Klr 650 Battery - Page 2

Dagofast · 03-31-2010, 03:29 PM

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Originally Posted by kdxkawboy

+2
The wife has an Odyssey in her KLR and I am completely impressed. No mater how long the bike has been sitting it always cranks over and it has been in her bike going on 6 years. When the current old tech battery dies in mine I will put an Odyssey in my bike as well.

It was your sweetie who showed me on her bike how the Odyssey would fit in a KLR! Tell her Joe said howdy!

welder · 03-31-2010, 04:43 PM

Odessey batteries are a pain as you have to extend the battery cables and mount the battery on its side. just get a agm replament and be done with it. no mods,no fluid to check. its just easy.

tbirdsp · 03-31-2010, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by welder

just get a agm replament and be done with it. no mods,no fluid to check. its just easy.

Twin headlight Ernie · 03-31-2010, 04:55 PM

I'm suprised that guys are cooking a KLR battery. I have a FJ that I have to keep a eye on but my KLR has never been a issue. I use the cheap walmart battery too and get four years out of them at least. I have five bikes and use the same model YB14LA2 in all of them. I downgrade the oldest battery to my kickstart bike. Ernie

Kevinhooa · 03-31-2010, 05:14 PM

Deka worked (and has been working) well for me. No way I'm going to worry about filling up a battery with distilled water on a trip. Especially without a kickstart.

CA Stu · 03-31-2010, 05:16 PM

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Originally Posted by tbirdsp

Well - riding consecutive long days at high temps (July), low humidity (NM desert), high rpm (14 t sprocket on front). I had to refill it once in the middle of the trip then it was dry again when I got home.

Stock electrical system with no extras except a GPS ( hardly any draw).

You've got other problems, I reckon.

I live in Riverside, it gets over 100 regularly all Summer long, I've ridden lots and lots of miles in the heat, I run a 14t sprocket, too, and every time my battery has needed replacing, it has been from sitting in my garage at home.

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Originally Posted by Kevinhooa

Deka worked (and has been working) well for me. No way I'm going to worry about filling up a battery with distilled water on a trip. Especially without a kickstart.

I'm sorry, but it's a total non-issue.

Rode to Baja a couple of times in the heat, Utah half a dozen times in the hotter heat, and a couple of times to Mammoth, once in the hottest heat of all hotness through Death Valley, never a battery problem.

Thanks
CA Stu

CA Stu · 03-31-2010, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Twin headlight Ernie

I'm suprised that guys are cooking a KLR battery. I have a FJ that I have to keep a eye on but my KLR has never been a issue. I use the cheap walmart battery too and get four years out of them at least. I have five bikes and use the same model YB14LA2 in all of them. I downgrade the oldest battery to my kickstart bike. Ernie

The voice of KLR reason.

I slapped a new battery in the GS 1100 E I had for sale, same as the KLR battery.

Thanks
CA Stu A13

MotoBoss · 03-31-2010, 05:18 PM

Three years on this one Odyssey and never, ever an issue of any kind. Being a deep cycle it starts easier, charges stronger and runs add on's easily.

CA Stu · 03-31-2010, 05:21 PM

In all honesty, KLRs are pretty easy on batteries. The motor spins over very easily, they are low compression, and they even have the KACR to assist in starting.

A replacement battery would be way down near the bottom of the list of stuff a new KLR needs in my book.

Thanks
CA Stu

subybaja · 03-31-2010, 06:41 PM

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A replacement battery would be way down near the bottom of the list of stuff a new KLR needs in my book.

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Originally Posted by OP

Motorcycles owned currently:
04 Suzuki DRZ 400S, 05' KLR 650

Another happy Odyssey user here. Extending the wire is easy, and the bullet-proof battery is great.

kdxkawboy · 03-31-2010, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Dagofast

It was your sweetie who showed me on her bike how the Odyssey would fit in a KLR! Tell her Joe said howdy!

She remembers and says howdy back.

How hard can it be to install an Odyssey? With minimal mechanical background or experience my wife figured it out. While the old tech lead/acid batteries are easy to maintain and they are inexpensive and the KLR does use a common enough unit, I've had too many fail internally at the most inopportune times, like as the sun is going down and I'm halfway across the Lolo Motorway with no viable headlight and needing to bump start.

tbirdsp · 03-31-2010, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by CA Stu

You've got other problems, I reckon.

I'm sorry, but it's a total non-issue.

Rode to Baja a couple of times in the heat, Utah half a dozen times in the hotter heat, and a couple of times to Mammoth, once in the hottest heat of all hotness through Death Valley, never a battery problem.

