Friggin' Varta Battery!

We were riding yesterday, the G-Town Squid Squad was in full force with a beautiful 102°F day and awesome roads. I was running the Husky at a steady 80-85 mph and it was rocking along. The boys were having fun. At about 180 miles of riding, the battery in the Husky gave up. I was on a brand new pavement chip and seal road that probably was a million degrees hotter than everything else. Anyway as we came into and out of this s-turn into an uphill, the thing bogged-started-bogged again. So I coasted under a shade tree. I messed with the battery leads a few times and it would try to come back, but it acted like it dropped a cell. So, it has been hard starting since I bought it, so I wondered if the "Varta" battery has slowly degraded since I bought the bike.

Well to my surprise, the thing is busted open and has been for a while, apparently. There is absolutely no mess anywhere on the bike, or the outside of the battery, beyond what is shown. But the + terminal is almost unhooked and it has a dead cell (10.62 VDC) so I will try to pick one up today if Cyclegear has one in stock. If not, the local Kaw-Suzuk dealer will hook me up.

So shout out to Tye, and Dana who helped me get her loaded and back to the house. What a great ride it was yesterday. Woo Hoo!

Forgive the quality, cell phone pictures