BATTERY QUESTION

[cr0ft]

The Lithium battery would crank it much faster but would give up far faster than a standard battery.

Which battery specifically did you get? With this one http://shoraipower.com/lfx36l3-bs12-p130 I haven't had any problems with either cranking or reserves. It does weigh 5 lbs, not 2.5, and is size-wise a drop-in replacement for the stock battery. And they claim the equivalent of 540 CCA, which considering how authoritatively the starter spins I really don't doubt.

 

[JRock]

Which battery specifically did you get? With this one http://shoraipower.com/lfx36l3-bs12-p130 I haven't had any problems with either cranking or reserves. It does weigh 5 lbs, not 2.5, and is size-wise a drop-in replacement for the stock battery. And they claim the equivalent of 540 CCA, which considering how authoritatively the starter spins I really don't doubt.

What charger do you keep your Lithium battery on, if I may ask?

 

[barbagris]

540cca -pshhhh

Here's a little 1120 cca Lithium I knocked out a couple of years back - Fitted (for effect) inside a R3 sized battery case.

Smoked the starter motor

http://www.r3owners.net/media/lipofinal.10014/

 

[cr0ft]

What charger do you keep your Lithium battery on, if I may ask?

I paid for the Shorai-specific charger. I'm planning on getting the same battery again next time. Comes with a "maintain and exercise" setting and a "charge to the max" setting, have it on the former right now over winter.

ere's a little 1120 cca Lithium I knocked out a couple of years back - Fitted (for effect) inside a R3 sized battery case

Hah, ok, I'll "settle" for 540, it's enough for little old me. The starter motor should have pulled no more than it could handle though, strange that you fried it. I mean, electrical stuff pull the power, it's not "pushed" down the line.

 

[Rocket Scientist]

The starter motor should have pulled no more than it could handle though, strange that you fried it. I mean, electrical stuff pull the power, it's not "pushed" down the line.

That's what I was thinking

 

[zenbiker]

The Shorai battery was a piece of S....t for me because it would crap out after any length of time with the ignition on without the engine running. Over $300 and turned out to be crap.
You cannot get a free lunch! The Shorai left me stranded,
Take your chance and live with it.

 

[IMFASTTOO]

Th

The Shorai battery was a piece of S....t for me because it would crap out after any length of time with the ignition on without the engine running. Over $300 and turned out to be crap.
You cannot get a free lunch! The Shorai left me stranded,
Take your chance and live with it.

tHE SHORAI does not have the cranking power and is not the choice for a modded Rocket

 

[barbagris]

The starter motor should have pulled no more than it could handle though, strange that you fried it. I mean, electrical stuff pull the power, it's not "pushed" down the line.

Ah but - it turned out that the starter was defective - a normally battery simply turned it slowly. It was 35 years old. So I gave it an unrestricted current flow - SMOKE

 

[cr0ft]

I've done two 1000+km multi-day trips with the Shorai plus daily riding over a two-year period and have had no issues starting the bike, but it is otherwise stock. I suppose if the engine had upped compression and other stuff that made it harder to crank it might not suffice. Though in that case I doubt the stock Yuasa would, either.

 

[zenbiker]

Stock engine with 8.5:1 pistons...no problem.
11.8:1 pistons with a Hi Po cam...a bit different!