globalrider
Alps Adventurer
I use a Battery Tender on my bike 100% in the garage. OE battery lasts 3 years.
That is because they are being overcharged big time at the ambient temperatures they are being charged at, both while parked and while driven. Once again, a voltage regulator issue because it does not temperature compensate.
Get an Optima. Never had one less than 5 in a car.
And yet we read about them failing prematurely on various forums.
You say they fail due to the heat down there. My battery sits in my car during the 6 weeks I'm off touring (last summer...10 weeks) and I know the temps are up there while it is parked outside; yet it has passed its 10th year and has a hard life on top of it. Since when do cars down there have to start when it is -10??F outside? Talk about a current draw!