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Re: Battery Longevity

Aren't Westco batteries simply repackaged Panasonic batteries? Why 
pay more when many outfits have the Panasonics at substantial savings?

- - Andrew

At 10:57 AM -0500 9/6/05, Tom Brown wrote:
>Dean:
>
>There is a Westco battery that is infamous for having slightly low voltage,
>just low enough to cause this ABS glitch.   Your statement "After I ride a
>mile or so, turn the bike off and re-start, the ABS kicks in as expected."
>tips me off.   If you don't have a Westco, you have a weak battery.
>
>The early Oilheads, like your '95 were more prone to this problem than the  98
>and newer 1100s.
>
>-TB

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