Battery question

Hi Ben,

i've just put a Varta YTZ7 in my 450, i had one in my 650 for two years without problems after two CTZ7's died within a few hours of fitting.
It was the same size as the standard.

Not sure about the horn/light situation, is the horn running AC or DC (off the battery or engine?)


Carl

I would advise a Li-ion battery from Shorai.

Good fit, 1/3 of the weight of the OEM battery.

Very sturdy battery, even with -15C.

:idea: :cheers:

I understand.

But you'll appreciate the better handling, the better stamina and the fact that you can leave them in the bike for two months, standing still, but without loosing any voltage! :bounce3:

I have a motobatt has been in bike maybe 5 months works really well seems to have plenty of grunt and half the price of a yusa or shorai ones. Was looking at shorai to reduce weight but needed one quickly and none were advailble in oz at the time.

Ive been looking round at this myself, ive only looked at 'normal' batteries.
The Yuasa YTZ7S 130cca is the dogs Around £80
Varta Funstart YTZ7S-BS 110cca Around £40
Exide Maintenance Free Battery YTZ7-BS 110cca Around £30
Prices from http://boschcarbatteries.co.uk/

Now looking at Yellow battery (motobatt) Im not trusting when it comes to amazing power for amazing price.. you dont get something for nothing.
The specs say its 6.5Ah (the above are all 6Ah) and has 130cca all for an amazing £30 from Busters on Ebay (couldnt find it on their none ebay site)
Now my experience on batteries with mega hi capacity and cheep price from China has been disapointing to say the least BUT i have no knowledge of these (can joe bloggs on the street tell if it really has 130cca and not 90cca??). i look forward to some positive feedback before i bite the bullet and by a battery.

Just put all this in context. not having anything to compare with, a dead 3V YTZ7S Yuasa and only had the bike 2 days (2003 FE501). I stuck the wifes Honda NSR125 battery on (same physical size) a YTX5L-BS with only 90cca and 4Ah. I was using the battery to spin the engine over with the decomp pulled in (clean the system) and kicking to try and start. I didnt realise it was flooding due to a stuck float needle. i did also turn the engine over a few times to try and start with the decomp released and also with it pulled in to get the engine spinning before releasing the decomp.
The YTX5L-BS did about 10-15 start runs as above each around 10 seconds of cranking before it started to give up, i was also kicking between electric runs. Which given i was trying to get used to starting the bike, stale fuel, didnt know you need to turn the hi-low switch to hi to start, had a flooding carb etc I dont think the battery did to bad. it was definately turning the engine over quick enough to start, had everything else been ok.

Cheers Pete

Morning Pete,

i can definately recommend the Varta Funstart, had one on my old 650 for about 30 hours before it was moved over to my 450. It lasted another fifty hours before a wiring issue drained it totally over christmas.
Just fitted a new Varta.........at £40.

cheers Carl