Shorai Battery

I stock both of these and they work awesome! Give me a shout if you need one. Free shipping for any Husaberg.org member. (I only ship within the U.S.)

Standard Recommendation: LFX09L2-BS12MSRP: $114.95 The LFX Standard recommendation is the best overall pick for most applications, and has been selected to give strong cranking performance and long lifespan. This LFX battery is 4.07 Lbs. lighter than the lead-acid YTZ7S. 9Ah & 135 CCA

Duration Recommendation: LFX14L2-BS12MSRP: $159.95 The LFX Duration recommendation is for those who want the strongest possible cranking performance and lifespan, and don’t mind a slight increase in weight and cost compared to the standard recommendation.This LFX battery is 3.90 Lbs. lighter than the lead-acid YTZ7S. 14 Ah & 210 CCA

Tim - what Shorai would you recommend for a 2011 FE 570 S and what's my total cost including shipping to LA?

The LFX14L2-BS12 is the way to go. I can do it for $159.99 shipped.

I'll do free shipping for any memeber of Husaberg.org on these.

I run Shorai batteries in two of my bikes - - a LX18 in my '10 KTM 990 SMT and a LX14 in my '09 Beta 570 RS. I use a TurnTech 5 Ah battery in my '08 KTM 350 XCF-W which has been in the bike for four years. All the batteries work great and have never failed to E start the engines. Also, these batteries never or at least rarely require 'tending'. Note that the Ah ratings are much more realistic on the TurnTech batteries. Note also that the TurnTech 5 Ah battery is now very competitively priced at $99 plus shipping.

Hi,

Is there a need for the battery tender sold by Shorai (I think) for this battery or will a standard tender work?

A standard tender will work cause after all your bike is also able to charge it.

But run it for max 45 minutes in a row, or something really bad may happen to your shorai.

twowheelsgood said:

Hi,

Is there a need for the battery tender sold by Shorai (I think) for this battery or will a standard tender work?

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According to Shorai, the battery can sit for about 12 months without the need for a charge.

Noppy said:

A standard tender will work cause after all your bike is also able to charge it.

But run it for max 45 minutes in a row, or something really bad may happen to your shorai.

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Ah...duh, make sense, thanks!

What's "something" that might happen?

It may light up in flames, your bike with it, or the overload circuit is destroyed, if there is any.

When it comes to starting, is Cold Cranking Amps (CCA) the number to look for? If so, the Ballistic with 275 CCA would be the best option correct?

SHORAI 210 CCA LFX14L2
Ballistic 275 CCA 8 Cell
Antigravity 240 CCA 12-Cell Small Case

My thinking; weight and price are of little concern when you are pushing home.

Thank you for your input to my next purchase,
Todd

Shorai has a different model with 30% more umphhh compared to their basic one. That is the one I have in the Husa, because I didn't want to take any risks without a kickstarter.

Hi,

I bought a LFX14L2-BS12 early this year for my FE570 -12. I did it for 2 reasons:
1 - I live in sweden and the winter is cold so I wanted something that can start it after a cold night out in the wilderness.
2 - I wanted maximum AH as without a kickstart I'm so dependent on the battery.

My battery died last week.. The bike started fine 1 week ago, today it barely moved the startengine. I plugged in the shorai charger and it warns me about overload of battery (both leds flashing). I read 9.97V, which means its empty according to shorais table:


I guess my battery is useless to me right now. This came without any warning or nothing. I been riding fairly frequently and never charged it or used the store function. The bike has started straight away (thank you husaberg). The only time it was slow on starting was early this year when it was winter (cold oil and so on..).

As I dont dare leave the charger on a dead shorai (dont want my bike or anything else to burn), according to Shorai its dead anyway. I thought I just bite the dust and order a new one. I did a google search to see if theres any information about shorai problems before buying the new one and found lots of cases where shorai doesnt deliver as promised (not surprised at it is internet and unhappy customers are more loud than happy ones).
One forum thread was very interesting though.. A competent guy testing shorais. I recommend to have a look and read about his findings:
http://advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=770364
If you want to skip to his results heres the link (I recommend to read his first post first):
http://advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=18349468&postcount=113

If it is so that shorais are no good in cold weather I will not buy another one, that was my reason #1 for the purchase. One piece of info I did miss before buying last winter was the fact that Shorai struggle under -7 degC (40F). Its on their website...
But it also seems that the numbers and what shorai is promising is not the whole truth, I'm not good at electrical things so I have to go with what he wrote.

I dont want to risk alot of money on another one (they do cost alot), as they do seem to have their drawbacks for adventure guys. Until today my battery has worked fine for me, strong. But I cant have it to unexpectedly die on me without any salvation. As I plan to go for longer rides I cant have that happen to me. Lead batteries I know how to handle, if they go low you charge them..
Another reason for me to not buy another one is that they are not water proof. My bike has seen alot of water and been submerged in ditches and mud many times. Its been fine so far but in that very thread that fact came up. Who knows, maybe thats why my battery was drained? I had a very wet ride last time. Either way I dont like that they are not water proof.

