This Li battery will probably be my next battery.
I can certainly see and appreciate how your situation would get frustrating, and I understand now why you are searching for a long-life battery.Riding since '92 I concur on the original 5~6 year lifespan of an MC battery... till the change of the millennium...
New environmental regulations like RoHS forced changes in the used materials & compositions... not even car batteries will last longer then 2~3 years...
One might get a bit more if it's a daily driver, but job schedules and climate conditions do not support such...
I suggest a portable jump-starter.Ergo I'm in search of something more reliable...
Not avail over here, whilst the [restart] (with remote) seems a nice concept...This Li battery will probably be my next battery.
Agree, the *original* battery of my '96 Toyota also lasted 10 years... but whatever I can get since then is done within 2...I replaced the battery in my truck last fall before the winter cold set in. It was 10 years old.
LOL! Been there, with a Hawker Enersys inside... failed after 5...I suggest a portable jump-starter.
If you had to charge it probably yes. As it arrives 100% charged you don't need to initialize it. I bought a lithium charger for my Scorpion battery but only because the manufacturer ships them at only 60% charge. In 2.5 years I've never needed to touch the charger again as the self discharger rate is so slow the bike starts instantly even after sitting more than a month when I as out of the country. I'm betting you could put off buying a charger and perhaps avoid purchasing one all together. These lithium ones seem a lot less dependent on chargers that L/A. AGM or gel type batteries.Would this NOCO require their own charger?
Would my Deltran Battery Tender Jr chargers work?
Thanks Jeff.I'm betting you could put off buying a charger and perhaps avoid purchasing one all together. These lithium ones seem a lot less dependent on chargers that L/A. AGM or gel type batteries.
How so? I'd think putting them on a charger not designed for Li batteries would be a mistake. One of the warnings is not to use a battery charger/tender that has a desulfation mode.I think the mistake guys do with these batteries is that they try to treat is like the common LeadAcid or AGM...
The bike's alternator puts out a lot of current, most of which goes to running the bike, and whatever is left will charge the battery at a rate dependent on the relative voltage difference between the two, and discharge to keep the bike running if the RPMs are too low.Another curiousity, what's the difference for the battery between the bike charging system and a bench unit?
I have a Shorai in my bike since 2015 and I use Shorai charger for it all winter, it has a storage mode which keeps the battery charge to somewhere around 80% capacity. The battery was still cranking the motor like new last year and hope it will do the same in 2022.My experience off bike.. the battery doesnt discharge over months, IMHO, leaving it on a charger over the winter would not be good for it.
Thats interesting.. every check battery volts before and after? Curious...I have a Shorai in my bike since 2015 and I use Shorai charger for it all winter, it has a storage mode which keeps the battery charge to somewhere around 80% capacity. The battery was still cranking the motor like new last year and hope it will do the same in 2022.
Interestingly it uses the full avail volume, whilst other MFGs utilize only 2/3rd and fill the rest with pieces of empty plastic (spacers...), claiming "meeting the specs of the conventional battery"...
I have one in my Suzuki DR650 and Yamaha Super Tenere. I also talked Tim from Canada to get one for his ST that is stored here, he had been through about 4 Yuasa batteries.Interestingly it uses the full avail volume, whilst other MFGs utilize only 2/3rd and fill the rest with pieces of empty plastic (spacers...), claiming "meeting the specs of the conventional battery"...
Or did you purposely select a way larger model that fits the battery tray?
The NOCO will arrive next week (their GENIOUS5 charger is already in the mailbox), we'll see how it fits and performs then...
If this is the real deal I'll get two others for the NT700 and my '94 ST1100...
If I was going to an LI battery, I would look for the largest one that would fit in the space.Interestingly it uses the full avail volume, whilst other MFGs utilize only 2/3rd and fill the rest with pieces of empty plastic (spacers...), claiming "meeting the specs of the conventional battery"...
I have not.Thats interesting.. every check battery volts before and after? Curious...
Where did find the “Remote Reset”. I’m using the battery and it works as expected. I tried charging my phone over night and drained it, but the restart saved the day.
Where did find the “Remote Reset”. I’m using the battery and it works as expected. I tried charging my phone over night and drained it, but the restart saved the day.