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ralphski
5 years ago

my battery is on it's last legs.
holds ok charge, but when it cranks over drops to about 5.5 volts.
which barely cranks over my CVO Springer.
got about 5 years out of the HD 65989-97C.
thinking of maybe a SSB PowerSport RTX20L-BS.
both have 1 year warranty, HD about 315 CCA, SSB about 400 CCA.
price....HD $200, SSB $135
thoughts, pro's con's ????

paulybronco
5 years ago

Pay the money and get a Gen HD battery! Would NEVER get a non gen HD battery again

paulybronco
5 years ago

Quote source removed.
Why is it shitting on your tender...

Krash Kinkade
5 years ago

I've always used genuine HD AGM, but have seen a few people be let down by them in past few years. a good friend, went from Genuine HD to that same SSB you quoted and no problems 1.5 year on. have seen others give the SSB a good rap too.

ralphski
5 years ago

bought a SSB RTX20L-BS, $ 88
time will tell.
normally buy HD batteries, did buy a DEKA for the Night Rod.
it only lasted about 2 years, wasn't fckn happy.

steelo
5 years ago

That’s one year longer than it’s warranty r.

Retroman
5 years ago

Have tried DEKA's over the years , seemed OK.
Trouble is the genuine HD batteries ( made by DEKA anyways !) work out cheaper from the HD dealer , strange but true !
Have had mates try Odyssey and other "exotics" over the years and always they come back to "genuine".
With battery Fighter junior tenders I have had "Genuine" batteries last 7 years on a few occasions before now.
Will be interesting to see how these "$88" SSB batteries pan out

perthhog
5 years ago

Been a fan off ssb battery’s for a few years now more cca than a HD Oem one shit
All over deka gray shit I’ll never buy one of them again and as I’ve said in
The past if you remove the stickers off the ssb you would swear it’s a HD one
Look exactly like each other ot than the HD one has the bar n shield molded
In the case Ive only ever used the gel Matt type hvt1 I think which is 420cca
No one can tell you what the HD ones are exactly but there apparently around
315cca and as hilly said bugged if I would ever use a wet type battery in
A harley with a oil tank heat spewing acid all over chrome and paint destroys
It in no time even with a vent hose going unde4 the Bike if can afford to do
Engine upgrades don’t be a tight arse on a cheaper battery that’s my 2c
Ssb 1st than Oem HD 2nd in my bikes. Deka gray door stop lol

speedzter
5 years ago

I will be trying an SSB next time (HVT-1 $120 delivered ).
I usually get 2 years out of the HD replacement battery, but they struggle before then.
Not as good as they once were.
When are these high tech Lithium's gong to be sorted out for reliability , and sell for a decent price ?

newschool
5 years ago

I use SSB Drycell (V-SPEC) in my 110CI. Due to frame mods with lowered seat height I need the VTX15L-BS (175L x 87W x 130mm High) which specifies 340CCA. Even after 2 weeks cold soak in VIC winter it still cranks strong.

ralphski
5 years ago

surprise fckn surprise....
fully charged the battery then fitted to bike.
after 2 days turned on the ignition, lights were low, tried to crank the bike.
nothing.
put the meter on, 12.5, but turn on the ignition drops to 9.5.

speedzter
5 years ago

Some use cylindrical cells.

Ratbob
5 years ago

Quoting ralphski on 14 Sep 2018 04:19 AM
surprise fckn surprise....
fully charged the battery then fitted to bike.
after 2 days turned on the ignition, lights were low, tried to crank the bike.
nothing.
put the meter on, 12.5, but turn on the ignition drops to 9.5.

I don’t know anything about SSB batts or batts in general really but given your experience I’m wondering what type of charger you used. I killed a friends batt after he lent me his BMW GS by using an old fashioned manual charger, bought a new one and was told to use a Cteck or other smart charger on the AGM setting or it will cook the cells.

ralphski
5 years ago

bought a SSB DRY CELL BIKE BATTERY HVT1 450CCA
seems to do the job no worries

Vic
5 years ago

Quoting ralphski on 14 Oct 2018 08:56 AM
bought a SSB DRY CELL BIKE BATTERY HVT1 450CCA
seems to do the job no worries

Good to hear, was just checking out batteries for my springer which has the rtx20l-bs in it at the moment.
But the htv1 looks to be the better option.

speedzter
5 years ago

Fitted the HVT-1 SSB a few weeks back.
Spins the 120 over OK with both ACR's engaged, as it should.
Time will tell I guess.
The old Genuine battery was 3 years old, and would probably still be ok for a stock motor.
Interesting thing, the new SSB holds a resting voltage over 13v.

98fxstc
5 years ago

I got the HVT-1 midweek
Did a bit of reading up on it and it reads pretty good.
Impressed so far

speedzter
5 years ago

Hilly, 13.7 volts is around the correct float charging voltage for standby use.
Below is a chart for the batteries state of charge after resting for at least an hour ( all depends on Battery chemistry of course )

ralphski
4 years ago

SSB Ultra Performance 12V 450CCA HVT-1 HD
well after about 15 months the battery is fckd.
full charge 12.9, ignition on 12.3, cranking 5.2
and i thought it was a 2 year warranty, fck

HD or buy another SSB HVT-1 ?

Retroman
4 years ago

Sorry to hear that mate BUT seen it all before..
I work on Harleys a fair bit and will only fit a Genuine HD battery for myself ( OR OTHERS) now !
Trouble is the nearest Genuine HD dealership is now over 40K's from me since Frasers left town FFsake...
Even my electronics tech riding mate has given Odyssey the flick and is now a "Genuine HD" convert again haha..

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