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grumble - duff battery
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:19 pm
by lazarus
grumble. only had the bike a couple of months and the battery has gone phut. trying to start brings a loud clunk and everything goes dead. volts at the terminals drops to 7.5. and bought privately so no come back.
anyone recommend a good on line battery source? bit surprised by the high prices, like £40!!!
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:25 pm
by Willopotomas
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:26 pm
by MartDude
. . if not at the cheaper end of what's available.
Don't skimp; get the best you can afford. In this case, cheap will definitely be false economy
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:28 pm
by fatboy
Loads of acessory shops, Busters, MPS, Bitzforbikes,Demon Tweaks,Wemoto,Bikerfix....
Do a google search for the battery type, Im sure you will get more than enough suggestions to compare prices, but then again the price of bloody everything is rocketing
Fully agree with MartDude, a cheap battery wont last long, then again I've had expensive ones fail qiucktime.
Motobatt are worth looking at
Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:02 pm
by struv
watch what your doing trying to start it with a duff battery or the sprag will pop motobatt of ebay are good
Motobatt
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:18 am
by Tonyunn
I got one of these last year and so far it has been fine, no starting problems at all.
It is always plugged in to an optimiser when not running.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Motobatt-Upgr ... 27cb53be05
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:40 pm
by Kwackerz
I bought mine from Wemoto.
Motobatt MBTX12U
Excellent battery. Cant fault it.
It even came with two spacers to fit under my boots so I could reach to drop the battery in the hole.. well that's what Pete said they were for.. it worked too..
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:31 pm
by fatboy
Actually the Motobatt is a good bit of kit, there are tappings on the front and rear of the battery so no need to worry about terminal orientation,also comes with 2 adaptors so connections can be made to side or top of teminal, its gell filled so you could even fit it upside down,if somehow you feel you have to.
As Tim said,the spacer provided makes it compatible with differing heights.
Of battery I meant
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:47 pm
by lazarus
Bought one from Amazon for £36 - Yuasa.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:19 pm
by fatboy
Good price ! Hope you have a trickle charger, if not they can be had for very little, Igot a solar panel one for less than a tenner
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:03 am
by D-Rider
fatboy wrote: Igot a solar panel one for less than a tenner
Pavarotti never came cheap
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:21 am
by Dusty
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21115383
I'm sure
your Yuasa will be just fine, Lazarus!
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:28 am
by randomsquid
MY OE one was poor right from the off.