The Mammoth GT - Royal Enfield Continental GT - November 2014

[VISHNUCARCRAZY]

The Last Exide I used was in my Actova (Stock came with Exide). Lasted for 5 years.
After the stock battery goes off, I have always replaced with SF Sonic.
Reason1 : Have the dealer close to home
Reason2: No hassles. The brand says 36 months, usually it lasts 40-42 months. Dealer himself gives his spare battery, and we run with that till that one dies off.

SF is also a subsidary of Exide I think.

 

[deville_56]

I always chose Amaron over Exide. Attitude of Exide dealers were really bad back then due to their monopoly and some models used to fail frequently. Still remember pushing my friend's RE standard through Chalai due to battery issue and fighting with dealer to get it replaced. Our FZ also had Exide as stock that conked off in 1 year 7 months. Their car batteries were super expensive compared to Amarons in early 2000s, but they really ran longer.

Dio got Exide installed by previous owner, which still runs smoothly after 3-4 years.

SF Sonic is subsidiary of Exide.

Lately, I found Tata Green to be making better batteries. The dealer is at Manacaud and gave a killer deal for Karizma battery.

 

[deville_56]

January-July 2022 - Hiatus Again

Returned bike to BIL after completing all the work with hopes of weekend runs. GT to their new home for the first time. Also restored the Suzuki Letz to (as) perfect condition (possible), which was sitting in RIP condition for almost 3 years (if not more).

March 2022 - Together they sat accumulating dust. Just used the first week I delivered them.

My duty continued. Washing and idling and may be 1-2 km warmup rides.

April 2022 - Starting began getting hard. Needed pumping out fuel by disconnecting the hose and priming a couple of times and then it starts without any issue.

July 2022 - Things got even tough. Starting was even harder and once started noted a great difference in exhaust note and a peep into the hole revealed this mud dauber nest. Broke it off.

By this time, EcoSport joined the idling team.

Decided to take GT home, again.