light weight battery

[agentpineapple]

i'm not sure if this has been covered before, i've been intouch with adam olson of rb batterys near detroit in the usa, he reckons a 12 cell battery would work fine on the firestorm. the battery cost $140 and another $50 shipping to the uk. a grand total of $190 or £120 in real money, i'm not sure if this is a good price or not, and maybe amcq(al) might be able to help out with bringing the battery back to the uk. thats if al can do it. if the cost was nearer £100 thats only £50 more than a decent normal sized battery.
if anyone knows of anywhere in the uk where i could get a lightweight battery for that sort of money, i'd love to know.
i actually bought a brand new motobat battery a few months ago and its great, although its big and heavy, but it was that good a friend of mine has robbed it for his bike
so i'm in the market for a new lightweight battery if possible....

details
This size will work on 1000cc+ motors. Large weight reduction and small size! The 12 cell is an overlap of the 8 cell for people with cold climates, higher CR engines (1000cc), V-twins, tons of additional electronics, or larger than 1000cc stock motors. Good for primary battery for 24V systems.

Dimensions 4.25" L x 3.25" W x 3.25" H (10.8cm L x 8.2cm W x 8.3cm H)
Weight 2.1lbs or 34.0 oz (~965 grams)
Pulse 300A / Continuous 150A
Capacity 6.9AHr

they also do a 16 cell battery for $175......(details)

This size will work on 1000cc+ motors. Large weight reduction and small size! The 16 cell is an overlap of the 12 cell for people with cold climates, ridiculous CR engines, tons of additional electronics, bore and/or stroked, or larger than 1000cc motors. Good for primary battery for 24V systems.

Dimensions 4.25" L x 4.25" W x 3.25" H (10.8cm L x 10.8cm W x 8.3cm H)
Weight 2.8lbs or 45.3 oz (~1283 grams)
Pulse 400A / Continuous 200A
Capacity 9.2AHr

i would like to know what people think, i'm sure plenty of people will say theres better things to spend money on

[Wicky]

I remember looking at their site when it was linked up earlier and this was their advice for cold weather

Using these batteries in the winter (or under 40F) isn't recommended. They lost significant performance under 40F. We have done tons of testing and this is our advice. Lead acids work great in the cold. If you live at the north pole and need to make runs to feed the reindeer, then run a lead acid, our batteries aren't for you.

http://rbbatteries.com/motorcycle-batteries.html

Looks like a summer mod :-(

[agentpineapple]

tbh honest wicky, i'm a lightweight myself(not in size tho) i don't ride in bad weather(cold/wet) so yes its more of a fair weather mod. and tbh i doubt people would get a all weather lightweight battery yet, although i might be wrong.

[rob...]

a grand total of $190 or £120 in real money,
i would like to know what people think, i'm sure plenty of people will say theres better things to spend money on

120 quid to save a couple of pounds weight???????

just eat less.

i was/am a 'larger gentleman', i've lost nearly 2 stone since xmas, thats about £1500 in new batteries!!!!!

what people think? total waste of time and money. if you want to make your bike lighter, just half fill the fuel tank. a gallon and a half of petrol weighs a lot more than the weight saved changing batteries........

[Seven Of Nine Firestorm]

Odyssey batteries are lightweight .

[Kev L]

Where's the fun in dieting! It's much better to buy something Titanium, lick it a little, fiddle with it some, then fit it to the bike and bore people rigid about how many grams you have shaved off, whilst eating a lovely fatty bacon sandwich.
Carbon fibre on the bike, Domino's in da belly. Titanium on the bike, Kebab time baby. Lightweight battery, hmmm, It's an Indian tonight Gungadin......

[agentpineapple]

Where's the fun in dieting! It's much better to buy something Titanium, lick it a little, fiddle with it some, then fit it to the bike and bore people rigid about how many grams you have shaved off, whilst eating a lovely fatty bacon sandwich.
Carbon fibre on the bike, Domino's in da belly. Titanium on the bike, Kebab time baby. Lightweight battery, hmmm, It's an Indian tonight Gungadin......

hahahaha
you are so right

[agentpineapple]

Where's the fun in dieting! It's much better to buy something Titanium, lick it a little, fiddle with it some, then fit it to the bike and bore people rigid about how many grams you have shaved off, whilst eating a lovely fatty bacon sandwich.
Carbon fibre on the bike, Domino's in da belly. Titanium on the bike, Kebab time baby. Lightweight battery, hmmm, It's an Indian tonight Gungadin......

hahahaha
you are so right

and rob when you consider i need a new battery which would cost the best part of £50, then then i'd be paying £50 to £70 over the odds, so depending on what you decide to spend your hard earned cash on, in my case its my bike, i could think of alot worse ways to spend that money, and as for less petrol, for god sake man surely you know how bad the bikes range is in the first place i'd need to fill up every 40 miles.

[Wicky]

Plus are lithium batteries easily shipped internationally and through customs?

http://images.fedex.com/us/packaging/gu ... _fxcom.pdf

http://www.ups.com/media/news/en/pack_batteries.pdf

[agentpineapple]

Plus are lithium batteries easily shipped internationally and through customs?

http://images.fedex.com/us/packaging/gu ... _fxcom.pdf

http://www.ups.com/media/news/en/pack_batteries.pdf

or via amcq........

[rob...]

and as for less petrol, for god sake man surely you know how bad the bikes range is in the first place i'd need to fill up every 40 miles.

yes m8, but if you've still got the std clip-ons fitted, you need to stop every 40 miles anyway!!!

[linden46]

I'm looking to go down the same route route, here are my reasons for the extra £££ spent. Higher crank over for cold starting, full winter protection no constant drain, just changed the seat unit to a Ducati Monster so need to move all electrics from the rear sub into the original battery area. The Lithium Battery is smaller and can be mounted on it's side.

[tony.mon]

Still waiting to see who fits one first, and how they get on in British winter starts.

Got my eye on the Ultrabatt UB400LITE from http://www.performanceparts-ltd.com.
But preferably one with 8 cells and four terminals.

[agentpineapple]

the fella from the usa reckoned the firestorm would need a 12 cell jobby to do the job, so not sure if 8 cell will be up to the job.
they even sell a 16 cell but then the price starts to get a bit silly.

[stormsmasher]

I need to seriously look into new smaller batteries when I complete the R1 rear end conversion, I have a much smaller area to shoe horn a battery in and don't want to compromise by welding a box in place to house it.

Not started looking yet so please let me know if you come accross anything, does anyone know the full specification for the standard battery in terms of output etc?

Daz