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The 6V battery was totally dry, so we yanked it out and pitched it. Underneath the battery was this gross mess from some barnyard animal. Ick. New batteries can be found online, or from a local motorcycle or moped shop. We picked up our battery from Amazon. Don’t laugh! It only cost us $11, shipping included.
We chose a Kinetik AP6N2-2A-4 lead acid battery. It is a direct fit replacement, but does require you to fill the cells yourself. Be careful when shopping online for batteries as many do not include the acid: The Kinetik does. Also make sure you wear rubber gloves when filling the cells. 
The Kinetik battery is a perfect replacement for the original Yuasa battery. This is one of the few FA50 parts you can still buy new. After adding the acid, be sure to charge your new battery before using it. We used our trusty Venom R/C battery charger to do the job. Considering our LiPo racing batteries are 10.8V with a 5Ah discharge, this charger has no problem with the puny 6V/2A Suzuki battery.Amazingly, all the 33 year old lights still worked, which is good, because finding 6V lights today is damn near impossible. The old bulbs are pretty dim, so we may make a jump to LEDs in the future. 6V LED replacements can be found for the brake light and turn signals, but finding a replacement for the sealed beam headlight is a bit more difficult.
The last bit of work involves the seat. It’s a simple part, hinged at the front, and secured by suction cups. Many times the vinyl cover is ripped and falling apart: replacements can be found online, but ours was fine and a rubdown with some cleaner and vinyl protectant made it look brand new again. However, the bigger problem is that forward hinge. The seat base is plastic and after some time, the plastic gets brittle, causing the hinge to fail over time. Ours was in bad shape and needed some help. A complete seat can be found new, but costs $180. Screw that! We’ve got a better idea.
This is what we’re dealing with. Plop your butt onto this and you’re likely to break something (like the gas cap). It’s only going to get worse with time, so we need to fix this now.
You can see the cause of the misalignment here. Over time, the plastic gets brittle and will slowly work open the hinge until the pivot pin is no longer a tight fit. 
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