What year? What battery

What year? What battery

Hi all. I picked up a Honda CA160. Local Honda shop says CA160 take a 12 volt
battery, all my lights are 6 volt. Can some one help. Vin on frame is CA160-
1011694. I'm geting ready to tear my hair out. Need year, and battery size.
Thanks all.
Paul.

Re: What year? What battery

"painter6" <u40877@uwe> wrote in message news:7e9e0ace4bf42@uwe...
> Hi all. I picked up a Honda CA160. Local Honda shop says CA160 take a 12
> volt
> battery, all my lights are 6 volt. Can some one help. Vin on frame is
> CA160-
> 1011694. I'm geting ready to tear my hair out. Need year, and battery
> size.
> Thanks all.
> Paul.
>

Service Honda also says you need a 12 volt battery.

Tom

Re: What year? What battery

SC Tom <tkimberly@socal.rr . com > wrote:

> "painter6" <u40877@uwe> wrote in message news:7e9e0ace4bf42@uwe...
> > Hi all. I picked up a Honda CA160. Local Honda shop says CA160 take a 12
> > volt
> > battery, all my lights are 6 volt. Can some one help. Vin on frame is
> > CA160-
> > 1011694. I'm geting ready to tear my hair out. Need year, and battery
> > size.
> > Thanks all.
> > Paul.
> >
>
> Service Honda also says you need a 12 volt battery.
>
Then Service Honda is wrong as well. It's 6v.

What *is* it with bike shops in the US? Are they all as universally
useless as they appear to be, judging by this forum?

And another thing - Googling for Honda CA160 6 volt threw up a raft of
instant hits as to battery type. The OP can perform the same valuable
exercise.


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Re: What year? What battery

The Older Gentleman wrote:
> SC Tom <tkimberly@socal.rr . com > wrote:
>
>> "painter6" <u40877@uwe> wrote in message news:7e9e0ace4bf42@uwe...
>>> Hi all. I picked up a Honda CA160. Local Honda shop says CA160 take a 12
>>> volt
>>> battery, all my lights are 6 volt. Can some one help. Vin on frame is
>>> CA160-
>>> 1011694. I'm geting ready to tear my hair out. Need year, and battery
>>> size.
>>> Thanks all.
>>> Paul.
>>>
>> Service Honda also says you need a 12 volt battery.
>>
> Then Service Honda is wrong as well. It's 6v.

No, Service Honda isn't wrong- SC Tom is wrong.

Service Honda says the CA160 takes a 31500-201-000 which is
definitely a 6V battery. All you have to do is look at the
illustration to see it's a 3 cell battery. A further clue
is that all the bulbs listed for the CA160 are 6V.

> What *is* it with bike shops in the US? Are they all as universally
> useless as they appear to be, judging by this forum?

No. Service Honda is the closest thing to Dave Silver on this
side of the pond. My experience of local dealerships is that
you are well advised to look up part numbers on the web before
visiting, and print out the parts listings, with prices, from
Service Honda's online microfiche. Saves a lot of bullshit.

> And another thing - Googling for Honda CA160 6 volt threw up a raft of
> instant hits as to battery type. The OP can perform the same valuable
> exercise.

Yep.

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Re: What year? What battery

On 23 Jan, 11:31, Mark Olson <ols...@tiny.invalid> wrote:
> The Older Gentleman wrote:

>
> >> Service Honda also says you need a 12 volt battery.
>
> > Then Service Honda is wrong as well. It's 6v.
>
> No, Service Honda isn't wrong- SC Tom is wrong.

Heh. I don't think he's ready for the internal combustion engine,
really.

>
> Service Honda says the CA160 takes a 31500-201-000 which is
> definitely a 6V battery.  All you have to do is look at the
> illustration to see it's a 3 cell battery.  A further clue
> is that all the bulbs listed for the CA160 are 6V.
>
> > What *is* it with bike shops in the US? Are they all as universally
> > useless as they appear to be, judging by this forum?
>
> No. Service Honda is the closest thing to Dave Silver on this
> side of the pond.  My experience of local dealerships is that
> you are well advised to look up part numbers on the web before
> visiting, and print out the parts listings, with prices, from
> Service Honda's online microfiche.  Saves a lot of bullshit.

I'll have a look at that site, then.

<Googles>

Coo, rather fine. I like that parts look-up facility, and it's even
Mac OSX compatible. Bravo!. I've always thought Dave Silver's site
could use something similar. DS is great if you know exactly what you
want, but not so good if you don't actually know what part is needed,
like when there's a bracket with two empty mounting holes and you're
wondering: "Now what used to live there?"

Re: What year? What battery

"The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1ib5r32.21rrxw1mt6c3gN%totallydeadmailbox@yahoo.co.uk...
> SC Tom <tkimberly@socal.rr . com > wrote:
>
>> "painter6" <u40877@uwe> wrote in message news:7e9e0ace4bf42@uwe...
>> > Hi all. I picked up a Honda CA160. Local Honda shop says CA160 take a
>> > 12
>> > volt
>> > battery, all my lights are 6 volt. Can some one help. Vin on frame is
>> > CA160-
>> > 1011694. I'm geting ready to tear my hair out. Need year, and battery
>> > size.
>> > Thanks all.
>> > Paul.
>> >
>>
>> Service Honda also says you need a 12 volt battery.
>>
> Then Service Honda is wrong as well. It's 6v.
>
> What *is* it with bike shops in the US? Are they all as universally
> useless as they appear to be, judging by this forum?
>
> And another thing - Googling for Honda CA160 6 volt threw up a raft of
> instant hits as to battery type. The OP can perform the same valuable
> exercise.
>
>
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> K1100LT 750SS CB400F SL125
> GAGARPHOF#30 GHPOTHUF#1 BOTAFOT#60 ANORAK#06 YTC#3
> BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....
> chateau dot murray at idnet dot com


Come on, tell us everything you dis-like about the US. I suspect they turned
you down for a green card too?

Re: What year? What battery

On 23 Jan, 14:46, "SC Tom" <tkimbe...@socal.rr . com > wrote:

>
> Come on, tell us everything you dis-like about the US. I suspect they turned
> you down for a green card too?

Don't be even more of a fuckwit than you've shown yourself to be
already, please.

It's just that I see unending complaints about service levels in US
bike dealerships, and while we have some crappy ones back home, the
complaint level is nowhere near as high.

Now, you gave the OP a piece of completely wrong information, and
you're snapping because your error was pointed out to you. Your rattle
is outside your playpen, there, under the sofa.

Re: What year? What battery

"painter6" <u40877@uwe> wrote:

> Hi all. I picked up a Honda CA160. Local Honda shop says CA160 take a 12 volt
> battery, all my lights are 6 volt. Can some one help. Vin on frame is CA160-
> 1011694. I'm geting ready to tear my hair out. Need year, and battery size.
> Thanks all.
> Paul.

Google.

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BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....
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Re: What year? What battery

Just a wild guess here but I would image the battery you need is a
6N6-3B. I bought one last year for my 1974 Honda XL350 at my local Farm
& Fleet for $13.


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Re: What year? What battery

What year is this CA160

painter6 wrote:
> Hi all. I picked up a Honda CA160. Local Honda shop says CA160 take a 12 volt
> battery, all my lights are 6 volt. Can some one help. Vin on frame is CA160-
> 1011694. I'm geting ready to tear my hair out. Need year, and battery size.
> Thanks all.
> Paul.

Re: What year? What battery

<ottguit@hotmail . com > wrote:

> What year is this CA160

What difference does that make? Same battery in all models, and we've
already identified which one.

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BOF#30 WUSS#5 The bells, the bells.....
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