Time for a New YTX12 Battery

As a preventive maintenance, fellow bikers have advised me to have a spare YTX12 battery around as bike batteries, like car batteries, are good for 1 - 2 years and you wouldn't want to be caught with a flat or dying battery when you are out riding far from home. Indeed, the thought of pushing a 650 cc bike is not an appealing idea. There are, of course, cases of the original batteries lasting almost 5 years (as read from Ferno) but I think that those cases are the exception rather than the rule.

I checked with my mechanic on the battery change; and he informed me that some bikers change their battery on an annual basis for peace of mind. At least, the chances of having to push the bikes would be lower; plus if it was a car, you could always call for a toll-truck to jump-start the car, but if you jump-start a bike from a car, you may fry the ECU or electronics.

A replacement YTX12 battery would typically cost less than RM250, so it would seem like a small sum to pay for added peace of mind that your bike would always have enough juice to keep going along.

Time to install that new battery in my Green Hornet then.