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My M/Batt fits fine, I even run a fabric strap around it to ease removal & the lid still closes...bit tight but it closes.popkat wrote:I've heard people say the motobatt wont fit in the space properly and the cover won't go on. In the battery box there are strips of foam on the under side of the lid and in the bottom of the tray, you need to at least remove the ones from the underside of the lid, maybe from the tray too (can't remember) then the battery will fit, it will be tight and difficult to remove again but it will fit and the lid too..piggy1 wrote:Ordered a motobatt so [SMIRKING FACE]
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,MacV2 wrote:My M/Batt fits fine, I even run a fabric strap around it to ease removal & the lid still closes...bit tight but it closes.popkat wrote:I've heard people say the motobatt wont fit in the space properly and the cover won't go on. In the battery box there are strips of foam on the under side of the lid and in the bottom of the tray, you need to at least remove the ones from the underside of the lid, maybe from the tray too (can't remember) then the battery will fit, it will be tight and difficult to remove again but it will fit and the lid too..piggy1 wrote:Ordered a motobatt so [SMIRKING FACE]
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If you upgrade to the slightly more powerful one then that wont fit & the lid has to come off as it's a smidge taller.
IIRC when you get it there will be a plastic foot thing which you have to remove or it wont go in...
Yep the lovely RED F2 & the Smokin Joe both have M/Batt's fitted.popkat wrote:,MacV2 wrote:My M/Batt fits fine, I even run a fabric strap around it to ease removal & the lid still closes...bit tight but it closes.popkat wrote:
I've heard people say the motobatt wont fit in the space properly and the cover won't go on. In the battery box there are strips of foam on the under side of the lid and in the bottom of the tray, you need to at least remove the ones from the underside of the lid, maybe from the tray too (can't remember) then the battery will fit, it will be tight and difficult to remove again but it will fit and the lid too..
If you upgrade to the slightly more powerful one then that wont fit & the lid has to come off as it's a smidge taller.
IIRC when you get it there will be a plastic foot thing which you have to remove or it wont go in...
Wouldn't that have been the motobatt I'm referring to, or do you have one in all your bikes, they are Yellow you know
Post 2001 VTR batteries are slightly taller with an tad improved A/h rating over earlier 97-01 spec batteries - The motobat battery for my '97 seems a fraction larger causing it to wedge tighter in battery compartment resulting into having to remove the plastic battery compartment & lid to be able to get it in & out. No 'foam' to remove from my bike and motobat base plate removed.Dr B1G wrote:Exact same thing happened to me, and need a new battery. Can anyone post a link to a decent site please?
Mine is a 1998 model, are they all the same size?
Thanks in advance
Mine fits - like a glove and I can take a picture to prove it.popkat wrote:I've heard people say the motobatt wont fit in the space properly and the cover won't go on. In the battery box there are strips of foam on the under side of the lid and in the bottom of the tray, you need to at least remove the ones from the underside of the lid, maybe from the tray too (can't remember) then the battery will fit, it will be tight and difficult to remove again but it will fit and the lid too..piggy1 wrote:Ordered a motobatt so [SMIRKING FACE]
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Mine fits - like a glove and I can take a picture to prove it.bazza696 wrote:[quote="popkat"
I've heard people say the motobatt wont fit in the space properly and the cover won't go on. In the battery box there are strips of foam on the under side of the lid and in the bottom of the tray, you need to at least remove the ones from the underside of the lid, maybe from the tray too (can't remember) then the battery will fit, it will be tight and difficult to remove again but it will fit and the lid too..