Battery

[rng3]

Yes sir 1 lithium ion and one regular hooked together.

I wonder if that system would dampen the charging and help protect the lithium ion from a charge cycle it does not like?

Rick

 

[warp9.9]

I wonder if that system would dampen the charging and help protect the lithium ion from a charge cycle it does not like?

Rick

I, not sure but it does have a minimum charger requirement of 6 amps. So I do not use a tender or trickle I change it maybe once or twice a year when I think about it just in case. but it has never failed. It It spins her over like a mad man

 

[rng3]

I, not sure but it does have a minimum charger requirement of 6 amps. So I do not use a tender or trickle I change it maybe once or twice a year when I think about it just in case. but it has never failed. It It spins her over like a mad man

Well with about 900 CCA that is power to spare, might seem like overkill but it is there when you need it, great idea.
I was actually wondering about the charge it receives from the alternator when you are riding the bike.
My stock with the battery only a few months old seems to struggle a bit when hot. The only accessories I have added are a wide band O2 sensor max 3 amps and a GPS. I will rewire them to only be powered when the starter is not engaged ( like the headlights) and will do the negative cable mod.

Rick

 

[warp9.9]

Well with about 900 CCA that is power to spare, might seem like overkill but it is there when you need it, great idea.
I was actually wondering about the charge it receives from the alternator when you are riding the bike.
My stock with the battery only a few months old seems to struggle a bit when hot. The only accessories I have added are a wide band O2 sensor max 3 amps and a GPS. I will rewire them to only be powered when the starter is not engaged ( like the headlights) and will do the negative cable mod.

Rick

Yes a man up near you told me the better the battery power source the better the electronics. I was running more then OEM at the time because if boost. And I believe he was right!

 

[barbagris]

I've gone out in below zero weather and fired mine up. Not to ride, I'm Polish not stupid

Then it is a LiFePO4.

My experience of running a LiFePO4 and lead-acid in parallel here was that the lead-acid dried out faster. Notwithstanding I know that in some of the colder US states the emergency ambulance guys run as you do for the same reason. But LiFePO4.

At my mums plain Lithium-ion cease to operate "first push" at about 4 or 5 °C. But her garage is not heated. Here I have tested my homebuilt at below zero - no problems.

I keep a Li booster when I travel - and it sleeps indoors.

My homebuilt pushes out up to 560amps - I originally built one twice the size (1120) - it smoked the starter motor.

 

[sonny]

Just what is wrong with the stock battery. Never had a issue and lasted almost three years. Bought the same and installed on bike last weekend. Works fine for me. Never once got stuck anywhere due to a bad battery. Think about it never got stuck anywhere i did not want to while riding the Rocket period. 47,000 mile in all types of weather. Cold down to 7 degrees and hot to 113 degrees never a issue. Bike started. Good with that. Thought i would mention never used a battery tender. To much of a hassle when you ride the #amn thing everyday.

 

[Jeffro]

My 2008 delivered Touring is still running it’s original battery , sat on Triumph trickle charger mostly for first 7 years bought it with 8000 km on it in late ‘15
now has 50 k on it and battery still going. Yuasa gets it right occasionally.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

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.

Depending on what I've eaten I've been known to have a bit of an "aura" . At one time I had three 2005 vehicles that had original batteries that were 11 years old. One of those was the Rocket. I did find at Maggie valley it wouldn't start on very cold mornings. I went with the 310cca Yausa the next spring. I still have the factory installed battery, I use it when I need 12vdc to test something.