another battery death

[deilenberger]

This might have been covered but I'll ask anyway. Is there any correlation between bikes that have bypassed the CANBUS and wired various amp hungry gizmos directly to the battery and premature battery death? Mine is original and has shown no hint of trouble. The biggest amp draw I have is my BMW vest but I use the original amp limited socket. Also I've always just started and ridden off even at 29 deg once and its never hesitated.

I can about promise you 100.01% that adding things directly to the battery is not the cause of the battery failures. My R12R has had a centec fuse block on it since almost day 1 - and while I swapped the battery this year just out of caution (and I got a smoking deal on a new battery) - the old battery was still cranking fine. It's a defect in the battery design.. nothing else would cause the symptoms of here today - gone tomorrow..