Gary,
There are always tradeoffs ;-)
For one thing, this is a heavy-duty battery, and they are not cheap.
About $140 as I recall. These things have a two-year full replacement
warranty, and after that you're on your own, unlike the 7 year or
whatever pro-rated warranty you normally get on a car battery. And the
truth is, I don't use my Roadster as a daily driver. I drive it two or
three times a week, but I don't start it 10 times a day. So maybe this
type of battery would not hold up under heavy daily use. As I said,
though, mine has worked fine for about two years, including some
day-long road trips. The warranty is probably up by now, so I guess I
ought to look out ;-)
Barrie
'66 2000
San Diego
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Gary McCormick wrote:
>
> Based on what Barrie says here, my next question is – Why the heck do we
>need those big
> batteries that normally take up so much room in the engine compartment? If
>all you need is a
> little cranking power to start 'er up and a bit of current to generate a
>field in the
> alternator, it sounds like Barrie's motorcycle battery installation is a
>helluva good idea. Is
> there something I'm missing? (entirely possible – I'm not a sparky-type
>guy...)
>
> Gary McCormick
> '70 2000
> San Jose, CA
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