How much does a typical motorcycle battery cost?

i'm looking at a 1979 used suzuki for $500 with 50k miles, the owner tells me it runs well but needs a new battery so if anyone knows aprox how much it may cost, thanks.
How much does a typical motorcycle battery cost?
30-45.00
How much does a typical motorcycle battery cost?
Anywhere from 30 to over 100 dollars. Depends on what battery your bike needs and where you buy it. Sorry, I don't know what battery that bike takes.
Reply:If you are going to get one get a good one, even if its like $75. I see these people buying lawnmower batterys, and wonder why they have all these problems.
Reply:A common battery for this age and displacement is a Yuasa 12V-12 AH battery. If you don't want a geewhiz battery (gel filled glass mat, sealed so you never add water) you can get it for under $65.





And the key to operating with just a plain ordinary battery is to hook the battery up to a battery charger over night, so it can avoid sulfation on other ills. This needs to be a sophisticated device and deliver a carefully calculated current, notify you when it is wired wrong and protect the battery by shuting off before it tells you, in fact a battery charger like an ACU-MAX 900 from Acumen. It will do a seriously good job of charging while not burning out electrical system on an old bike with crunchy wiring. Each evening I come home and I hook my battery charger up to my HONDAMATIC and I feel better about coming out in the afternoon, just starting it up, get on the highway without even using my choke, GO UP A HUGE HILL at MAXIMUM THROTTLE, and complete my half hour drive at top speed. When it gets me home one more time, I think, I REALLY think, it needs a bit of pampering, and only a battery charger will provide it, safely and conveniently.





No really these things will analyze the battery so you don't waste time on a bad battery and they recover, automatically, from a situaution that would kill the battery dead in its tracks. (My Hondamatic cannot be push started, you know, so I baby the electrics a bit, like NOT CONNECTING a completely stone dead battery and using your alternator to charge it. Honda says its a no-no, and we always do what honda says, right?
Reply:Dont buy a ricer over 10 years old.





They are a pain
Reply:About 50$. Too much for what you get.