How to Change a Motorcycle Battery

[@RevZilla]

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[@donniebaker5984]

Now would be a good time to replace the battery cables with the proper size cable for the load it's intended for as no motorcycle no car nothing that has to do with anything that uses the battery to start a engine except maybe airplanes in both nothing else has battery cables large enough to carry the load and most of the time is the cause of a fire on your motorcycle when the cables melt from trying to start it push in fact short is the life of your battery and shortens the life of your starter so maybe I should keep my mouth shut as I would be causing the aftermarket tell his money on selling starters cuz that's what sells them when you when you put battery cables on your bike that are too small sells a lot of starters and batteries that way and motorcycles when they catch on fire m... But I thought you might be interested since you offer and sell and keep in stock the next size larger battery cables for all motorcycles which is all you need to add extended life to the battery and the starter as they will no longer take the heat as they fry with tails too small like Harley I used to have that I was so excited to take it home to show my mom and dad after I got there ate dinner went back to the shop and before I went back I started up the bike and the entire side of the battery blew out and sprayed a****** my brand new jeans and with my mind being as sharp as a tack I grabbed the water hose at mom had just where are the flowers on the front porch with and sprayed the caramel down on the bike which was only the drag price everything else is blacked out anyway let's bring that whole side of the bike down to get that acid off off the paint just in case the entire battery full of acid everywhere due to the fact that nobody else seems to understand that when you have a battery cable just one size under the amperage load everything gets instantly hot enough to melt when you hit that button and why today that's Forster drags like a dead battery brand new because the battery cables are one size too small and how I know that is from studying ohm's law for 10 years as an international brotherhood electrician and because all copper wires are rated by the URL system that states exactly what gauge copper wire will work safely and it's given rated amperage and all you got to do is throw an induction battery amperage tester on one of the cables when you hit the starter button and if it's more than once the cable is rated for chances are it's more than once the cable is ready for which means that there's a chance that the next time he hits a button it'll blow the top of the battery sideways on you like to give me Pandora and we'll eat at the starter much faster than it's supposed to and destroy a new battery much quicker than it's supposed to just because it was two little cables are too small for one simple itty bitty tiny reason called voltage drop damn that's all that for did you and when you have voltage drop that starter is still going to draw the same amount of amps and it takes to turn it whether it's locked up dead short whatever still going to take the same amount of hands and that causes the voltage drop and when the voltage drops on the wiring goes way to hell higher did the whinings and the starter motor and it didn't take much to melt that epoxy separating the coils on the armatures and the same goes inside of the battery whether it's lead acid whether it's lithium ion when it gets hit with cranking ants way higher this is designed for it the lead place mountain tea well forget about it boys cuz Google has taken over my phone again and changing my words faster than I can say them and then it'll change them again before I post this anyway so it completely discredits everything I said as Elon Musk was right AI is dangerous because it takes me well beyond anger management is right now I'm thinking of murder

[@garrettriddle6158]

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[@yummyzerg]

This channel is a godsend, thank you.

[@GT6SuzukaTimeTrials]

Yuasa GYZ is the way to go although my YTZ is going on 4 years strong! Never tendered it during storage either. No short trips = long life

[@timm1583]

on my bike step one is taking a half hour of tupperware off lol

[@donniebaker5984]

Let me guess it must be a goldwing and you have to strip those down in the bareframe to do anything whereas fort likes a few do have panels that can be single doubt and removed by themselves to get to things like a battery cable but on a gold ring if you have to replace the alternator that charges the battery now you'll have to replace and remove the entire engine to replace the alternator and of course all day too remove all the body panels so you can polish your carburetors sounds like a bike that everybody should have to by law on and suffer at least on for a year at a time with every system that can go wrong and go wings that does go wrong and I don't feel one bit sorry for any gold ring technicians at all as I spent 8 years doing that crap and can't understand why I did it today

[@CajunGreenMan]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Motobatt batteries. They are designed to be universal, with battery posts on all four sides, and adapters for connectors on the top or the side depending on the bike. Also, you can connect the main circuit leads to one set of posts, and then run ALL the auxiliary devices off the other set, so that you aren't risking the main circuit that powers the bike when you connect yet another set of gadgets to it. Good video, keep up the great work!

[@Jason.cbr1000rr]

Hey with those mottobatt agm mbtz10s one for my r6, do you have to charge it before installing it or can you just install in and go for a ride straight away. I had bought one cos the previous was dead for a while and I just installed it, didn't go for a ride just left it on idle and gave it some revs for 2 minutes. Two days later when I wanted to go for a ride the battery was basically dead. Now I've ordered another one and bought a charger along with it. I think I should had gone for a 30 min ride straight away after installation to keep the charge and discharge properly. What do you think? Thanks.

[@dlgtx3631]

I needed the shim idea to get the nut on the screw. ugh. Thanks for making this.

[@vapiddragon6789]

Just orderd a new battery for my lexe michigan e4 thanks for the help on the vid😁

[@BBart-bv1kd]

If it wasn’t done before the battery install, after, also a good time to throw a voltmeter on it while running to make sure the charging system is doing its job.

[@rc2634]

thanks for the tip about holding the nut in place in the battery terminal!

[@tigearnanbreen9308]

Thx Joe ... very informative... appreciate you not talking down to "relative newbies". Wouldn't mind seeing you rate brand names (ie Yuasa, Battery Mart, Die Hard, etc)

[@erickrodriguez1977]

Thank you sir This video really help and well explained

[@seth_iwant_toride]

Love your content Joe! Very much appreciate your no nonsense view and take on things🔥🤘

[@philspaces7213]

Great vid. I didnt need to know how to do this, but I’ll watch to support. Letsee you take off the hat... show us your covid haircut!!!

