Time for a new battery.

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stumblebum76 · #1 Post by **stumblebum76** » Sun Jan 05, 2014 1:13 pm

My battery doesn't seem to be holding much of a charge anymore so it's time to replace it methinks, can any of you fine chaps recommend me a decent replacement please? I've been looking at motobatt's are they up to the job? Many thanks in advance.

D-Rider · #2 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Jan 05, 2014 2:47 pm

At the risk of being cited for returning to type, I suggest you use the search function as so much has been discussed on batteries and the best ones probably identified.

.... but in summary the best combination of capacity and CCA is the YTX14H-BS (the H is important)

Go for a good, reputable brand such as Yuasa - these bikes don't appreciate you skimping on batteries - a big false-economy

For example: http://www.batteryshoponline.co.uk/yuas ... s-94-p.asp

That's the first I found - you may find cheaper elsewhere.

stumblebum76 · #3 Post by **stumblebum76** » Sun Jan 05, 2014 3:03 pm

Many thanks for your reply, I did a search for Falco battery in the search box but it just came up with different subject threads. I don't mind splashing out on a battery so price is not a problem, saying that, the site you have linked to is the cheapest after doing a search so thankyou!

Willopotomas · #4 Post by **Willopotomas** » Sun Jan 05, 2014 4:56 pm

Motobatt are also very good and worth a look IMO.

stumblebum76 · #5 Post by **stumblebum76** » Sun Jan 05, 2014 5:21 pm

Willopotomas wrote:Motobatt are also very good and worth a look IMO.

Do you use one? Are they the same size as the original?

randomsquid · #6 Post by **randomsquid** » Sun Jan 05, 2014 7:18 pm

stumblebum76 wrote:
Willopotomas wrote:Motobatt are also very good and worth a look IMO.
Do you use one? Are they the same size as the original?

I've got one on the ER6 and it's been golden. Being a twin it takes a fair whack to start and the factory yuasa battery was always a bit marginal, especially in the cold. The next one on the Falco will be a Motobatt.
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The kwak one was smaller than the original in height but came with a clip on spacer, also has sensible terminal locations. The only problem with them is being a gel type you don't get much warning before they go south. The dynavolt one I had on before was peachy in the morning and knackered the next time I came to start the bike.

#7 Post by **mangocrazy** » Sun Jan 05, 2014 9:06 pm

I put a Motobatt equivalent on my Ducati 888 recently and it's a monster, both in dimensions and in torque. I had to shave bits off the plastic to get it to fit in the battery tray, but it spins the old girl up faster than she's ever been spun before.

There was a distinct whiff of 'young man, what do you think you're doing?' when I started her up late last year. It really did get the internals whizzing around.

Having said that, it'll be a YTX14H-BS for me when I need a replacement for the Falco. The specs are noticeably better than the Motobatt equivalent, but what irks me about the Motobatt is that there's about 17% of space wasted, as it's undersize and they supply a 15mm spacer to pad the battery size out. If they'd made the casing full size and given us 17% more grunt, I'd probably go for that.

Tonyunn · #8 Post by **Tonyunn** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:39 pm

I got one of these and it has been fine for 14 months now, never let me down.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MotoBatt-QuadFl ... ilia+Falco

And there price is not to bad.

D-Rider · #9 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 2:45 pm

That's intriguing - The seller is claiming it to be a 14 Ah battery - just thought I'd check the spec on Motobatt's website - which confirms it to be a 14 Ah battery:

http://www.motobattbatteries.com/motobatt-mbtx12u.html

BUT

Also Motobatt show it as a replacement for 5 Yuasa batteries - and gives (motobatt's version) of the spec of the Yuassa batteries ..... which is significantly worse than the spec that Yuasa gives (I guess it's not surprising that Motobatt would want to make their battery appear superior .... but there seems to be some funny business going on somewhere.

Here is the Yuasa spec book:
http://www.yuasaeurope.com/images/uploa ... alogue.pdf

stumblebum76 · #10 Post by **stumblebum76** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:20 pm

Oh gawd! Now I'm proper confused, motobatt or Yuasa???

stumblebum76 · #11 Post by **stumblebum76** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:22 pm

Tonyunn wrote:I got one of these and it has been fine for 14 months now, never let me down.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/MotoBatt-QuadFl ... ilia+Falco

And there price is not to bad.

Did you have to space the battery out at all or is it the same size as the original?

Tonyunn · #12 Post by **Tonyunn** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 3:51 pm

It fitted fine, the terminal posts can be altered to suit. I have had no problems with mine and they are recommended for bikes because of their internal construction.
To be honest I think any "good" battery kept up to charge will be OK, it depends on how you feel.

stumblebum76 · #13 Post by **stumblebum76** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 4:27 pm

Tonyunn wrote:It fitted fine, the terminal posts can be altered to suit. I have had no problems with mine and they are recommended for bikes because of their internal construction.
To be honest I think any "good" battery kept up to charge will be OK, it depends on how you feel.

Tnankyou for the info, is it right that you don't need to charge the battery first you can just fit it straight to the bike?

D-Rider · #14 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 4:33 pm

From memory, most tell you to fully charge them first.

stumblebum76 · #15 Post by **stumblebum76** » Mon Jan 06, 2014 5:21 pm

D-Rider wrote:From memory, most tell you to fully charge them first.

I thought I'd still ask as it says in the blurb here http://www.amazon.co.uk/MotoBatt-QuadFl ... ilia+Falco that it comes ready charged.