# excessive cranking then dead battery **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excessive-cranking-then-dead-battery/255769 **Category:** Shift518 Automotive **Created:** [November 28, 2010, 11:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excessive-cranking-then-dead-battery/255769 "2010-11-28T11:09:31Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 13
### Author: ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr) #### Post date: [November 28, 2010, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excessive-cranking-then-dead-battery/255769/13 "2010-11-28T12:59:40Z")
> [@Nyspeed Pipe Smokers...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/nyspeed-pipe-smokers/22036/22): > > Napa was the only place that had the right one in stock when I needed it to go riding the next day last year. > > It had some offbrand Asian battery in it when I bought it and that battery wouldnt hold a charge anymore, probably due to age. Trickle it and test it. Most retail batteries are all made by the same parent company, Walmart, Autozone, Advance and if I had to guess Napa as well. Same parent company that owns Optima and IIRC interstate. There are only 3 or 4 manufacturers of batteries, sold off and relabeled. So don’t worry about the brand too much. Wet cell batteries typically suck as far as longevity goes, a few years is all you’re getting out of them and the warranty is typically no longer then a year. If your style battery is in the upper tier of pricing ($60+) opt out for a sealed type. More CCA’s and will last longer, but they are typically around $80. My SV still has the original battery, never trickle charged, disconnected or cared for… it’s an 03 bike. My Gsxr has the same brand - '05 and its just fine. You can bet that if I had to get another one, I’d go with a sealed one. Edit: > [@What do you guys do to fall asleep?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-do-you-guys-do-to-fall-asleep/37520/62): > > if it was a yuasa battery it was stock , thats a damn good battery You posted this after I typed the reply. That’s the brand that my bikes have iirc. Definitely solid battery. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/excessive-cranking-then-dead-battery/255769)._