1976 Yamaha DT250C Project

[Darkrider]

So a specialist shop opened in town recently..all they sell is batteries and after a good chat with one of the reps that were helping get it all fully set up. They too suggested the same type of batteries as Weld suggested the SLA batteries for emergency lighting. Plus they informed me that they can be maintained with the smaller battery tender charger....so it def looks like i am going the way of the lightweight sealed lead acid battery. I will more then likely remove the ring terminals from the bikes wiring and opt for good quality bullet or spade connectors to use the new battery packs. Bonus point is the fact they are all of $20 each for a battery...i am going to do some measuring on the bike and see if i cant run two of them in the stock battery box...mostly for redundancy...have one go bad on me out on the road it is a simple matter of unplugging the bad battery then plugging in the back up.