Thanks
CA Stu

I don't know what to tell you - There's nothing wrong with my bike. How many other guys in this thread have reported the same thing? And it's certainly an issue if you've ever had to download all of your gear in the middle of a 15-day trip, remove side panels, seat, and battery, and spit bottled water into the fucker through a drinking straw in the parking lot of a convenience store.

A decent replacement battery would be way up near the top of my list of stuff a new KLR needs.

tbirdsp · 03-31-2010, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kdxkawboy

She remembers and says howdy back.

How hard can it be to install an Odyssey? With minimal mechanical background or experience my wife figured it out. While the old tech lead/acid batteries are easy to maintain and they are inexpensive and the KLR does use a common enough unit, I've had too many fail internally at the most inopportune times, like as the sun is going down and I'm halfway across the Lolo Motorway with no viable headlight and needing to bump start.

The Deka AGM battery is pretty high tech, only half the price, works great, and is a direct bolt in.
http://www.eastpenn-deka.com/assets/base/0278.pdf
No brainer for me

leon kawasaki · 04-01-2010, 06:16 AM

I put an Odyssey in mine 3 years ago and have forgotten I have a battery. I have dropped mine off road from time to time, and had issues with the stock battery leaking on the frame. My bike once sat for 3 months after a wreck and the Odyssey fired it up instantly. It is NO maintenance, and thats worth the cost. To its credit, the stock one lasted 4 years.

The install is no problem. It fits perfectly into the battery box sideways, as in the photos in other posts, and I didnt have to do anything but reroute some cables. Dont recall having to add any length to wires.

Travis

Iron Horse · 04-01-2010, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by tbirdsp

STOP!

This is probably the best motorcycle battery I have ever bought. Cranks the engine faster and holds a charge longer than any others I've tried. Here is the right one for the KLR. $66.95 with free shipping.
DEKA PowerSport Battery (ETX15L)
http://www.tristatebattery.com/produ...roducts_id=977

+10000000

03-31-2010, 04:43 PM	#17
welder Beastly Adventurer Joined: Feb 2008 Location: Victoria B.C. Oddometer: 1,320	Odessey batteries are a pain as you have to extend the battery cables and mount the battery on its side. just get a agm replament and be done with it. no mods,no fluid to check. its just easy. __________________ Anything is possible if you don't know what your talking about!

03-31-2010, 04:55 PM	#19
Twin headlight Ernie bar napkin engineering Joined: Aug 2005 Location: Dakota Minnesota Oddometer: 1,282	battery I'm suprised that guys are cooking a KLR battery. I have a FJ that I have to keep a eye on but my KLR has never been a issue. I use the cheap walmart battery too and get four years out of them at least. I have five bikes and use the same model YB14LA2 in all of them. I downgrade the oldest battery to my kickstart bike. Ernie __________________ Motorcycles are my life. Not my lifestyle. My Smugmug: http://twinheadlighternie.smugmug.com/ Dakota Motorsports

03-31-2010, 05:14 PM	#20
Kevinhooa Pitch pine slalom Joined: Jul 2009 Location: Land of the blues - NJ Oddometer: 420	Deka worked (and has been working) well for me. No way I'm going to worry about filling up a battery with distilled water on a trip. Especially without a kickstart. __________________ There seems to be less and less garden in this state.

03-31-2010, 05:18 PM	#23
MotoBoss Tundra Thumper Joined: Apr 2009 Location: Mid South Indiana Oddometer: 2,226	Three years on this one Odyssey and never, ever an issue of any kind. Being a deep cycle it starts easier, charges stronger and runs add on's easily. __________________ DONATE TO ADVRider sidestandup.com ridedualsport.com motoboss-terlingua-bound.blogspot.com MSF Rider Coach-Rider's Edge Instructor-Track Coach

03-31-2010, 05:21 PM	#24
CA Stu Thanks Joined: Aug 2004 Location: Riverside, CA Oddometer: 42,603	In all honesty, KLRs are pretty easy on batteries. The motor spins over very easily, they are low compression, and they even have the KACR to assist in starting. A replacement battery would be way down near the bottom of the list of stuff a new KLR needs in my book. Thanks CA Stu __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6cxNR9ML8k

04-01-2010, 06:16 AM	#29
leon kawasaki Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Nov 2007 Location: nw1/4 ne1/4 Section 11 Oddometer: 101	Odyssey I put an Odyssey in mine 3 years ago and have forgotten I have a battery. I have dropped mine off road from time to time, and had issues with the stock battery leaking on the frame. My bike once sat for 3 months after a wreck and the Odyssey fired it up instantly. It is NO maintenance, and thats worth the cost. To its credit, the stock one lasted 4 years. The install is no problem. It fits perfectly into the battery box sideways, as in the photos in other posts, and I didnt have to do anything but reroute some cables. Dont recall having to add any length to wires. Travis

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