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Re: [ST] Battery Help Needed



I went to a friends house one evening about a month
ago. When I came out to leave my battery was flat. We
drove down to Walmart at 11:00pm and I bought one.

--- Nathan Maher <nate@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Ok LiSTers I need your help, quickly if possible.
> 
> I went to start my RS this weekend and discovered
> (not surprisingly) that 
> my battery had gone flat.  In full fairness to the
> battery it is the 
> original, now 7 year old unit.  A quick jump with
> the truck and I was off 
> for a half hour shakedown ride which went without
> further issue.  Upon 
> returning to the house the battery was still flat
> (no shock there) so I 
> hooked it up to the battery tender and decided to
> give it a good couple 
> days to soak.  This morning the digital thermometer
> told me it was time 
> to get the bike running so I checked the state of
> charge on the battery. 
>   It was reading a decidedly non robust .347V DC. 
> I'm guessing the 
> battery is toast.  So I called my local trumpet shop
> and they do have a 
> battery in stock but I'm wondering if there are
> other suitable 
> alternatives?  I googled around a bit and found that
> Wally World used to 
> carry a battery that would work, part no. GTX14-BS,
> but upon checking out 
> their website I didn't see it listed.  Has anyone
> bought a battery there 
> recently?  Getting to Walmart would be significantly
> easier than the 
> dealer and would actually allow me to ride to work
> tomorrow, my main goal.
> 
> So as Bil would say ATdHvAaNnKcSe,
> 
> Nate
> 00SprintRS
> 
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