04-13-2020, 05:45 AM
(04-13-2020, 04:28 AM)max_imp Wrote: Thanks for your help gentlemen, that is precisely what i was looking for.
They must have changed the datestamp order some time ago and that was the reason i could not make sense out of the new way it is used.
Up to a month ago this battery started the bike without hesitation, three days ago i started it for a 10 second quick run and today it was not able to start the engine and i had to jump start the bike with another battery which fired it up again.
After a 10 min ride it started the ( warm ) bike instantly after which i connected the discharger to it and from 12.8 v. down to 12.0 v. it measured 2.6 Ahrs, and would have kept going down until the 5 Ah were discharged but i stopped it and charged it back up.
So on the 24 th of this month it celebrates it's tenth birthday as a functioning battery in the same bike
New price for a replacement is $542 nz and a lithium motobatt equivalent ( mplx9u-hp ) is $250 nz. hmmm...
Thanks for all your help to clear this mystery up for me!
Wow! If I got 10 years with the same battery, I'd go with OEM again, but $542 NZ translates currently to $330 US, pretty high. US suggested retail is $188, and they are found online at Honda dealers as low as $144 US.
I also looked on eBay Australia and they have factory activated and charged OEM quality ones for as low as $261 US.