Funnily that's the same battery ive just fitted to my 2007. It was a direct fit
Trust me I am a retired Doctor and lecturer at Oxford University of Structural and Mechanical/Electrical engineering. "Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light". Groucho Marx
This doesn't add much to the discussion but wanted to chime in anyway....
This past summer I was touring the Rockie Mountains and my OEM battery decided to give up after a cold night. Came out in the morning and nothing when I hit the starter, not even a solenoid click. I finally got a jump (gee thanks AMA, for no help). The nearest battery was a Yamaha dealer 120 miles away. It was a bit tense as I had to ride the bike over a mountain pass with little traffic and no services close. I was not sure if the engine stopped for any reason that it would restart. Can you even bump start these bikes anymore?
Long story short, I got to the Yammie dealer to find out the battery was a yuasa wet cell. They had to put acid in and charge it before I could install it. I did the install since they would have charged me at least an hours labor at pretty high rate. That was fine as I did the swap in about 15 minutes and the RT started right up and has been doing fine since.
I'm torn as to whether I should replace the yuasa, or just leave it in as it's been starting and charging fine. With snow on the ground here, I'm unable to ride for a week or more at a time and keep the battery on a tender and it's been fine. I now carry a jump starter with me all the time as I'm not confident the bike won't strand me again.
Never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.
Grumpy wrote:I'm torn as to whether I should replace the Yuasa, or just leave it in as it's been starting and charging fine.
Yuasa batteries are usually pretty reliable. One drawback with a wet flooded battery is obviously checking the electrolyte level. Plus, where is the breather pipe routed to on a bike which would normally have a gel sealed battery. Then, there is the risk of spillage/leakage of battery acid.
I've got a Yuasa wet flooded battery on my Yamaha Xj650. The next new one is likely to be an AGM version.
