jsouth
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I finally retired my old Odyssey and bought a new one. The old one was on the bike when I bought it in February 2011, and has worked for 6.5 years and 30,000 miles after I bought the bike. Even after rejuvenating it this spring, it would not start the bike any more by late summer.
Got the new one in and it works like a champ. As I had old and new side by side, I noticed what I think is a date code on the sticker on top of the battery. It appears my new battery was manufactured in 6/17 and the one that came out in 10/04. If true, that's not a bad service life for a motorcycle battery -- even if installed 4 months after manufacture, it worked for 12.5 years.
I'll take those odds!
Got the new one in and it works like a champ. As I had old and new side by side, I noticed what I think is a date code on the sticker on top of the battery. It appears my new battery was manufactured in 6/17 and the one that came out in 10/04. If true, that's not a bad service life for a motorcycle battery -- even if installed 4 months after manufacture, it worked for 12.5 years.
I'll take those odds!