Fazer battery

£62 from H-G - I have to say I was shocked.

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jeremy
'02 Fazer 600 in blue
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Why? It's a bike which in IME usually = expensive.

 

There seems to be a wide range of prices for batteries, unfortunately
this is toward the top end.

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jeremy
'02 Fazer 600 in blue
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jeremy at hireserve dot com

 

Yours must be a funny size and shape. Your battery that is, of course,
ahem.

 

Jeremy emerged from their own little world to say

http://www.motorbikebatteries.co.uk/
£32 pattern
£63 OE Yuasa

Both sealed, gel type

What make is the H-G one?

 

"LANDPORT" sealed. If I'd realised I needed a new battery earlier, I'd
have shopped around but did need to get sorted before Thursday.

That'll teach me to procrastinate.


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jeremy
'02 Fazer 600 in blue
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jeremy at hireserve dot com

 

I paid not much more than half that for my Thundercat battery.
Sounds a bit on the pricey side to me
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Alex

Hermes: "We can't afford that! Especially not Zoidberg!"
Zoidberg: "They took away my credit cards!"

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Dr Zoidberg wrote

It is where HG make their money innit, the odds and sods.


I am of the opinion that they are the place to shop for clothing but
Soper's are still going to be the ones selling me plugs, oil and
anodised nuts and bolts.

 

Including VAT, a bargain I say.

I had to order a battery for the K75S from motobins a couple of weeks
ago [1][2] £47, add the post at £6.00 and the acid from a local factors
at £3 and the hassle of taking the battery to the local factors etc.

[1] Hein Gericke only had the GS battery which didn't fit.
[2] No point in having an optimate on the bike if you don't check the
fluid level. Buckled plate in one cell :-(

 

Jeremy says...

Fucking pricey for a Landport. You can get a Yuasa or a Varta for that
much if you look around. HG are obviously dropping their standards in
order to make a fast buck.

 

Donald emerged from their own little world to say

Why didn't you get a sealed MF one? No faffing about with acid.

 

The battery on Elly's ZX-9R went phut last week. I strolled into my
local Proper Car Parts Shop (the one with the ceiling festtoned with
head gasket sets, wiper blades and assorted gubbins) and picked up a
dry-charged battery with acid pack. £17.99 on the box, fifteen to me.
OK, it's a POS but it does the biz, has a two-year warranty and got me
out of a hole - for 15 quid.

 

The battery is quite car like at 30Ah 300A EN starting current. Couldn't
see anything in gel or sealed with similar characteristics. Besides I'd
just paid out for a new rear master cylinder too. All on a bike I
haven't ridden for two years. Time to MOT and sell I think.

 

With all of these things there's the "quick I need it now" price, the
average normal price (which I think this comes under) and the hunt and
find bargain price. You occasionally get the "stumble on a bargain at
the right time" price too.

With most "not very often but critical" things like the battery I would
be happy if I got the average normal price.