grumble - duff battery

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lazarus · #1 Post by **lazarus** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:19 pm

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!!!

Willopotomas · #2 Post by **Willopotomas** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:25 pm

£40.. Average I'd say.

http://www.mdsbattery.co.uk/

http://www.countybatteryservices.co.uk/

MartDude · #3 Post by **MartDude** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:26 pm

Willopotomas wrote:£40.. Average I'd say.

http://www.mdsbattery.co.uk/

http://www.countybatteryservices.co.uk/

. . 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

fatboy · #4 Post by **fatboy** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:28 pm

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

struv · #5 Post by **struv** » Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:02 pm

watch what your doing trying to start it with a duff battery or the sprag will pop motobatt of ebay are good

Tonyunn · #6 Post by **Tonyunn** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 8:18 am

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

#7 Post by **Kwackerz** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:40 pm

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..

fatboy · #8 Post by **fatboy** » Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:31 pm

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

lazarus · #9 Post by **lazarus** » Fri Jan 18, 2013 5:47 pm

Bought one from Amazon for £36 - Yuasa.

fatboy · #10 Post by **fatboy** » Sat Jan 19, 2013 6:19 pm

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

D-Rider · #11 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:03 am

fatboy wrote: Igot a solar panel one for less than a tenner

Pavarotti never came cheap

Dusty · #12 Post by **Dusty** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:21 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21115383

I'm sure your Yuasa will be just fine, Lazarus!

randomsquid · #13 Post by **randomsquid** » Mon Jan 21, 2013 11:28 am

MY OE one was poor right from the off.