# batteries **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [April 12, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batteries/266765 "2013-04-12T11:19:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ds50r](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ds50r/32/3491_2.png) [@ds50r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ds50r)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batteries/266765/1 "2013-04-12T11:19:46Z")
omfg expensive! whats with the price of batteries these days its just plastic lead and acid wtf! i had 3 dead batteries i couldnt bring back to life and had to buy a new one for 85$ ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 11:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batteries/266765/2 "2013-04-12T11:22:09Z")
I paid $110 for the one in my truck at Metro Ford. It was a better deal than the parts stores with the warranty it has. I remember a battery being $50 or less but they’re double that now ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batteries/266765/3 "2013-04-12T11:25:50Z")
next winter you will probably invest in 3 cheap tenders wont ya! lol ---
**Author:** ![usmc2801](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/usmc2801/32/6387_2.png) [@usmc2801](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/usmc2801)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 11:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batteries/266765/4 "2013-04-12T11:25:54Z")
Most likely you’re now paying for the lack of proper disposal of lead batteries in the past. And technology changes, batteries last longer. I know I paid $65 for a battery for the wife’s old Honda Shadow. And that wasn’t a maintenance free battery. ---
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batteries/266765/5 "2013-04-12T11:29:08Z")
I’ve got a gel battery in my quad that I bought at Ronnie’s that made it thru the winter despite being stored outside. I think it was $75. ---
**Author:** ![ds50r](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ds50r/32/3491_2.png) [@ds50r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ds50r)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batteries/266765/6 "2013-04-12T11:57:58Z")
ah shit i forgot to call ronnies! damn it ---
**Author:** ![HiSpeed48](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/hispeed48/32/6688_2.png) [@HiSpeed48](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HiSpeed48)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batteries/266765/7 "2013-04-12T12:11:16Z")
Jeez that’s cheap. I paid like $140 for a battery for my R6 a couple years ago from Cycle Gear. Then I rode the bike for 2 days before I messed up the transmission and sold it lol ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/batteries/266765/8 "2013-04-12T13:12:19Z")
Should be around $65~$75. The race battery I just got cost $150 but it really is not for street use. I have one $20 tender for 3 batteries and I took them all out and store them indoors during winter, everyone of them still works perfect.