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Dalemac · #1 Post by **Dalemac** » Sun May 06, 2012 7:05 pm

What are decent batteries for the falco and where is the bet place to buy? The falco's battery is on its last leg, and it struggling to hold its charge, and the voltage is pretty low.

Wemoto have the Yuasa for around £63 or the motobatt for around £60. Any other contenders?

Thanks,

Dale

*EDIT* The battery in my bike is a YTX12-BS, but there seem to be other part numbers such as YTX14-BS and CTX12-BS. Confused.....

D-Rider · #2 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun May 06, 2012 10:18 pm

The search function on here will reveal a wealth of info ......

Yuassa YTZ14 (I forget the suffix) is what I have - it's better than the standard YTX14BS but needs some spacers (bits of wood) as it's physically smaller.

MartDude · #3 Post by **MartDude** » Sun May 06, 2012 11:30 pm

D-Rider wrote:The search function on here will reveal a wealth of info ......

Yuassa YTZ14 (I forget the suffix) is what I have - it's better than the standard YTX14BS but needs some spacers (bits of wood) as it's physically smaller.

YTZ 14S; 230 CCA

Tonyunn · #4 Post by **Tonyunn** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:56 am

I have recently bought one of the yellow Motobatt batteries and i has been fine, fitted in straight out of the box and fired up as they said it would.

I paid under £50 for mine form e-bay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270910962815? ... 1439.l2649

When I clicked on this the price has doubled, might be a mistake.

back_marker · #5 Post by **back_marker** » Mon May 07, 2012 9:35 am

Tonyunn wrote:I have recently bought one of the yellow Motobatt batteries and i has been fine, fitted in straight out of the box and fired up as they said it would.

I paid under £50 for mine form e-bay.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/270910962815? ... 1439.l2649

When I clicked on this the price has doubled, might be a mistake.

I've just got one, cost £45 delivered, that's from Busters evilbay shop. If you check out their spec sheets then they claim to have more Ah and CCA so better whichever way you look at it. MBTX12U is the one you want.

If you are really stuck on a Yuasa, keep an eye out on ebay, you can generally get one for between £40 - £45

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yuasa-YTX14-B ... 3367e4324e

Edit:

Holy crap, see what you mean about the price going up on the Motobatt ones.

http://www.biker-discount.co.uk/motobat ... 2365-p.asp

Dalemac · #6 Post by **Dalemac** » Mon May 07, 2012 10:01 am

Decided to go for one of the motobatt ones. It was £50 from amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B004 ... 00_s00_i00

Dale

davebms · #7 Post by **davebms** » Mon May 07, 2012 12:12 pm

Dalemac wrote:Decided to go for one of the motobatt ones. It was £50 from amazon.

good choice Ive just fitted one to mine , nearly throws the engine out of the frame !!

wayofthedarkhand · #8 Post by **wayofthedarkhand** » Mon May 07, 2012 6:11 pm

I'd probably go by the size of the battery, then find the highest capacity and best CCA for that particular size.

Firestarter · #9 Post by **Firestarter** » Tue May 08, 2012 9:14 am

I've had an SVR one on for about 4 years, which has been run flat a few times (forgot to plug in the Optimate), but is still going well

But, you've already bought one so kinda moot

https://www.ridersite.com/viewtopic.ph ... ht=battery

bigearsbilly · #10 Post by **bigearsbilly** » Fri May 11, 2012 8:22 am

I've been using motobatt for years on all my bikes.
they are strong and they hold charge even in long outside winter lay offs.

easily the strongest batteries I've ever used.

Dalemac · #11 Post by **Dalemac** » Fri May 25, 2012 10:04 am

3 weeks have passed and still no Motobatt battery.

Apparently the courier managed to damage it

and guess what- they have none left in stock! Means they are sending out a Dynavolt one instead (which is a bit extra, but I don't have to pay the difference)

Any thoughts on the Dynavolt?

Dale

randomsquid · #12 Post by **randomsquid** » Sun May 27, 2012 3:18 pm

Dalemac wrote: Any thoughts on the Dynavolt?

Dale

Got one on the Falco and it's been fine. Had one on the ER-6 for 2-3 years and it's much better than the Yuasa thing that came with it, started the bike fine at -11, the Yuasa would never have managed it.

flatlander · #13 Post by **flatlander** » Sun May 27, 2012 3:55 pm

Any should be fine as long as its not second hand from a webfoot ;)

blinkey501 · #14 Post by **blinkey501** » Sun May 27, 2012 4:35 pm

Dalemac wrote:3 weeks have passed and still no Motobatt battery.

Apparently the courier managed to damage it

and guess what- they have none left in stock! Means they are sending out a Dynavolt one instead (which is a bit extra, but I don't have to pay the difference)

Any thoughts on the Dynavolt?

Dale

Give griff a ring his uprated ones are 65 Quid

irich · #15 Post by **irich** » Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:57 am

Halfords do a Bosch replacement for the Falco. YTX14-BS or M6 018, think it might be an AGM battery.