Aha - why, how was this determined? - Lithiums are tricky and do not charge like lead acids. It's equally as possible they're not charging as well as you think they are. They will show 13.4volts even if they're almost fully discharged.
I built my own Lithium battery - and was given a "Crash Course" by an mfr who makes M/C starter batteries commercially.
Some bikes do NOT LIKE having pure Li batteries - it fries their electronics. Shorai (afaik) uses some charge balance technology inside their units which MAY somehow affect how they charge and DISCHARGE to avoid issues with fried electrics. I know other makes most certainly do. They're made to emulate lead acids closer than a pure LiFePO4.
Li batteries can SURGE amps - lead acids are more controlled regarding amperage. The surge can fry delicate stuff.
I use my pure unregulated LiFePO4 on a bike with pretty near no electronics. It dumps to the starter motor. So much so that when the starter (33 years old Bosch) jammed, the battery smoked it. It turfs out 560cca (theoretical) - I did have a 1120 version until I damaged a cell (we all make mistakes - I accidental shorted it - god it got hot). This was also co-incidentally how I discovered my Guzzi's starting "issue" was the starter.
Still believe the best option for an R3 is a GOOD lead/acid (be it liquid, AGM or GEL) and a small LiFePO4 (5aH) in parallel. I'd build it using A123Systems 26650 (2nd generation) cells. These are pretty easy to get - they're not expensive (really) and in the event you screw a cell you can replace just that cell. I used some A123Systems 8aH cells - afaik not made any more. A bugger really as if I could get one more cell I could make another starter battery. Buy the cells somewhere you feel you can trust. I'd get mine off eBay but from a EU VAT REGISTERED supplier. There are shed loads of poor "copies".
Warp9.9 iirc uses (or used anyway) the above mix - cant remember where he got his Li battery from. iirc was called Genesis.[/quote >>>>>>Best to piggyback the lith battery with the stock one for max amps and you wont fry any electrics weve been using them for years with no problems BALLISTIC makes best priced units no need to try and build your own