Lithium battery...

[RDWII]

I bought the lithium battery and the lithium battery tender junior. Surpising how much lighter the battery is...

Its also much smaller, so I built a wood spacer for three sides to hold it still. I also like that it has four poles on it, so mains can connect on one set, and all the accessory stuff on the other two...

So far so good. Theoretically, these last "5x" longer. We shall see, wont we?

 

[GOZFST]

What brand did you get and how does it compare price wise to the Yuasa?

 

[RDWII]

I went through amazon... somewhat more than the yuasa, but if it does actually last longer...

 

[BeRight]

Please keep us updated. I almost got one last time I changed batteries in my 08 Spyder.

 

[JKMSPYDER]

LITHIUM BATTERY

One word of caution! a Lithium battery must have a special charger or tender for that type of battery. RDWII stated that he bought a lithium battery tender and that's wise. Using a wrong charger can make the battery swell and even explode.

 

[r1100rider]

I bought the lithium battery and the lithium battery tender junior. Surpising how much lighter the battery is...

Its also much smaller, so I built a wood spacer for three sides to hold it still. I also like that it has four poles on it, so mains can connect on one set, and all the accessory stuff on the other two...

So far so good. Theoretically, these last "5x" longer. We shall see, wont we?

the ones I have bought came with a bunch of foam spacers for the fill in

 

[bmccaffrey]

the ones I have bought came with a bunch of foam spacers for the fill in

Makes sense

 

[GOZFST]

One word of caution! a Lithium battery must have a special charger or tender for that type of battery. RDWII stated that he bought a lithium battery tender and that's wise. Using a wrong charger can make the battery swell and even explode.

The only caveat in charging a Lithium Ion battery is not to have a "de-sulfation" mode . Here is an article on charging a Shorai LI battery. I put one in my BMW F650 GS 3 years ago and keep it on a Schumacher brand tender.
http://www.atbatt.com/motorcycle-batteries/how-to-charge-a-lithium-phosphate-motorcycle-battery

 

[RDWII]

There were no foam blocks. I used what I am used to, wood. I build furniture, make custom crown molding, etc., so its easy peasy.

 

[Lew L]

Shoria Battery

I purchased the above for my V-Max about 2.5 years ago and no problems at all. It weighs nothing.

Kaos

 

[Bob Denman]

The weight savings alone make these batteries and interesting option... Please keep us posted as to how well it does the job! :thumbup: