BATTERY QUESTION

zenbiker said:
The Lithium battery would crank it much faster but would give up far faster than a standard battery.
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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?
 
JRock said:
What charger do you keep your Lithium battery on, if I may ask?
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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.

barbagris said:
ere's a little 1120 cca Lithium I knocked out a couple of years back - Fitted (for effect) inside a R3 sized battery case
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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.
 
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.
 
Th
tHE SHORAI does not have the cranking power and is not the choice for a modded Rocket
 
cr0ft said:
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.
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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
 
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.
 
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