Battery

[sijtwin]

700 cca? Mines the std yuasa, always on optimate at night, same as last half dozen or so bikes
Will look up the ssb lithium though

 

[sonny]

same here never had a problem with the Walmart special some just overthink the battery question, as i said before I change my battery every four years even if the battery feels okay it is still changed.

Probably had a few more miles to go but with winter around the corner and a new battery in the shed for a month or two decided it was time.

 

[Bedifferent]

Rocket Scientist will chime in soon. He has a magic aura about him, that keeps batteries going. I believe he's still running the battery from his 1975 Honda 750 in his Rocket........ ha ha ha.... just sayin. He does have very good luck with battery's though.

I believe he worked for Timex...his motto is... "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking". Someday his longest life battery stories will catch up with him and when he makes his post I'm gonna laugh and laugh and laugh and.....

 

[scot in exile]

I believe he worked for Timex...his motto is... "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking". Someday his longest life battery stories will catch up with him and when he makes his post I'm gonna laugh and laugh and laugh and.....

But what Fred fails to mention is all the times at RAA events when we had about four of us pushing his bike so he could bump it, have you ever tried bumping a 2300cc bike and as it was Freds bike it did not have any gas.

 

[Bedifferent]

But what Fred fails to mention is all the times at RAA events when we had about four of us pushing his bike so he could bump it, have you ever tried bumping a 2300cc bike and as it was Freds bike it did not have any gas.

As Paul Harvey would say....."And now for the rest of the story"! The secret life of Fred.

 

[1olbull]

I agree. A high quality battery for less than $100. To me, lithium batteries is are way too expensive and I've never had a cranking issue with this battery. It comes dry and you add the acid so you always know it fresh and hasn't been setting on the shelf for months. I'm a three year battery guy anyway... even with it on my optimate. Three long cold winters and I want a new battery just in case.

Doubling up on the Battery cables is also agood improvement.

 

[PaddyO]

I understand that lithium batteries may not do well in cold weather.

 

[warp9.9]

I understand that lithium batteries may not do well in cold weather.

I use both although the speed cell has been in service since 2010 and on its third regular mate. Both together make a wee bit over 900 CCA.

 

[barbagris]

I understand that lithium batteries may not do well in cold weather.

Not ALL of them.

 

[barbagris]

I use both although the speed cell has been in service since 2010

Can't remember - does it have a BMS?