How long do your batteries last?

[Vision]

I got 3 1/2 years from a "Mighty Max Battery YTX7A-BS Battery Replacement for GTX7A 32X7A 44023 CTX7A Battery"

[CROSSBOLT]

Pretty good for a white label battery. The 'standard' or 'norm' for a good quality has been 4 years for car batteries. That may have improved in the last few years because of several Yuasa owners have reported 6 years and up with exceptional care (never run completely flat, never frozen in a discharged state, never shorted, etc.).

White label batteries "generally" are the cheapos the dealers like since they are high profit (buy low, sell high).

Yuasa is probably THE BEST lead acid storage battery you can buy. I am too stingy so I have been using a brand named CHROME which is about half the cost of a Yuasa for my application. Still on the first one in the DT300i having replaced the original which was a white label, put there by a dealer that liked to "rob parts" off new, old stock bikes.

[aschrauth]

I started a fourm I. The general discussion about battery life. Because of how short I drive I normally get about six months out of mine. I prefer mighty Max batteries. Only cost about 25.00 on amazon.

[Vision]

6 months? Wow.

[aschrauth]

6 months? Wow.

Yes, that is the price I pay for living 2 miles from my work. I'm on month 7 on the current battery in running now, it's a mightymax.

[Neil955i]

My experience has been 3-5 years.  3 if not used regularly and 5 if in almost daily use.

[Stig / Major Tom]

Honestly - I don't know.
When I ride out into the boonies at sunrise on a dark 22°F February Day....and stop for pix or for coffee - I want a nice healthy start so I can go home where it is warm!
Consequently I change batteries accordingly - and buy accordingly.
I do make use of a battery tender if the scooter sets idle for a few days.

Stig