Has anyone come up with a fix for the battery post breakdowns on the Interstate battery?  Mine is 3 years old and because of vibration, the "cage" for the holdown's have both split & broke...I have a 2004 1200C Sportster..I am going to get a new battery tomorrow and thought someone might know a good fix for this problem...Thanks

Yep must be no one ever had a battery post break on their battery>>>Oh yeah I guess they all just stay in the garage...Don't worry, new battery is in and as I keep checking to see if the connections are tight I will be thinking of the garage rides!!!

I can assure you, my "05 XL1200C ain't sitting around, got over 66k on her & on my third battery. Never had a post break, had to change it out due to the hot Fla. weather.

Haven't ever heard of that happening, but I have stripped out a post being a little heavy with the wrench. I usually run my batteries about 4 years (60 - 80k) then swap it out just to make sure I don't get stranded somewhere. Hopefully it was just one bad one and you won't ever see it again.

Whats the typical battery life? My original battery lasted a little over 6 years,probably would have lasted longer had I bothered to run a battery tender.My current has been in for abt 2 years,and i run the battery tender once a month..
i can understand your frustration,batterys aint cheap.

i have only seen a split when they have been overtightened like lucky said.

I broke the post mount on a car battery once. Never had it happen since simply because I don't "gorilla grip" them any longer. The batteries on the various scoots I've owned always lasted close to 4 years. I usually just change em out the first sign that they getting ready to fail.