that crap battery that will leave you in the parkin lot, burn out your charging and your ignition sys that ain't cheap to fix, all for a 60$ battery! Your trusty steed deserves better.    

  I'll 2nd the motion

Hey you tile settin draggon slayin fool! Hope your enjoyin the winter up there Geeezzz! What do ya think of my riggins on the Busa? if you and the Mrs's are in the area yoawl have an invite here! if its during speed weeks bike stuff the first of march i can get tickets!

[Daytona]

Sorry for hijackin the post! So many will milk a battery like its the last one to be had. I'm like that with tires! Dumb i know! It to will teach me like the crap battery did! My lawn mower I had to jump start one time, while mowing, smoked the coil under the flywheel milkin it! Dumb!
A new battery from wally world was 20, the fix at the shop could have paid the lawn cutters for a year!