muchoguzto
Just got it firing!
- Joined
- Jun 23, 2011
- Messages
- 7
Ok , I first noticed this issue a few years back when looking for a replacement battery- 13AH/ 230 CCA & fitting dimensions. Then I ordered something off the internet never thinking to check the polarity. Of course that tells you I was very disappointed when I realized the positive was now on the right, the opposite of the factory supplied unit and subsequent replacements. I sent it back and couldn't find anything suitable with the correct polarity. I went to a local battery wholesaler/retailer warehouse and told the desk clerk my problem. He came up with one not quite up to specs, but at least I didn't have to rewire my positive/negative wiring and it cost around $65.
That battery, amazingly, lasted 6-7 years! I couldn't locate my battery warehouse and don't know if still in biz or not. So I ordered from the net and of course it too had the poles reversed, and then died about 18 mos later from collapsed cells when on a weekend rally. Luckily I found a restoration shop, Hall's Custom Vintage in Asheville, where the bike died. BTW, this is a magnificent shop, with a lot of really beautiful old restored Brit bikes & as well as Euro, Japanese, and Harley. If you get even close to Asheville, check Hall's out. Only the battery he had wasn't really up to snuff, but would go for a few months. It's time is nigh, and can tell I need to replace it.
I've spent the last couple days trying to find the right battery with the left positive post, but no luck Sherlock! I know i'm not nuts, because it was a real pain in the ass trying to get that previous right hand positive post connected. Fortunately, I had a knowledgeable friend there to help and it took us forever to figure out how to stretch the wires without pulling them loose and keeping them from being crimped between the seat and frame.
How has this misinformation gotten around to all the suppliers' specifications? It's as though there's some manufacturer in China (or YUASA in PA) that had some duffus mistranslate the original specs, and these guys have the manufacturing for 3 or 4 labels of batteries, so now it is taken as gospel! When I call or email the suppliers, they act like I'm crazy, saying "if we see it in writing from our wholesaler or mfr, then it has to be accurate."
Am I nuts? Or did someone, a mechanic, surreptitiously and clearly unknown to me, switch out my wiring harness?
What gives guys?
That battery, amazingly, lasted 6-7 years! I couldn't locate my battery warehouse and don't know if still in biz or not. So I ordered from the net and of course it too had the poles reversed, and then died about 18 mos later from collapsed cells when on a weekend rally. Luckily I found a restoration shop, Hall's Custom Vintage in Asheville, where the bike died. BTW, this is a magnificent shop, with a lot of really beautiful old restored Brit bikes & as well as Euro, Japanese, and Harley. If you get even close to Asheville, check Hall's out. Only the battery he had wasn't really up to snuff, but would go for a few months. It's time is nigh, and can tell I need to replace it.
I've spent the last couple days trying to find the right battery with the left positive post, but no luck Sherlock! I know i'm not nuts, because it was a real pain in the ass trying to get that previous right hand positive post connected. Fortunately, I had a knowledgeable friend there to help and it took us forever to figure out how to stretch the wires without pulling them loose and keeping them from being crimped between the seat and frame.
How has this misinformation gotten around to all the suppliers' specifications? It's as though there's some manufacturer in China (or YUASA in PA) that had some duffus mistranslate the original specs, and these guys have the manufacturing for 3 or 4 labels of batteries, so now it is taken as gospel! When I call or email the suppliers, they act like I'm crazy, saying "if we see it in writing from our wholesaler or mfr, then it has to be accurate."
Am I nuts? Or did someone, a mechanic, surreptitiously and clearly unknown to me, switch out my wiring harness?
What gives guys?