[@Clonewars56]

I just bought a Ducati, this might come in handy at some point....

[@jothain]

One dirty trick for that battery nut holding is to walk outside. Pick some small but fresh twig and use it as a spring. Works actually pretty well if you don't happen to have anything else in hand. Smokers can also use cigarette filter which also works really well.

[@GuitarGuy650]

Something about wood and a battery that could overheat seems off to me...

[@A6Legit]

I bought a brand new battery near the end of last season, it was on a battery tender in the garage all winter and now it won't hold a charge. Any idea what's going wrong? I have a power commander and LED strips wired to the battery, and USB/volt meter on the quick connect. Only the light on the volt meter is clearly using energy, but none of this was a problem on my old battery.

[@John_Ridley]

Leaving a battery on a cheap tender all winter can be bad for them. Unless the tender already has this function, I think it's better to put the tender on for only a day every month.

[@A6Legit]

@@mynameisname77 No it was running all winter as far as I know. Thanks for the reply

[@A6Legit]

@@John_Ridley Its the Battery Tender Plus, not a cheap one. It has the built in function where it stops once its charged and kicks on when needed. I think in the future I'll just disconnect my battery and bring it inside because theres no reason I should have this issue. Thanks for the reply

[@annekerr2150]

Say the garage is cold and wet with no plugs. Could I take the battery out and bring it inside to charge?

[@nicolasvieras7627]

What kind of battery do you recommend for an 05 Honda Shadow?

[@jeffreyhurst9552]

Why do we have to have shims? Why don’t they supply longer bolts?

[@SD-ir1vf]

If you arc a battery when it’s on your bike what systems can you burn out.

[@kristopherlopez2763]

What height shocks are those on the sportster

[@mikemike912001]

Just changed my battery went to start it up. The lights started to flicker km assuming I need to charge the new battery.

[@MrKromy67]

Thanks JS!

[@charleshendrix232]

Joe i need help! I overcharged a battery. The bastard swole up and I can’t get it out. What would you do?

[@olironrider8918]

Useful info.. 👍👍

[@bikkens]

Awesome video thankyou.

[@VX-it7zh]

I accidentally screwed away the positive first, is that bad? Can I get problems with my bike now?

[@bobbyGnOly]

Awesome and thanks.

[@sawgunner85]

Another shim idea would be a cigarette butt😂😂😂

[@Sn0wyriot]

Should do it on a sport bike

[@dawitfikadu5751]

Good content 👌

[@MrDan97]

Do it on a ducati, whole different video 😂

[@Adrenalean767]

Naa

[@fallinginthed33p]

Disassemble the engine first.

[@mysteryandmeaning297]

If put battery in backwards it will not stsrt and blow the fuse

[@tomquinn607]

Just use a Tender always.

[@allans7281]

Great video! I have a few injected Genuine G 400c I thought I read somewhere that you have to reset the fuel injection or reset something when you take out the battery. Have you ever heard of that? ( same fuel inj system as harley)

[@allans7281]

Great video! When u remove a battery on a fuel ejected bike, do u have to do anything special in terms of re-programming the EFI in anyway?

[@chrisredfield3240]

Find a flat surface! I think if I find all the surfaces sloping I'm probably on the roof

[@pikeeve4282]

I discovered how to do it by myself by the time this video has finished

[@doriangray2020]

Yeah, well Vespas are rather easy. 😂

[@ronb1250]

I use a zip tie for that

[@ガブリエル17]

Hey man, I was wondering if you need a memory saver for changing the battery on a motorcycle.

[@GuitarGuy650]

For what? Your seat control memory? 😅

[@sarahcarcamo6103]

Gracias senor

[@jeffreyalford3548]

It’s like you know. My replacement battery showed up today.

[@Huna98]

Or...another reason is leaving the ignition on overnight...again...

[@alwinbenjamin]

👏🏻👏🏻

[@linuxxxunil]

And won’t take a charge

[@bign1667]

Shit i was disconecting and connecting the battery the other way around ....fuck

[@chrisloesch1870]

When taking out a battery always remove the ground or negative cable first. If you remove the positive first the battery and bike are still grounded and this can short out your electricals and shock you as well. When installing do the reverse. Positive first then negative, same thing with car batteries. Believe me you will only mess this up once if you short it out.

[@bign1667]

@@chrisloesch1870 thank you

[@Adrenalean767]

You could have explained this in one minute.

[@carlosavalos7145]

If you watching this u don’t need to be riding .

[@rrm80916]

What's next? How to put gas in the tank?

[@vjmrtnz17]

you're rude😏

[@chrisredfield3240]

If you can't remember the last time you put gas in your tank. Maybe it's time

[@keithnguyen1997]

You don't have to gatekeep. some people are actually new to the motorcycle community. and like me, I find it refreshing to remember tips and tricks.

[@rrm80916]

Ya, my bad, that was rude, I love Revzilla, any content is good content from them

[@jadedparadise19]

I assume you weren't born knowing only how to cry and change a battery. Therefore at some point in your life, someone taught you how to change a battery. Why you jumping on them for doing the same?

[@robertboggs8142]

You have to be pretty stupid to have to watch a KZbin video to change a motorcycle battery.

[@UnorthodoxStance]

Great video. Thanks.