I dont dare to recommend people to buy or not to buy. I just wanted to share my experience and some info that I found out.
My personal conclusion now is to go standard lead. Much cheaper so I can have two in case one dies on me. I can save them if they go flat. If it gets to cold in the night I can do the old trick of putting the batterie(s) in my sleeping bag so they stay warm.

Off to my local dealer tomorrow to buy a new battery...

I had one of these new type batteries and it died the first winter. I'm back to a STD. Battery now. It was a lot of money for a battery that lasted 8 months.

Before you buy a Lifepo4 battery check out Antigravity Batteries. The way the posts are engineered is reason enough to buy one. Shorai like most are fragile. Read the FAQ page on the Antigravity website or call them up. Made in USA from quality components. I had a Shorai and overdischarged it so I replaced it with an Antigravity 8cell small case in my 09 FE450. Works great and I feel better about it.

Since my last post in May 2012, both of my relatively new Shorai batteries have bit the dust. Shorai replaced the LFX18 battery in my KTM SMT at no charge but with the LFX14 battery in my Beta I didn't even bother and replaced it with the super dependable TurnTech 5Ah battery. The TurnTech battery in my '08 KTM HTR 350 XCF-W is still going strong after almost 5 years of use.

I bought the 7amp shorai a couple months ago for my FE650. With the kickstarter, I wasn't worried about it being underrated. Turns out It starts it fine from cold, but cold is a stretch, it's t-shirt weather really. (40°f)

I ran it for a few hours to fully charge it before abuse testing it the next day. With the engine cold, it started it in gear, (with the clutch pulled). I did have to use the decomp lever to get it to start spinning though.


It starts it fine from cold (properly, in neutral), and no decomp is needed, but I pull it anyway cuz it's there and it's prolly the right thing to do..
Once warmed up, it restarts it in gear without decomp. I'll try to remember to update this thread if/when it decides to puke.
It was around $100, an LFX07L2.

I need help with my Shorai battery. It was on the bike when I got it 2 years ago. Has been fine up till yesterday. I had not started the bike for about 5 days. It wouldn't start yesterday. I measured the voltage. 3.06V. Hmm. So I put it on a basic charger ( puts out only 13.4V). After 6 hours, the battery was up to 8.0V. This morning I checked it again. The battery shows 8.2V. The charger puts out 13.4V. But when I hook the charger to the battery, the voltage is 17.4V !!!

I disconnected the charger. Connected it to my truck's battery. Started the truck and then started the bike. It ran fine. I need to get the battery charged, but I can't connect it to a charger.

Anyone know what's going on here?

thx.

bikemechanic53 said:

I need help with my Shorai battery. It was on the bike when I got it 2 years ago. Has been fine up till yesterday. I had not started the bike for about 5 days. It wouldn't start yesterday. I measured the voltage. 3.06V. Hmm. So I put it on a basic charger ( puts out only 13.4V). After 6 hours, the battery was up to 8.0V. This morning I checked it again. The battery shows 8.2V. The charger puts out 13.4V. But when I hook the charger to the battery, the voltage is 17.4V !!!

I disconnected the charger. Connected it to my truck's battery. Started the truck and then started the bike. It ran fine. I need to get the battery charged, but I can't connect it to a charger.

Anyone know what's going on here?

thx.

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Sorry, but your battery is toast. Probably has a bad cell is why it won't come up to voltage. It shows 17.4 with the charger connected because that is what the charger is putting out. Time to get a new one.

Don't waste your money on another Shorai battery. Buy the TurnTech 5Ah battery as it outperforms the LFX14 Shorai and is also less expensive. Note that the claimed cold cranking power of the Shorai batteries is highly inflated.

Can someone measure whats the cranking voltage with LFX14L2-BS12 Shorai on your 570?

I bought my battery about year ago and it was working just fine for the 4-6 months I had the bike on road. Now I built my 570 motor with 13.5:1 comp, different cam etc etc. and I can barely start it. Starter just doesn't spin like it's used to. Charged the battery and watched with multimeter the charging voltage. I stopped at 14.5 volts, but I accidentally got it up to 15.4 volts after plugging it again for few seconds.

It reads steady 13.4 volts when resting, but after I hit the starter it drops quickly below 12 volts and sounds sluggish but will get the bike started. If I leave the charger on the battery when cranking it lights up immediately, won't even crank for a second and it's running.

Yesterday I was going for a first test ride and It didn't start. 13.2 volts when resting but after cranking for a second or two it dropped below 10 volts wtf? Put it on charger for 30 mins and it started pretty nicely.

Is this battery really toast or my motor is now too much for it? Cam should have working ADC as it's -11 model according to cam numbers but it's completely custom grind otherwise.