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HI Wineciccio

I used to read into things a lot so here is my take on it a few years agao when I was into bmw motorcycles in a big big way they always used to suffer with battery failure.(stay with me we will get to the point). These particular bikes have power draw off points for radio sat nav shaver built in heaters and all manor of electrical gadgets . As a consequence battery failure was a big issue , then we all started using Gel batteries because they are able to go into regular state of total discharge and recover with trickle/normal charge at a guess that is probably what makes the batteries that you neigbour had so good. Mind you I am only guessing at that one so it,s worth investigating .I went through 4 batteries in 2.5 years went over to gel type and got 3 years from it with constant park up use of stereo 2 way radio shaver and kettle plus the battery would then still over a whopping 1100cc motor without any problem .

As I say that only my take on it and sometimes I do tend to think we all look into things and draw to many negative conclusions , and the only way we satisfy our thoughts or doubts is by trying the things out , Back to the 85a/h leisure battery there is a company on ebay at the moment selling them for £52.99 delivered with a 4 year guarantee that with postage next day delivery.

Let us all know how you get on but most of all enjoy the ITALIAN JOB.

DELBOY 

hope you don't mind me picking up on this thread, i've been looking into buying a new leisure battery and tried to find the differences, i looked at Wikepedia it's explainded the differences to me in pretty basic terms, from car batteries & deep-cycling batteries including the advantages of GEL batteries. Basically, buy a good quality one... you get what you pay for!

Good luck!

Andy

I dont think anyone minda vwilly thats what the forum is for isnt it .

I quite agree with what you say .

Delboy