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Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: New Hampshire
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Battery?
I’ve noticed my 2011 KLR cranks kind of slow. It starts easy enough, but I wonder if that’s normal?
Would a better battery allow it to crank faster? Most batteries I’ve seen listed have 220 CCA’s
What do you guys use in your KLR’s?
Would a better battery allow it to crank faster? Most batteries I’ve seen listed have 220 CCA’s
What do you guys use in your KLR’s?
Ageing Gracefully
2017 Yamaha XT250
1990 Honda NX250 (Green/White)
2011 Kawasaki KLR 650 (Orange & White )
My KLR Page..http://www.powers31.info/2011_KLR650.htm
Mod's to KLR:
Power socket, L.E.D. Battery Indicator, Camera bag holder
Custom Saddlebag frames .
Louder horns, Firstgear Onyx tail bag.
Custom Aluminum Skid Plate.
Cut down seat with Custom pad.
Go Pro Camera mount.
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OverDrive
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: NW MO
Posts: 5,452
I just use an off-the-rack Wal-Mart special. Mine cranks fast. Lead-acid batteries are weird and temperamental, though. You can take the best care of them, but they can still degrade or suddenly just quickly fail. I don't ride under extreme conditions and a failure wouldn't be extremely inconvenient for me, so I stick with the "generic" batteries.
Threadjacker
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Benicia, CA
Posts: 6,750
I got a 'big crank' in there now. Bike starts better than it ever did with an electrolyte battery. And I've only changed it once...that first time. That was 4 years or so ago. I think?
Anyway, I will never have anything except a 'solid state' battery again. I've spent WAY too much time in my life trying to drip distilled water into a dirty battery with a lantern on the other side so I can see the 'line'.
Anyway, I will never have anything except a 'solid state' battery again. I've spent WAY too much time in my life trying to drip distilled water into a dirty battery with a lantern on the other side so I can see the 'line'.
"In a car you're always in a compartment, and because you're used to it you don't realize that through that car window everything you see is just more TV." R. Pirsig
PPMC #1.
Soon, we ride.
AKA JD Mader or you can call me "Dan" just not early for dinner.
Click my handle for a link to my homepage/blog...which has nothing to do with MCs. Free literature and music! Viva La Revolucion!
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2008 KLR 650
RIP DM - Soon, we ride.
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Threadjacker
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Benicia, CA
Posts: 6,750
"In a car you're always in a compartment, and because you're used to it you don't realize that through that car window everything you see is just more TV." R. Pirsig
PPMC #1.
Soon, we ride.
AKA JD Mader or you can call me "Dan" just not early for dinner.
Click my handle for a link to my homepage/blog...which has nothing to do with MCs. Free literature and music! Viva La Revolucion!
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2008 KLR 650
RIP DM - Soon, we ride.
Neutral
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 3
I noticed that on my 2011 over the winter and bought a battery tender and it cranks so much fast like when it was new.
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