anybody have a Shorai Battery yet?

[dgm]

mine weighs exactly 2lbs according to my scale and my original batt weighs exactly 8lbs on the same scale.  I believe 2lbs is .9Kg right?

[junior varsity]

yes.  0.907

[The Mad King Pepe']

I got a 14 Ah and just tested it today, I used it to start up both of my bikes (the 900 with FCR and the 750 with Mikuni carbs) after they had been sitting for about a month: no problem with either bike.

If I had a fuel injected bike with high comp pistons, I would definitely get the the 18 amp battery, but otherwise I think the 14 is just fine.

Here's some pics: packaging (keep it! you'll need it to fit the tiny battery) and weight (in grams) 4430 vs 700 about 6.3 to 1 ratio!

[Heath]

Is there any downside (besides cost or weight) in using a 18ah in my s2r800 even though it probably only needs a 14ah?
I am still on my stock battery.  My bike starts but not as good as it used to.

[junior varsity]

I got the 18 for this fixer upper 99 900 because it needs all the help it can get. Even it is silly light - no weight penalty compared to OEM! I will test it when the wiring is sorted out soon

[The Mad King Pepe']

Is there any downside (besides cost or weight) in using a 18ah in my s2r800 even though it probably only needs a 14ah?
I am still on my stock battery.  My bike starts but not as good as it used to.

As far as I know, the 18 Ah is just a little heavier and costs about $30 more than the 14 Ah, that's all.

[junior varsity]

and has more starting oomph.


or so i think. (i did bad in circuits in college, 'lectrics is all IZ_ math. but not this kind of IZ_ math.)

[BoDiddley]

Between Motorwheels and Batterystuff I found three different 14AH model designations, any one know what the difference is?


LFX14A1-BS12

LFX14L2-BS12

LFX14A2-BS12

[junior varsity]

i know one of them is [ +  - ] and another is [ - + ]  orientation of the posts.

Dunno what the last one would be.

[thought]

do these ever go bad after being discharged for a while like normal batteries?  as in say you dont charge it for a year... it's totally dead... you should be able to just hook it up to a tender and have it recharge right?  since it's lithium ion like a phone battery?

[junior varsity]

from the guys at Motowheels: These don't discharge at the same rate as the OEM style battery, instead of losing say 10% in a month, these lose much less, like 1%.   something like that. So its like likely that you will discharge it from nonuse.

[thought]

from the guys at Motowheels: These don't discharge at the same rate as the OEM style battery, instead of losing say 10% in a month, these lose much less, like 1%.   something like that. So its like likely that you will discharge it from nonuse.

hmmm... that's kind of interesting then... so say, worst case scenario, you can leave it for about a year and a half off a tender @ 5% discharge per month...

the reason this is good for me is that i might be traveling btwn countries a lot soon and the bike might have to sit for a long time without access to a tender... unless i can get a friend of mine to let me store it in his garage.

[junior varsity]

Newer Monsters that came with a Yuasa 12B-BS battery take the [ + - ] configuration, whereas older Monsters originally equipped with the lead anchor known as the "16 series venting piece of shit" (or at least I think that's what the packaging said)  use the opposite: [ - + ] (the positive terminal is next to the belt side, and the battery is oriented upright)

[Heath]

Here is the break down
LFX14A1-BS12
14 = the a/Hr
A = orientation of the posts ( A is [+  -]  L is [-  +] )
1 = case size of the battery (1 is the bigger one, 2 is the smaller one)

12 = the voltage

[junior varsity]

wizard!