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749 battery woes Battery is 18 months old, and although it holds a charge it isn’t delivering the amps to start the bike, its been tested and the verdict is it’s knackered. Now am I unlucky, is this normal, or have I knackered it by overcharging it while on trackdays with the headlight fuse pulled? I tried to keep an eye on the battery voltage, but to be honest its not really where I want my eye to be while on the track. |
Its normal I'm afraid.The gel batteries fitted to modern Ducati's just dont seem to last very long at all.I guess thats what they call progress!:mad: |
With lead acid batteries the manufacturer can engineer a limited life into it. I would think that they can do the same with gel batteries some how. |
My battery is 2 years old and I was informed during it's service the battery is leaking and needs replacing. |
Oh well, will just keep going with the optimate then. Cheers for the replies, seems I'm vindicated |
Many (including mine) 749 / 999 batteries seem to go down within the first 2 years ... Ducati will replace it under the 2 year warranty. |
Wonder if mine's gone. The optimate says it's ok, it appears to charge (14.1v whilst running) but after a 12 mile ride the other day didn't have enough in it to start, even the lo bat came up. Just seen this on ebay http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/sear...le=999+battery Which is the better/correct battery? one has BS at the end whilst the other has B4? Cheers |
I'm still on my original 2 year old 749S battery. It's always been on an optimate, which may have helped it? |
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