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joeangi · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:14 pm Post subject: Panasonic or Odyssey?

Hello everyone, time to put a new battery in. I have done a little homework, and am down to the Panasonic or the Odyssey. Basically they are $82 and $115 respectively. Is the odyssey worth the extra $$? Bike will be ridden infrequently and is usually on a tender (it will have to share for now with the K100) Anyone have preferences?

Thanks,
Joe

owrstrich · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 2:58 pm Post subject:

i gotts the odyssey pc680...

it sat for 4 weeks untendered once and it firerd the bug right up...

i know some pashnits are using the motobatt...

they have 2 positive and 2 negative connections... makes it easier to hook up a bunch of electrical ch1t... no opinion here cause i aint gotts one... but i though i would throw it out to murky up the water...

Wink

http://www.pashnit.com/product/motobatt.html

j o
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Off the grid · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:02 pm Post subject:

I believe the panasonic is the biggest battery you can get for the K. So big that the existing tie down rods do not fit....you need to make your own.

That said, I have had it in mine for 2+ years with nary a hiccup.
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joeangi · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 4:15 pm Post subject:

yeah that Odyssey sure looks nice and small....and light, but it only says 16AH, so that it worries me.

Jim · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 8:21 pm Post subject:

RAL88 · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:25 pm Post subject:

I am going on 5 years with the Odysee no problems. I keep it on a battery tender when I'm not using it.
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Flying Duck · Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 2:36 am Post subject:

Allen had 7 years on his Odyssey whene he sold his K11. Still going strong.

I thought mine had died ater 4 years but it was misdiagnosis, I needed a bigger alternator when I went from 35W to 50W og lights. Embarassed

Beore I figured it out I bought the big Panasonic. I had some K75/K100 hold down bolts and those work fine.

The now 5-year old Odyssey will go into my next project K75.
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Scott_Anderson · Posted: Sun Jun 14, 2009 7:32 am Post subject:

Joe, I have a brand new Westco that I don't need now. If your interested send me a pm.
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owrstrich · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:07 am Post subject:

underscore...

i will take the battery if you still have it...

the tender junior red light was steady on which means its charging...

unplugged it and the red light started flashing...

turned the key on and not even enough poop to fire the fuel pump...

put the bmw 3a charger on all night...

turned the key on and the same... not even enough poop to fire the fuel pump...

the iowa winter must have taken its toll...

let me know... i can jeep it down there today to tomorrow...

thanks...

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Flying Duck · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 9:50 am Post subject:

If you have a 93 or earlier that takes a larger battery then there's an Odyssey that's bigger than the PC680 that will fit.

On the K75 I just bought the previous owner realized the battery was getting old and didn't want to send me out to ride back to Seattle with a battery that might not make it. He happens to be a battery distributor as a sideline and although he didn't have a PC680 on hand he did have a brand new PC925. The terminals are on opposite side and point forward, not up but other than that if fits pretty well.

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owrstrich · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:40 am Post subject:

its a 1996 k1100rs...

i pulled the battery and only gotts 2 volts...

its this p o s... says 7-27-07...

when i left last january i had the tender on and it had gone green so i know it was good then...

i got it on a 10amp car charger... just to see if it will take a charge with it... im thinking its just a p o s...

hoping underscore comes through for me again... im gonna owe that undernourished bastage a tenderloin...

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Scott_Anderson · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 11:52 am Post subject:

Johnny, pm sent.

It's yours. I'll put it on the charger to top it off for you.

Call me when your ready.
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SugarHillCTD · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:14 pm Post subject:

Bike Master?? Does Billy Mays sell those????
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owrstrich · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:32 pm Post subject:

ok heres the deal...

i put underscores westco on the tender and it almost immediately went to green...

i think this bikemaster and the westco are the exact same batteries... they look identical down to the last detail and the nomenclature on the back side is exactly the same... just a different sticker on the front...

anyway... put underscores westco in and hit the fire button and within 1/2 second the 6 month hibernating motobrick was roaring like a moe...

thanks underscore...

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Tim (Midland Section) · Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 7:04 pm Post subject:

I'm running a Westco, only had it a year. ABS2 likes it. In UK the Westco was cheaper than the Panasonic. Westco claims better CCA than a wet cell, but not the lofty 680 CCA of an Odyssey. As I tend to use my bike radio whilst in the garage, I felt biggest A/hours was best for me. Did find I had to modify the lugs (filed the edge down a bit) on the cables, as the bolt holes in the battery terminals were too close to the case.
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