Lithium battery?

[OnaQueST]

Anyone using a lithium battery?

 

[SMSW]

Quite a few here are, and have used them. I tried a Shorai and went back to AGM lead acid when I sold my ST. Advantages: lower weight, faster acceleration, easier to pick up the bike after a tip over, possible longer life, slightly higher voltage = faster cranking. Disadvantages: more expensive than lead acid, some cold weather issues, some require a special charger, some older chargers with an anti sulfation cycle can damage the battery, full discharge can damage battery.

 

[970mike]

Antigravity in my 07 ST1300 that is almost 10 years old now with over 267,000 miles on the bike. I have never had any cold weather problems and the lowest temperature I have been in with it was 2 degrees.

 

[TPadden]

Right there with anyone using oil or tires.

Just a few threads/ posts:

Any Lithium Ion Battery Fans? | Batteries | ST-Owners.com
Anybody using newer lithium ion batteries in their ST? | Batteries | ST-Owners.com
Replace battery | Batteries | ST-Owners.com
Powertex lifepo4 starting battery, not mentioned anywhere or an ST owners until now. | Batteries | Page 2 | ST-Owners.com

Tom

 

[TPadden]

Rip Van OnaQuest,

Even funnier: been a member for 11 years and this is your 2nd post???

Tom

 

[Gerhard]

Rip Van OnaQuest,

Even funnier: been a member for 11 years and this is your 2nd post???

Tom

Strong silent type.

 

[ddemair]

Rip Van OnaQuest,

Even funnier: been a member for 11 years and this is your 2nd post???

Tom

There's a lot to be learned here just by reading posts.

I'm not a big poster either, but I will when I feel I can contribute... it doesn't happen as often as I wish it would.

 

[ASPC]

The NOCO Lithium NLP14 is only a 4 Amp battery. That is 48 Watts total capacity, the battery in my iPad is 38 watts. For comparison, the useable power in a SLA/AGM battery in group 14 has 108 watts of useable power and they cost $40 bucks.

 

[Upt' North]

No, but I wonder why I would want to move away from the standard fitment on any bike. My Yuasa's seem to go on forever. The "B" is on its original, so that's 7 riding seasons and 6 winter lay ups by myself and previous owners and it's still fine. The bike was also little used when I bought it last April with only 4500 miles on the clock.
I'm still wondering.
Upt.

 

[Oldbikefixr]

There's a lot to be learned here just by reading posts.

I'm not a big poster either, but I will when I feel I can contribute... it doesn't happen as often as I wish it would.

Kinda hard to post anything new/useful given so many experienced ST folk here. August will mark nine years on ST's. Refurbished my first, a 20 year garage queen, which was made a log easier with comments and posts from this board. So, I consider everyone's comments on most anything.