Motorcycle Battery maintenance

[anmol_1990]

Well, i thought there should be a common thread for discussing all battery related discussions and maintenance queries.

now to start wid i would like to give few tips on maintaing the battery for long time.

> always fill the distilled water in ur battery every six months
> do not rely on service centre for this job[personal experience]
> just give 10-20 rs to battery shop and have water filled.
> make sure the battery terminals are coated with petroleum jelly/wax, as this would prevent battery terminal corrosion and self discharge rate.
> do not unnecessarily make ant power modification, if required then increase capacity of battery,
> use kick if ur bike have, if bike is left unused for over 1 week.

[Sunny]

UT approved

[hyper]

You don't have to go to any battery shop to top up the electrolyte level. Just get a bottle of distilled water from a petrol bunk and fill it up yourself using a big syringe or a small funnel.

Switch off lights (headlights, pilot lamps) before starting the engine.

Make sure that the bike runs for a reasonable amount of time between every button-start. Ride the bike for atleast 5kms every time you start it so that the battery has ample to recharge itself after a button-start.

[Thunder]

I Belive there are Maintenance Free batteries available in the market - where you do not need to Concern for Battery Draining......and to follow the Points mentioned by the Thread Starter.....

[anmol_1990]

there is no 7ah MF battery for zma... is there

[tanay]

Ok so I was getting my P200 serviced, the svc guy tells me to have my battery charged.

Now what does that mean? He says go to a shop and they will connect wires and charge the battery.

Point being, I'm using the bike for ~2 years and never had any problem. No mods done either. So won't the battery get charged while riding? I do very little night riding.

Anyone who can shed light on this oddity?

[Nio]

My question is whats the usual check up period for a maintenance free battery?

[jd666]

^^2 yrs or so

[anmol_1990]

^^^
i dont think so that maintenance free battery require maintenance except for external charging when it gets discharge due to long idle period........

[anmol_1990]

Ok so I was getting my P200 serviced, the svc guy tells me to have my battery charged.

Now what does that mean? He says go to a shop and they will connect wires and charge the battery.

Point being, I'm using the bike for ~2 years and never had any problem. No mods done either. So won't the battery get charged while riding? I do very little night riding.

Anyone who can shed light on this oddity?

since ur battery is 2 year old....it might be not producing the required voltage so it becomes necsessary to chrge battery on constant rate .... in our bike the rpm vary so the charging is not constant....

[mithun]

Check the electrolyte level every month and not every 6 months for non-maintenance free batteries. The frequency depends on the climate of the region.

[HydBiker]

there is no 7ah MF battery for zma... is there

Get the 9Ah one and that needs a little harder push into the compartment + some holder bending (or getting a elastic rubber holder) on the side. No need to damage anything there.

^^^
i dont think so that maintenance free battery require maintenance except for external charging when it gets discharge due to long idle period........

+1

[Nio]

i dont think so that maintenance free battery require maintenance except for external charging when it gets discharge due to long idle period........

thank you anmol.. I bought an exide MF cell 6 months ago and still going pretty well.. but the shop keeper told me then that eventhough its a maintenance free cell, I'll have to check it every 6 months and fill water.. I can't understand the point there.. If its said as a maintenance free battery then why there is a need for check up and how does it differ from other cells??

[chris_terror]

battery is dump

hi frnds......can ane1 suggest which battery do i go for as my bike's battery is kaput. (old p150)....sum1 did suggest amron in another thread but here in kolkata most of my frnds nd locals said to go for other brands....please help?

[HydBiker]

My R15 is 1 year 5 months old. Never check its battery for what ever. So many times I leave the bike untouched for 2-3 weeks. Once even for 5 weeks. It always started at the first push on the starter.

Even my Esteem has a 2004 made MF battery. I left the car unused for 6 weeks during november-december 2008 (winter) and it holds the charge great - car is carb model where it needs a few cranks for the fuel to flow in (if left idle for a few days) and start the engine - the battery had enough juice for all that. Ah, never touched that for maintenance either.