1974 CB450 - maintenance, repair, and upgrade log

[EzPete]

Sounds like an aging battery that dropped too low and capacity is kaput - I swear these motorcycle batteries are fragile in that regard.

 

[stl360+450]

Sounds like an aging battery that dropped too low and capacity is kaput - I swear these motorcycle batteries are fragile in that regard.

I hope that's all it is. The fact that this brand seems to have vanished from the face of the Earth has me worried about the other two I'm relying on.

 

[RobMan]

My experience is mostly with wet lead acid batteries but if I got 4 years out of one I was very pleased. Most of them usually failed after 2 or 3 years.

 

[stl360+450]

My experience is mostly with wet lead acid batteries but if I got 4 years out of one I was very pleased. Most of them usually failed after 2 or 3 years.

I keep pretty good records and before I looked up the purchase date I was *thinking* it was two or three years old. It's going on five and it went through a very harsh winter this year, so I guess I can't complain. Time flies.

I ordered a Motobatt replacement and look forward to favoring this bike for a little while to make up for lost time.