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Bike Battery Online?

  • 19-02-2007 12:48am
    #1
    helvetica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭


    Where do ye buy yer batteries? Online or from a shop? Would be nice to get my new battery delivered to the door, but seems dodgy shipping a plastic box filled with acid in from the UK...


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  • #2
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,533 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Problem with shipping batteries is the weight - and yeah some courier services would probably regard them as hazardous material and either not touch them, or charge more

    I always buy batteries from Mountjoy, they come with the acid in a sealed container, practically impossible to spill it or get it wrong. Put acid in, let it sit for half an hour, trickle charge it for an hour and job done. Some places selling batteries online don't include the acid, getting the acid yourself means that you might put in the wrong quantity or strength or spill it all over yourself :eek:

    In Cavan there was a great fire / Judge McCarthy was sent to inquire / It would be a shame / If the nuns were to blame / So it had to be caused by a wire.



  • #3
    a_ominous
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 795 ✭✭✭a_ominous


    Like ninja said, shipping is going to be a big factor. As is the battery acid as you pointed out. AFAIK shops would fill batteries in store. I bought a battery last year for the FJR from Cotters (recommended). It's a sealed gel-type battery so acid leakage was not an issue. Shipping was though.

    I would also try Mountjoy.


  • #4
    Niall06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 289 ✭✭Niall06


    Recently bought a battery from Paul Ryan Motorcycles for €45, same battery in Bikeworld was €65:confused:


  • #5
    Oryx
    Subscribers Posts: 19,425 ✭✭✭✭Oryx


    Niall06 wrote:
    Recently bought a battery from Paul Ryan Motorcycles for €45, same battery in Bikeworld was €65:confused:
    Brand prices vary?
    Buying in a shop means theyll usually charge it for you, which saves you the bother, (or having to find a charger).


  • #6
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    KatieK wrote:
    Brand prices vary?
    - yes. A Hawker Odyssey PC680 could cost you Eur140, but a cheapie could be got for Eur80. But the PC680 could last 10 years............you pays your money, etc......
    Buying in a shop means theyll usually charge it for you, which saves you the bother, (or having to find a charger).
    .....mmmmm, so, do you wait the 5/6 hours to charge it, at the counter?? ;)

    Battery should be charged at 1/10 it's capacity, for the requisite no of hours. i.e. 10Ah battery at 1 amp charge rate, max. Use a car charger and you might as well throw the thing in the bin..........

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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  • #7
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    KICKSTART :D


    Never have to buy a battery again.


  • #8
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,533 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    KatieK wrote:
    Buying in a shop means theyll usually charge it for you, which saves you the bother, (or having to find a charger).
    For 20 quid I'd happily charge it myself ;)
    Anyway, that's no use to you unless you can fit it straight away, if I need to bring the new battery home I can't put the acid in until I get there.
    T'internet is a big wake up call for the trade here, tbh (often outrageous prices here are the fault of the Irish distributor, but it's the shops that'll suffer)

    In Cavan there was a great fire / Judge McCarthy was sent to inquire / It would be a shame / If the nuns were to blame / So it had to be caused by a wire.



  • #9
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Ninja, I dunno, by the time you buy the tyre changing machine, balancer - and compressor to go with it, you'll have spent a lot of €€€€€........

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #10
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,533 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    galwaytt wrote:
    Ninja, I dunno, by the time you buy the tyre changing machine, balancer - and compressor to go with it, you'll have spent a lot of €€€€€........
    Huh? What's that got to do with batteries?
    Anyway you can still buy tyres online, pay to get them fitted here, and save money over what you would have paid if the shop sold you the tyres.

    In Cavan there was a great fire / Judge McCarthy was sent to inquire / It would be a shame / If the nuns were to blame / So it had to be caused by a wire.



  • #11
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    when you said often outrageous prices here are the fault of the Irish distributor, but it's the shops that'll suffer)
     I thought you were referring to bike consumbles generally, not just batteries........no?

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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  • #12
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,533 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Yeah (accessories and clothing too). And tyres can be waay cheaper online if you get a good offer. So even if your local bike shop/tyre fitter charges you a bit on the high side for fitting, you're still ahead of the game. No need to go to all the palaver of fitting them yourself, as you say it's very difficult without lots of specialist equipment.

    In Cavan there was a great fire / Judge McCarthy was sent to inquire / It would be a shame / If the nuns were to blame / So it had to be caused by a wire.



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