digest number 591

[Mark Wilson]

I was just taking my bike apart, no special reason, just for the fun of it, and I checked my battery and it was almost dry. Half the cells were dry, and the others only had about an inch of water in them. The bike still starts fine, but it wouldnt be long, and I'd be in trouble. Good thing I checked it. Yall might want to check your batteries before the colder weather gets here. I think I'll go ahead and get a sealed battery, just to be on the safe side. What is the best/cheapest sealed batteries? MotorMark

[Stuart Heaslet]

At 07:52 PM 10/10/00 +0000, scot davenport wrote:

>Which Gripsters are the best for about 70% on-road and 30% off-road? I am >also concerned about having a good tire for the wet roads.

Oh, one other thing. Gripsters would work best on the Big Island than on any of the others because of the greater mileages on highways and offroad there's more lava chips offroad - like going Kau or Mauna Kea. On Kauai and other places with the slick red dirt mud I would probably go with a more aggressive tire than the Gripster, maybe even Pirelli MT 21's. If you stay mostly on the street I'd go with more of a 50-50 tire, since motorcycles don't do big miles in Hawaii as a general rule. Stuart