SuzukiSavage.com - Hard Time Finding a Battery

Enfield_fan

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Hard Time Finding a Battery
09/25/06 at 08:25:33

Well, my buddy's Savage's battery is on its last legs...requires a jump about every other start-up, these days...and the replacement has proven remarkably hard to find here locally (Eastern North Carolina). One can find the equivalent battery with the overflow vent on the OTHER end of the box fairly easily, but the genuine article for the Savage is a tough one. Clerks on the phone will tell you "Yeah, we've got that one," but when you get into the store and get them flipping through the parts book, they wrinkle their foreheads and say "Well, we don't have that one in stock, but we can order it." Usually for somewhere north of $75. Prices in the local cycle shops are even higher.

What's the best way to get...uh..."hooked up"?

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Savage Librarian Serious Thumper Offline One Hoopy Frood Posts: 524 Houston area Gender:	Re: Hard Time Finding a Battery Reply #1 - 09/25/06 at 09:28:12 I had the same trouble. I ended up getting one with the vent on the other side and got a little creative with the battery box to make it fit. A small bit of cutting was involved with a hacksaw, but it works.
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Reelthing Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Fish or ride that is the question Posts: 5397 Houston,Tx Gender:	Re: Hard Time Finding a Battery Reply #2 - 09/25/06 at 09:43:28 Well if it were me I'd sure go with the sealed AGM like this one http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?board=RubberSideDown;action=display;n...
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Re: Hard Time Finding a Battery
Reply #3 - 09/25/06 at 10:34:21

I got the sealed AGM model ETX15L from BigCrank.com, It's actually a Deka from East Penn battery company. $50 + $10 for shipping.

No more vent tube, it's a sealed battery, it can be shipped UPS fully charged. I had to bend my battery connectors flat on one edge since the new battery has wider terminals, was easy to do with a vicegrip.

It works great, the starter doesn't just crank the engine anymore, IT SPINS, and instantly its running. I'm very happy with it.

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Dynobob Serious Thumper Offline 2003 LS650 (with Supertrapp) Posts: 634 Northern Virginia Gender:	Re: Hard Time Finding a Battery Reply #4 - 09/25/06 at 12:17:01 Check with Advance Auto Parts. They may surprise you. If you're anywhere near Gastonia, I know someone who works at a dealer there that could help you find something.
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Enfield_fan Ex Member	Re: Hard Time Finding a Battery Reply #5 - 09/25/06 at 12:27:11 ~~Here in Rocky Mount, the local Advance store closed down.~~ Actually, scratch that. It just moved.
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cphilip

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Re: Hard Time Finding a Battery
Reply #6 - 09/29/06 at 16:34:13

Alright you scally wags.... Oh wait... talk like a Pirate day was last week...

Um...

be carefull if you order one of these as they sent me the wrong one. I ordered the 15L and they send the 15. The battery posts are to the front on this one. And no way to install it. So be sure you check that when you get it. Now I gotta deal with a return. And get another one. Dang it....

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Dragon King Senior Member Offline Posts: 400 IL Gender:	Re: Hard Time Finding a Battery Reply #7 - 09/29/06 at 17:55:40 I get mine from interstste battery always had one in stock. sear's may have one but they will be high.
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georgekathe

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Reply #8 - 09/29/06 at 21:47:45

must say $50 for sealed AGM battery sounds a great deal - have one on bike I'm selling & never had issue with it (just as well, because you have to take the whole left hand fairing, seat, etc. off to get @ it). & who said some things on Savage are relatively inaccesssible? (OK, me included, first time I had to take tank off to get @ spark plug!)

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mickthelimey Ex Member	Re: Hard Time Finding a Battery Reply #9 - 09/30/06 at 15:29:43 I don't want to make you guys feel bad but I found a battery at my local hardwhare store on sale for $16, I had to fernawgel it a bit the vent was on the wrong side,hacksawed it off squeezed the tube into the small hole I had created ,and bobs your uncle,that was 5 months ago,still going strong.
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georgekathe Ex Member	Re: Hard Time Finding a Battery Reply #10 - 09/30/06 at 19:17:52 are you sure you are not a Scot (to perpetuate a stale stereotype) & not a fellow Englishperson, Mick? (not that I have anything against saving a few pennies if I get get a suitable product for a good price)
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mickthelimey

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Re: Hard Time Finding a Battery
Reply #11 - 10/01/06 at 00:32:21

Born Oxford England 1937, Father English
Mother ,English
Grandmother,Irish.........So I'm only slightly contaminated, My Mum always called me Mick except when she was mad at me,then it was MICHAEL !
I used to be a big spender before I retired,thats how come I have to be cheap now,spent it all fast bikes and slow horses,and six wives ( I kid you not)

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Trippah Serious Thumper Offline I ride, therefore I am. Posts: 2517 central Mass Gender:	Re: Hard Time Finding a Battery Reply #12 - 10/01/06 at 17:33:58 Was that sequentially or simultaneously?
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georgekathe

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Re: Hard Time Finding a Battery
Reply #13 - 10/02/06 at 08:18:36

me too Mick (not born to your folks, I mean) - but a big spender who though not now retired (just opted out of rat race) am living cheap (hence the used Savage) as he was a big spender in his day (can't equal you though - I only liked moderately fast bikes then (hence loving the Savage now). Somehow got through the $$$ anyway.

can't beat you on wives though - on my 4 (I also kid you not) & last. so much for America & Americans having a rep for a high divorce rate, eh!???

my folks were London Mum, English Dad (I think there is a bit of a distinction - much like NY & the rest of the USA). I say I'm from London more than England when asked the inevitable "Where you from?" (I have - obvoiusly - not lost the "accent" after being here for 20 years. Cheesy

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cphilip Ex Member	Re: Hard Time Finding a Battery Reply #14 - 10/02/06 at 09:20:36 So do your Savages come in reverse image for riding on the wrong side of the road as well?
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