Any recommendations? Looking on Amazon (just to see what is available these days) you get stuff like look at reviews of a Black and Decker only to find none in English - which suggests the same shoddy fate of Stanley, sold to some oriental tat merchant for misleading potential buyers with the name. I want to buy one off the shelf, in Cheltenham, but have no idea where from (unless say from a bike dealer, but I'd rather not). The High St. Halfords closed years ago and what's left looks like a tyre and exhaust place only.
I use these on my bikes with normal lead acid batteries … https://www.halfords.com/motoring/b...47a-9985ff72d404&istItemId=xxwptw&istBid=tztx Also available on Amazon
https://www.halfords.com/motoring/b...oco-genius2-2-amp-battery-charger-230270.html. Available from other retailers. You can now get a 2 gang Noco Genius 2 if you have more than 1 bike. Andy
Google suggests https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place...70d9350!8m2!3d51.914986!4d-2.0989368?hl=en-gb Halfords Cheltenham is also a store not just a workshop. options are Europarts or some other motor factors if not or maybe Argos.
I think you may have painted yourself into a corner if you want to buy from a high-street shop! I believe there'll be a retail-park Halfords in the Cheltenham area, and the other "local in most places" options might be Euro Car Parts, Toolstation and Screwfix, but none of them would use premises in a high street. I think most people favour chargers by Optimate or CTEK - I have an old one by Optimate (Accumate model) which does the job for car batteries (slowly) as well as bikes. If considering online options then Sportsbikeshop are always worth considering (I prefer to use them than Amazon) - their delivery service is usually very good.
Plus one for the Noco Genius range. One charger does it all. Lead acid, AGM, Li Ion, 6 V, desulfate etc.
WTL, if your battery is just a regular lead acid or gel one I think I have an old Optimate kicking around somewhere. You'd be welcome to it if I can find it. Might need a lead making up to connect to the battery on your bike though as I think the old one went when I sold my old bike.
Thanks Mr B., but I don't appear have such any more. I went in Wilko earlier and they have a Ring 6A 'Basic' model. I brought up my 999 manual on the phone which says 'charge at 0.9A', so I didn't get it. Also that's lead acid only, so I need to remove my battery first, I suppose, and find what's on it now. 'Gel' is a new one on me!
I still don't know if 6A is suitable for charging a 0.9. but I suspect I'm about to order a NOCO. Since my sis said she didn't have one it seems a good idea to get something that'll charge her car's too, so - yeah, just ordered the NOCO Genius 2, delivery tomorrow (along with 6 jars of coffee!). I don't have to find out what kind of battery 'cos it does them all. Also, unlike everything else I looked at reviews for, the NOCOs didn't have any bad reviews Different page, I guess. Now I'm seeing a few 1-star reviews. Not that I'm concerned.
Cheers Andy, just ordered that one. I'm almost looking forward to using it! I'm always wary of reviews, as per: https://xkcd.com/937/ but the fact - on Amazon - it has none, is very promising!
