Quick battery question

denny 606 · 06-19-2020, 01:13 PM

I did a search on here and opinions differ as to whether a ytx 20 bs will fit in a 1500, i know it calls for a ytx 18 bs but those extra 40cca would make big difference in my mind. I bought another smaller bike and haven't been riding the 1500 hardly at all and the battery is deader than a hammer ,won't even take a charge. Kicks the charger off like it's grounded inside. So it's battery time. Anyone have the 20 in your 1500?

**Sabre-t** · 06-19-2020, 04:33 PM

I think you might mean a ytx 16 bs? I don't think there is an 18 bs, or at least it's not common anymore as far as I can tell. A 16 bs and a 20 bs are the same dimensions, so either should work. Both will fit the Voyager, anyway.

You can go to the Yusa web site and search for a battery for your bike. It will probably come up as a 20 bs.

denny 606 · 06-19-2020, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Sabre-t

I think you might mean a ytx 16 bs? I don't think there is an 18 bs, or at least it's not common anymore as far as I can tell. A 16 bs and a 20 bs are the same dimensions, so either should work. Both will fit the Voyager, anyway.

You can go to the Yusa web site and search for a battery for your bike. It will probably come up as a 20 bs.

you are right it is a 16. But If you say the 20 is the same size. I'm going to order one.

DragonLady58 · 06-19-2020, 06:54 PM

Slightly bigger battery offers a slightly deeper draw from your battery....a slight improvement in cca's....thats where you need it.... on cold starts.
Look at your battery specs....

**MAS Tequila** · 06-20-2020, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by denny 606

I did a search on here and opinions differ as to whether a ytx 20 bs will fit in a 1500, i know it calls for a ytx 18 bs but those extra 40cca would make big difference in my mind. I bought another smaller bike and haven't been riding the 1500 hardly at all and the battery is deader than a hammer ,won't even take a charge. Kicks the charger off like it's grounded inside. So it's battery time. Anyone have the 20 in your 1500?

I just put a ytx20-bs in a 2006 1500 Classic.

**Eagle Eye** · 06-21-2020, 04:00 PM

Is there a Non-Chinese option for a 1600 Nomad?

DragonLady58 · 06-21-2020, 04:52 PM

interstate Batteries.....
CYTX20CH-BS or FAYTX20CH
Don't forget to add a https://www.amazon.com/Schumacher-WM...s%2C263&sr=8-3 Or at least a battery tender equiv. so you can keep it topped off in the winter time....

denny 606 · 06-21-2020, 10:52 PM

Thanks MT and DL, I usually keep a battery tender junior on it but it was unhooked for quite a while during a very cold spell and it's not been right since and now it's just a doorstop.

Chuck A. · 06-22-2020, 05:45 AM

What that bike needs is a trip to them mountains other than in Kentucky.

**MAS Tequila** · 06-22-2020, 06:58 AM

http://www.ebay.com/itm/323984228096

This is the one I put in the classic.

It’s doing quite well, currently.

**Eagle Eye** · 06-22-2020, 07:42 AM

Thanks folks. I've always used a Genius tender through our cold winters here. My battery is giving up the ghost now. I guess I can't complain, it's the original from an 06.

denny 606 · 06-23-2020, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck A.

What that bike needs is a trip to them mountains other than in Kentucky.

You got that right!

**MAS Tequila** · 06-23-2020, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by denny 606

You got that right!

Maggie Valley August 26-30

SEVROC rescheduled from May.

Chuck A. · 06-23-2020, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MAS Tequila

Maggie Valley August 26-30

HMMMMMMMM

**Kawalski Rider** · 07-09-2020, 02:19 PM

One more weigh in on the battery discussion..

I installed June/2018, this in my 02 Nomad-fi

https://www.batterystuff.com/batteri...tx20ch-fp.html

507CCA has not let me down so far. And spins these high compressions engines over pretty handily.

I did have to get a different battery tender to accommodate the Lithium-iron-battery, but it will work on any lead acid battery also.

