# The Great Ongoing Motorcycle Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2023, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-motorcycle-thread/991279 "2023-10-08T17:12:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 516
**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-motorcycle-thread/991279/516 "2025-10-24T16:06:25Z")
Because I can’t make any buying decision easy, let me know your opinions. I rode 2 miles this morning, dropped my ballots in the ballot box, and the battery was too weak to restart the bike. The battery is 8 years old, so not surprising. A push and bump just as I hit the start button was enough to get it going, so I rode the rest of the way to work. I’ll find out this evening if that was enough charging to get one more start. So these are the options. OEM Yuosa AGM $100, 10 pounds Amazon/Walmart special AGM $30-50 10 pounds Amazon special Lithium $50-100, 3 pounds Premium Lithium battery $180+, 3 pounds In some ways, I feel this is the opposite of the [Vime’s boot theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/terry-pratchett-boots-theory-of-poverty/1024094/1), if I spend $35 on an AGM battery, and it only lasts two years, does it really matter? I’ll be upset if I spend $250 on a lithium battery and it only lasts two years. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-motorcycle-thread/991279)._