Winter Battery Woes...

[Freightbusters]

Check

Who is all getting a checK??

 

[Pig9r]

Nobody if the senate porks the bill to death.

 

[Freightbusters]

Ride in the cold??

You are pushing big pistons in big bores with stiff oil and low compression. Get yourself a Hawker Oddesy and forget the Chinese economy util you get your gummit rebate check in June. Then go to WallyWorld and support the Chinese trade deficit. Make sure all your connections are clean and free from corrosion and the terminals on the starter are tight, especially the top, booted one. Take the boot off and check it closely.

I have a feeling your Yuhasa's just fine. You need to load test it with a carbon pile tester. Check the drawdown amps. Just because a battery is slow to crank don't mean the battery is shot. Idle batteries will discharge over time.

How cold do you ride in?/

 

[bkrbil]

We ride year round, regardless of temps. As long as the roads are clear and ice free, we're out every weekend. (That's why Gerbings makes heated clothing).

http://www.polarbeargrandtour.com/

 

[tdragger]

I ride to work everyday that the roads are clear and the forecast is good. Of course, if my battery will start E-III. Coldest so far has been about 25 deg. I only have to ride about 3 miles to work so the khakis are just about frozen solid when I get there.

I have one of those neopreme (sp?) masks with the tiger face and fangs printed on it. It goes well with my flames helmet and red-bug-eye goggles. I get a kick out of sitting at lights and watching the kids in the passing cars point at me with their mouths wide open.

Raining this morning so it's the gas-hog Tahoe this time.

 

[Sidecar Flip]

You are all paying a price to live up North.

Lets see....we have water, no hurricanes, no bugs bigger than we are and no Kubans.

 

[HeR3tic]

Lets see....we have water, no hurricanes, no bugs bigger than we are and no Kubans.

I have to admit: Mitchygan is one of the very few states I've not set foot in. But if your neck of the woods has anywhere the species and quantity of mosquitoes as Alaska, Minisoda, Savannah GA or Poowheretoe Rica then I've been there. Actually Alaskas mosquite pop. is dwarfed by white sock and no-seeums. I'd prefer bugs the size that I can shoot! Savannah GA has 38 varieties, one of which lives through winter in sub-freezing temperatures. Deer hunting in a cloud of 'em is a bit distracting

 

[boogerdave]

You can shoot at skeeters in Minnesota . . . been there