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Recommended battery for 1974 KZ400 with wonky electrical
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17 Jan 2026 13:02 #920726
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Recommended battery for 1974 KZ400 with wonky electrical was created by coranmbeck73
Hello y'all, I'm hoping someone can recommend a battery for my 1974 Kawasaki KZ400, please? I currently have a Yuasa (flooded) and the type I need is yb12aa 12 volt battery. This has worked well and I was just going to buy the same one, but I was wondering if anyone felt there was a better option? My bike has some kind of lame issue with the electrical that drains the battery - a LOT. I would put it on the tender at night, only I live in an apartment and there's no outlet in my carport. So unless I ride the bike every other day at LEAST I have to take the battery out, charge it in my apartment, and put it back in. Which as you can imagine, SUCKS. A lot. Thank you!
(Is there something I can attach to my battery that will keep it from dying without having to take it out? I imagine there must be something, no? Thanks again!)
(Is there something I can attach to my battery that will keep it from dying without having to take it out? I imagine there must be something, no? Thanks again!)
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17 Jan 2026 15:01 #920727
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Replied by Wookie58 on topic Recommended battery for 1974 KZ400 with wonky electrical
Just disconnect the ground terminal from the battery when not in use until you can get it sorted
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17 Jan 2026 16:35 #920728
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Replied by coranmbeck73 on topic Recommended battery for 1974 KZ400 with wonky electrical
Oh, great - I'll try that! I'm not sure it's something that's ever going to be sorted - my mechanic didn't think it was that big a deal, but he was unaware of the fact that I can't just use the tender at night. Thank you!
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18 Jan 2026 06:49 #920736
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Replied by H1Vindicator on topic Recommended battery for 1974 KZ400 with wonky electrical
in my book. a draining battery is a big deal. I hate having a dead battery. for electrical troubleshooting the first thing you do is make darn sure the battery is good and holding a charge. so a draining battery defeats that.
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18 Jan 2026 07:40 #920737
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Replied by gd4now on topic Recommended battery for 1974 KZ400 with wonky electrical
My first question is how old is the current battery? Second question is do you have access to a VOM or someother way to test the system?
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