Looking for your opinion, on bike batteries?

Got my replacement at batteries plus saved a ton of cash

Book price is a joke. Always was, especially for motorcycles. The bike looks decent, and that's a reasonable price in my area for one with no problems. (your stated price, not the asking one) Find out why it needs a battery! A simple battery is only about $35. A cheap investment to help a bike sell. Dead batteries make me ask questions (as you can see). Bad batteries also put excess strain on the charging system. Many bikes have needed more electrical work because the bad battery caused other components to burn out. A regulator/rectifier is a pricey part.

So your battery was on the trickle charger all winter and then when you put it back on the bike no lights... Does your trickle charger turn off automatically, that and storage temp can kill the battery.

What I noticed is they are all the same battery just different sticker. I bought from autozone before I am fortunate there is battery store which is less expensive.

Buy a dry battery follow the instructions.

Yuasa batteries are the best bike batteries I know of. Sealed batteries are the way to go. During those cold months you are not going to be riding, take your battery out of bike and store it in your house on a battery float charger. And you did good getting 5 years out of your battery.

AGM: Absorbed Glass Mat

Technology developed in the '80's for aircraft use. Self discharges at a far lower rate than a flooded battery and thus you can park your bike for a few months without a battery tender and still have a starting charge. Mine is a Big Crank. (If nothing else it is good to honestly say you have a big crank.)

On most bikes Yuasa is the preferred brand, though HD and BMW tend to use their own.

You can attach permanent leads to your new battery to allow you to hook it up to a battery tender without having to remove it from the bike. My own bikes are kept hooked-up whenever they are not in use. It's been years since I've had to buy a battery.

If you got 5 years out of an HD battery, I'd say you did damn good. I would go with it again.

From my experience Yuasa make the best batteries for motorcycles, they are reliable and they have never let me down. What bike do you have?

i will get a lot of flack for this but here goes i do a lot of long trips

and there is a wal mart in every town ( that is what i use)