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Decent Battery
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 7:05 pm
by Dalemac
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.....
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 10:18 pm
by D-Rider
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.
Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 11:30 pm
by MartDude
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
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 6:56 am
by Tonyunn
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.
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 9:35 am
by back_marker
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
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 10:01 am
by Dalemac
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
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 12:12 pm
by davebms
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 !!
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 6:11 pm
by wayofthedarkhand
I'd probably go by the size of the battery, then find the highest capacity and best CCA for that particular size.
Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 9:14 am
by Firestarter
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
Posted: Fri May 11, 2012 8:22 am
by bigearsbilly
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.
Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 10:04 am
by Dalemac
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
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 3:18 pm
by randomsquid
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.
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 3:55 pm
by flatlander
Any should be fine as long as its not second hand from a webfoot ;)
Posted: Sun May 27, 2012 4:35 pm
by blinkey501
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
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2012 9:57 am
by irich
Halfords do a Bosch replacement for the Falco. YTX14-BS or M6 018, think it might be an AGM battery.