http://www.webbikeworld.com/motorcycle-battery/li-ion-motorcycle-battery/shorai-vs-ballistic-li-ion-motorcycle-battery.htm

webbikeworld review of the battery... not a real review per se, but it has some good info in there.

in the comments section, the part that caught my eye is that if the battery drops under a certain charge, you'll have to get a new battery... so keeping it on a tender is a really good idea.  or at least making sure you run it for a while if you dont have access to a tender.

Isn't that kind of a moot point considering it is not suppose to lose 1% of its charge over a year just by sitting?

Shorai finally got a pic of the charge up but still no price.  Expected to be available between April 15th and the 29th

Is the Shorai company headquartered in Japan? Sounds like a Japanese name. I wonder how the recent disasters are going to impact their production timeframe.

Good question.

I got some Aella products recently and had no difficulties communicating back and forth or getting my stuff shipped, so it really depends on where they are. 

I bought a balistic.  thats what most of the racers are getting these days and they seem to have a great rep with them.

the Ballistics look good, don't have the cheesy terminals and are much smaller

Quote from: Heath on April 08, 2011, 05:30:27 AM
Isn't that kind of a moot point considering it is not suppose to lose 1% of its charge over a year just by sitting?

i heard it's around 1-5% per month, not per year.

Quote from: atomic410 on April 08, 2011, 12:18:27 PM
I bought a balistic.  thats what most of the racers are getting these days and they seem to have a great rep with them.

Where did you get it from?  I'm having trouble finding an online supplier

riders direct off of wera.  8cell little over 1lb I think it was $160 shipped iirc. Its about the size of my hand and yes its a direct bolt in. they just got them back in stock.  otherwise KWS sells them

I have the good fortune of being within 10 minutes of the shorai headquarters. They are experience shipping delays and are currently out of stock on a lot of motorcycle batteries (ducati's included). I've got my name on the local wait-list. ETA as of last week as april 25th.

balastic in stock at riders direct (as of last week) or at KWS.  Slamdunk

Quote from: bergdoerfer on April 08, 2011, 01:15:09 PM
the Ballistics look good, don't have the cheesy terminals and are much smaller

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Well found out yesterday the stock battery cables don't reach the terminals on the ballistic so it does take some fandangaling to get it in there, doesn't seem like a hard task though for the almost 10lbs saved(depending on stock battery) and space saved under the tank.   

Quote from: EEL on April 13, 2011, 11:43:39 AM
I have the good fortune of being within 10 minutes of the shorai headquarters. They are experience shipping delays and are currently out of stock on a lot of motorcycle batteries (ducati's included). I've got my name on the local wait-list. ETA as of last week as april 25th.

Heck, I'm only 5min away 

New ETA is early May.

BK

Quote from: BK_856er on April 18, 2011, 08:56:47 PM
Heck, I'm only 5min away 

New ETA is early May.

BK

We got these in today.



Shorai Lithium Iron LiFePO4 Battery LFX14A2-BS12

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