Originally Posted by
chas58
I'm gonna say no.
My first battery, 4 years ago, was good for about 2000 charges, but lasted me a couple of dozen charges over about 2 years. Not sure what happened there, but off brand chinese batteries are not my friend now.
3 years later I could purchase the same watt hours in a battery 1/3 the size - which totally transformed my bikes.
Bottom line - battery technology is changing so fast - especially as cars get into the game, that what is nice now may not be so nice 2-3 years from now. 400 charges is plenty for most people at the rate technology is changing
That is another way to look at it too, other than the price of the new battery you would be getting way more for the buck, than keeping a battery for lets say 8 years and never using it to it's potential trying to make it last...
