Battery change

[Gogsyboy]

Hello all
My 950 Battery is 5 years old and just doesn’t seem to have enough power to crank bike after sitting for a wile despite being on trickle charger, so going to buy a new one as it starts when I connect my small jump charger pack.  I’m just wondering, I take it it’s an easy swap over and I can’t do any damage by changing the battery myself, I’m happy to do it as I have done on other bikes when replacing a battery but haven’t changed one on a Ducati, just thinking there’s no harm in asking first to seek advice from others who have done same Better safe than sorry 😁 and all that. Hopefully a simple question for you all.
Thanks in advance.

[wethogs]

Hi,

Two thoughts .. Firstly if you are getting like for like I cannot see that being a problem. Secondly I took my battery out of my bike two winters ago and stored it on garage shelf with a trickle charge on it. No problems putting it back in.

[Gogsyboy]

Thanks for this, it’s appreciated. I don’t anticipate any issues but I just wanted to check as space is quite tight in there and I’m miles away from a dealership if anything went pop- I am just got to get the same battery, that ones lasted since bike was new in 2017 so happy with that
Cheers

[buzzardbilly]

I also have a 5 year old Multi and have disconnected the battery a few times now - no problem - and just for info, my original battery is still going strong (that's probably tempting fate saying that)

[ChrisS]

I killed my battery when the bike was about a year old by leaving the parking lights on when I put the bike under a cover for a couple of weeks.
Removal and replacement was easy - then I realised that there's a soft plastic casing around the battery that I should have switched from old to new to make sure battery was held firmly in place.
So I got to remove the battery again and refit it with the extra casing.