06-19-2020, 01:13 PM	#1
denny 606 Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Inez, KY Posts: 280	Quick battery question I did a search on here and opinions differ as to whether a ytx 20 bs will fit in a 1500, i know it calls for a ytx 18 bs but those extra 40cca would make big difference in my mind. I bought another smaller bike and haven't been riding the 1500 hardly at all and the battery is deader than a hammer ,won't even take a charge. Kicks the charger off like it's grounded inside. So it's battery time. Anyone have the 20 in your 1500? __________________ "When all is said and done, there's usually more said than done" unknown "Ride hard or stay home" Joe Robinson aka Old Dog, R.I.P Login or Register to Remove Ads
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06-19-2020, 06:54 PM	#4
DragonLady58 Sr. Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Somewhere South of Alaska.... Posts: 2,351	Slightly bigger battery offers a slightly deeper draw from your battery....a slight improvement in cca's....thats where you need it.... on cold starts. Look at your battery specs.... __________________ --------------------- Don't start no schit, there won't be no schit.... My Sarcasm is directly proportional to the amount of Stupidity involved --------------------- VBA#03239 VROC#37400 VRA --------------------- 2014 Vaquero 2001 Nomad FI 2003 Street Glide (sold) 1500 Meanie, fresh rebuild (sold) 90s BUBF Bobber (sold) 2001 UltraCycle FatPounder (Sold) 1975 HD ElectraGlide (Sold) 1982 Kawasaki Z1 Chopper (Sold) Suck It Up & Ride!
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Eagle Eye Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern Alberta Posts: 663	Is there a Non-Chinese option for a 1600 Nomad? __________________ VBA #02217 06 Nomad Buy the ticket, Take the ride.
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06-21-2020, 04:52 PM	#7
DragonLady58 Sr. Member Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Somewhere South of Alaska.... Posts: 2,351	interstate Batteries..... CYTX20CH-BS or FAYTX20CH Don't forget to add a https://www.amazon.com/Schumacher-WM...s%2C263&sr=8-3 Or at least a battery tender equiv. so you can keep it topped off in the winter time.... __________________ --------------------- Don't start no schit, there won't be no schit.... My Sarcasm is directly proportional to the amount of Stupidity involved --------------------- VBA#03239 VROC#37400 VRA --------------------- 2014 Vaquero 2001 Nomad FI 2003 Street Glide (sold) 1500 Meanie, fresh rebuild (sold) 90s BUBF Bobber (sold) 2001 UltraCycle FatPounder (Sold) 1975 HD ElectraGlide (Sold) 1982 Kawasaki Z1 Chopper (Sold) Suck It Up & Ride! Last edited by DragonLady58; 06-21-2020 at 05:04 PM.
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06-21-2020, 10:52 PM	#8
denny 606 Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Inez, KY Posts: 280	Thanks MT and DL, I usually keep a battery tender junior on it but it was unhooked for quite a while during a very cold spell and it's not been right since and now it's just a doorstop. __________________ "When all is said and done, there's usually more said than done" unknown "Ride hard or stay home" Joe Robinson aka Old Dog, R.I.P
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06-19-2020, 04:33 PM	#2
Sabre-t Join Date: May 2015 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 838	I think you might mean a ytx 16 bs? I don't think there is an 18 bs, or at least it's not common anymore as far as I can tell. A 16 bs and a 20 bs are the same dimensions, so either should work. Both will fit the Voyager, anyway. You can go to the Yusa web site and search for a battery for your bike. It will probably come up as a 20 bs.
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06-22-2020, 05:45 AM	#9
Chuck A. Advanced Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Hartselle Alabama Posts: 990	What that bike needs is a trip to them mountains other than in Kentucky. __________________ Have A Good One, Chuck Patriot Guard Riders Sons Of Liberty Riders Alabama Road Captain 2015 Voyager 2003 1500 NOMAD FI sold 6/19 VBA #2993 RUSSELL DAYLONG SEATS ROCK!! DAMMIT TOOL: Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling "DAMMIT" at the top of your lungs There is no substitute for laminar flow in which a helmet is the primary disturbance. SO MANY ROADS, SO LITTLE TIME.
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06-22-2020, 06:58 AM	#10
MAS Tequila Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Psychiatric Ward FL Posts: 3,429	http://www.ebay.com/itm/323984228096 This is the one I put in the classic. It’s doing quite well, currently. __________________ MT 2016 FLHP Psychiatric Ward FL VBA 936
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06-22-2020, 07:42 AM	#11
Eagle Eye Join Date: May 2012 Location: Southern Alberta Posts: 663	Thanks folks. I've always used a Genius tender through our cold winters here. My battery is giving up the ghost now. I guess I can't complain, it's the original from an 06. __________________ VBA #02217 06 Nomad Buy the ticket, Take the ride.
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07-09-2020, 02:19 PM	#15
Kawalski Rider Join Date: Sep 2016 Location: Auburn, Washington Posts: 305	One more weigh in on the battery discussion.. I installed June/2018, this in my 02 Nomad-fi https://www.batterystuff.com/batteri...tx20ch-fp.html 507CCA has not let me down so far. And spins these high compressions engines over pretty handily. I did have to get a different battery tender to accommodate the Lithium-iron-battery, but it will work on any lead acid battery also. __________________ Cheers, David Baughan aka: Kawalski Rider VBA #03514 2002 Vulcan VN1500L Nomad fi Pearl Burnish Beige/Pearl Luster Beige
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