EarthX Lithium ion battery
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From: Bluffton, South Carolina
I recently installed an EarthX in my big inch bagger and let me tell you I am hooked. We've put lithium batteries in customers bikes with great results. We bought the earthx because they had the largest cca that was available in stock and the others were out of stock. It completely cured the dreaded click!!!! It spins the engine over even when I forget to push the compression releases in!! Yes they cost more but it is money well spent.
John
John
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From: Canton, Michigan
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Had to use that icon, because there wasn't a puking one....
Had to use that icon, because there wasn't a puking one....
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From: Canton, Michigan
$349.00 for the bagger model: http://earthxmotorsports.com/product...on-motorcycle/
I don't love my 93 that much...
I don't love my 93 that much...
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Road Captain
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From: southeast Indiana
I thought I felt a "seat of the pants" increase in horsepower. This may explain it!
Tourer
Joined: Mar 2013
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From: Tampa Bay
I don't know if I would like a LiOn battery in my bike. While I don't know how they work in vehicles I can tell you how they work in tools, as I sold DeWalt and Makita for many years, and the battery technology is the same, I would think just a larger platform. There are only four real advantages to the LiOn.
1) Lighter than other battery formats
2) They can be cycled (charged/recharged) 3-4x's more than conventional batteries
2) They hold their charge longer
3) They continue to deliver full power right up until the moment they die!
That 3rd point is what worries me. When our current battery begins to die, we usually know it and can get our battery replaced before it dies, leaving us stranded in the middle of the Green Swamp! With the LiON, unless the technology is substantialy different than with the tools, we will have no warning at all. Full power- then nothing! The next time you go to start your bike it will be dead. I don't think I want that.
1) Lighter than other battery formats
2) They can be cycled (charged/recharged) 3-4x's more than conventional batteries
2) They hold their charge longer
3) They continue to deliver full power right up until the moment they die!
That 3rd point is what worries me. When our current battery begins to die, we usually know it and can get our battery replaced before it dies, leaving us stranded in the middle of the Green Swamp! With the LiON, unless the technology is substantialy different than with the tools, we will have no warning at all. Full power- then nothing! The next time you go to start your bike it will be dead. I don't think I want that.
Dirt don't hurt
Joined: Jan 2011
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From: Haslet Texas
I don't know if I would like a LiOn battery in my bike. While I don't know how they work in vehicles I can tell you how they work in tools, as I sold DeWalt and Makita for many years, and the battery technology is the same, I would think just a larger platform. There are only four real advantages to the LiOn.
1) Lighter than other battery formats
2) They can be cycled (charged/recharged) 3-4x's more than conventional batteries
2) They hold their charge longer
3) They continue to deliver full power right up until the moment they die!
That 3rd point is what worries me. When our current battery begins to die, we usually know it and can get our battery replaced before it dies, leaving us stranded in the middle of the Green Swamp! With the LiON, unless the technology is substantialy different than with the tools, we will have no warning at all. Full power- then nothing! The next time you go to start your bike it will be dead. I don't think I want that.
1) Lighter than other battery formats
2) They can be cycled (charged/recharged) 3-4x's more than conventional batteries
2) They hold their charge longer
3) They continue to deliver full power right up until the moment they die!
That 3rd point is what worries me. When our current battery begins to die, we usually know it and can get our battery replaced before it dies, leaving us stranded in the middle of the Green Swamp! With the LiON, unless the technology is substantialy different than with the tools, we will have no warning at all. Full power- then nothing! The next time you go to start your bike it will be dead. I don't think I want that.
Road Warrior
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From: Florida
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