Lightweight Battery

[ScottyB]

I love mine...nice weight savings and more cold cranking amps. Nice battery ;)

[Burmashave]

I bought my bike with 55 miles on it and it came with one of these batteries. I had no idea it wasn’t a oem battery.

Bryan, your bike came with a Shorai installed? Did you know that Shorai strongly recommends that you only use their charger to charge it up? On the other hand, Revzilla, now claims that chargers that do not have a sulfite cycle, such as Battery Tender products, are O.K. to use occasionally.

Along the same subject, I was talking to a salesman from Western Power Sports while I was waiting in the shop for a servicing. One of the strong selling points for their Featherweight batteries (https://www.firepowerparts.com/product/ ... tery/50983) is that they can be hooked to a normal charger -- no special charger needed.

In the end, I went with a Shorai because I already have the charger, and I have had good experience with a Shorai in the past. I also thought about some of the BT enabled batteries, but to me, that seems overkill if the battery is reliable in the first place.

[Burmashave]

I just got a response back from Shorai. They recommend the LFX19A4 for our bikes. They state that there is no warranty coverage if you use a different model.

[black-k1]

I don't have a fancy scale, but this should be fairly close:
stock Yuasa YTZ10s - 7 lbs
Shorai LFX14A4-BS12 - 2.1 lbs

So about 5 lbs savings.

Nice 5 lbs up high is a good amount.

While I agree that 5lbs is a nice saving, for most of us, a few less pies/burgers/beers would likely be a better saving!

[danham]

It strikes me that battery choice depends a bit on what the main use of the bike will be. For me it's long-distance touring, so the 5 lbs is not a big advantage; the cold starting could be a disadvantage, and the expense doesn't make sense. YMMV.

So a bigger question for me is: when it comes time to replace the battery, are there any that fit the space on an H2 that are rated at more than 8.6 amp hours? My BMW F800 ST had lots less electronic stuff to power and it came with a 12 amp hour battery. I was surprised at the Kawi battery's lack of capacity. Couple that with an alternator that doesn't put out full power until 5000 RPM and I am keeping the bike on a battery tender whenever it is parked for more than about a day.

-dan

[kman0066]

Without the Lithium trade-offs, the Yuasa AGM battery in there is probably the best option. The next size up, YTZ12S, is about 3/4" taller. Not sitting in front of my bike, so not sure if that would fit. If it does, it would get you up to 11 AH.

That all said, this bike starts super easy and doesn't seem to have hardly any parasitic draw. The all LED lighting also helps keep power draws low while running. I charge mine up once in the winter while it's sitting for months just in case, but otherwise it sits weeks sometimes without being run. My Ducati on the other hand...I wouldn't let that sit for 3 days without having it on the charger...

[Bryan468]

I bought my bike with 55 miles on it and it came with one of these batteries. I had no idea it wasn’t a oem battery.

Bryan, your bike came with a Shorai installed? Did you know that Shorai strongly recommends that you only use their charger to charge it up? On the other hand, Revzilla, now claims that chargers that do not have a sulfite cycle, such as Battery Tender products, are O.K. to use occasionally.

Along the same subject, I was talking to a salesman from Western Power Sports while I was waiting in the shop for a servicing. One of the strong selling points for their Featherweight batteries (https://www.firepowerparts.com/product/ ... tery/50983) is that they can be hooked to a normal charger -- no special charger needed.

In the end, I went with a Shorai because I already have the charger, and I have had good experience with a Shorai in the past. I also thought about some of the BT enabled batteries, but to me, that seems overkill if the battery is reliable in the first place.

This is good to know. I just noticed the battery was a lithium battery but didn’t even think about needing a special charger for it.

[JohnRWT]

When I needed motorcycle battery charger - I simply googled it, and found a great article (see here), and there are a lot of great choices to choose, with all the pros and cons, and how they work and how they should work. For me it was great information, that opened my eyes on some stuff. Now I have compact smart feeding device from CTEK has several stages of fully automated powering.

[Bryan468]

This is the one that came with my bike.

[Burmashave]

This is the one that came with my bike....

I'd call that a bonus, a weird bonus at that. Were I you, I'd pick up a Shorai charger. The nice thing about the charger is that it plugs directly into the front center port shown in your photo.