Battery

[leevtr]

What are we buying these days ?? I've always bought Yuasa's ( not that I've needed many ) and always found them to be trouble free.

Is there a better alternative ??

[VTRDark]

IMO you can't go wrong with a Yuasa they are bloody good battery's. You have the Yellow Motbatt things that a lot of people like but I recently found out from a motorcycle garage mechanic that they have gone downhill in quality over the last couple of years since they have gone big and selling loads on eBay.

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[leevtr]

Theres lots of everything on ebay, Exide, Varta, blah blah. Another one of them you get what you pay for things I suppose !

[VTRDark]

Indeed and Yuasa's have been around for years and you know they are good. They just costs a little more though. Shame they don't have some extra accessory terminals on them. That is the one thing I like about those Yellow ones. But if you wanted that you could always mod it with some extra terminal take off points.

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[agentpineapple]

Theres lots of everything on ebay, Exide, Varta, blah blah. Another one of them you get what you pay for things I suppose !

a friend of mine has a large vw/audi garage and he only uses varta's, but that's for cars of course.
like anything tho lee, your better off buying quality, I have a motobatt battery, one of the early ones, and its been brilliant...

[leevtr]

Here's a question for someone...

Ebay search for firestorm battery, Yuasa ytX 12s.......£ 50 delivered.
Yuasa recommendation ytZ 12s.......£ 65 delivered.

The cheaper one is 10ah, dearer 12ah. I think thats got a lot to do with how long they hold a charge ( well it is when it comes to drill batteries anyway ). Is it worth paying the extra £15 ???

[leevtr]

Theres lots of everything on ebay, Exide, Varta, blah blah. Another one of them you get what you pay for things I suppose !

a friend of mine has a large vw/audi garage and he only uses varta's, but that's for cars of course.
like anything tho lee, your better off buying quality, I have a motobatt battery, one of the early ones, and its been brilliant...

You know me, I wont buy cheap crap unless I have no other choice.

[VTRDark]

That would depend on if you going to add many accessories that would use more power like 12v power supply, heated grips, brighter lights etc.

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[agentpineapple]

cca cold cranking is important to, more so when trying to start the bike in winter....
get the beefier one lee, I know you like to charge your ipod thingy majig.....

[chric]

them yellow batterys are ace

[thumperslaw]

I run a moto batt in mine
Great battery and have not started the storm for well over a month now and today it fired in to life first go !
Would get more moto batts for other projects

[Tenesmus]

I used Odyssey batteries in my Vmax and have just installed one in the VTR. The Vmax would sit for 6 months throughout winter and start first time (cranks the engine faster than stock), get ridden a few miles then put away for a couple more months. I never used a charger on it. The battery lasted for 8 years before my abuse killed it.

Snags - it's expensive at £127. The terminals are in a different position and the battery is smaller so it's not plug'n'play, you have to fit a new positive cable and mess around. Worth it in my opinion.

From http://www.odysseybattery.com/powerbenefits.html

Limited 2-year full replacement warranty — not pro rata.

With 3-10 years of service life, ODYSSEY® batteries save consumers time, money, and aggravation.

70% longer cycle life compared to conventional deep
cycle batteries — up to 400 cycles at 80% depth of discharge — high stable voltage for longer periods of time.

Can be stored on open circuit (nothing connected to the terminals) without the need for recharging up to 2 years
or 12.00V, whichever occurs first.

The highest recharge efficiency of any sealed lead battery on the market — capable of 100% recharge in 4 - 6 hours.