non-std size battery setup
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non-std size battery setup
Ok I'm mounting the new smaller sized anti gravity Lithium battery, its the YTX12-24 720 CCA battery, in my 2002 dyna superglide. The battery obviously is smaller in dimension. I used foamboard for packing to keep battery fitted nice and tight, no movement . So any suggestions for this setup or anyone have any ideas of another way of doing this or see any issues?
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Question on the battery;
I use lithium batteries on my cordless tools and they work very well, however the one thing that I don't like is when it's out of power it just dies without any indicator.
This isn't an issue with cordless tools because I have 4 batteries, but on a bike how do you know if the lithium battery is going out, does it just die?
My 4 year old HD battery needs to be replaced.
I can tell because after a few days of sitting without the tender it's slow to start the bike.
I use lithium batteries on my cordless tools and they work very well, however the one thing that I don't like is when it's out of power it just dies without any indicator.
This isn't an issue with cordless tools because I have 4 batteries, but on a bike how do you know if the lithium battery is going out, does it just die?
My 4 year old HD battery needs to be replaced.
I can tell because after a few days of sitting without the tender it's slow to start the bike.
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That foam board stuff tends to squeak a lot, when moving around. And it will compress and then won't fit well. I would suggest using some high density insulation foam or other type of closed cell rubber that you can pack in there. I have some sheet Rubatex that works great for something like that.
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Question on the battery;
I use lithium batteries on my cordless tools and they work very well, however the one thing that I don't like is when it's out of power it just dies without any indicator.
This isn't an issue with cordless tools because I have 4 batteries, but on a bike how do you know if the lithium battery is going out, does it just die?
My 4 year old HD battery needs to be replaced.
I can tell because after a few days of sitting without the tender it's slow to start the bike.
I use lithium batteries on my cordless tools and they work very well, however the one thing that I don't like is when it's out of power it just dies without any indicator.
This isn't an issue with cordless tools because I have 4 batteries, but on a bike how do you know if the lithium battery is going out, does it just die?
My 4 year old HD battery needs to be replaced.
I can tell because after a few days of sitting without the tender it's slow to start the bike.
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That foam board stuff tends to squeak a lot, when moving around. And it will compress and then won't fit well. I would suggest using some high density insulation foam or other type of closed cell rubber that you can pack in there. I have some sheet Rubatex that works great for something like that.
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Question on the battery;
I use lithium batteries on my cordless tools and they work very well, however the one thing that I don't like is when it's out of power it just dies without any indicator.
This isn't an issue with cordless tools because I have 4 batteries, but on a bike how do you know if the lithium battery is going out, does it just die?
My 4 year old HD battery needs to be replaced.
I can tell because after a few days of sitting without the tender it's slow to start the bike.
I use lithium batteries on my cordless tools and they work very well, however the one thing that I don't like is when it's out of power it just dies without any indicator.
This isn't an issue with cordless tools because I have 4 batteries, but on a bike how do you know if the lithium battery is going out, does it just die?
My 4 year old HD battery needs to be replaced.
I can tell because after a few days of sitting without the tender it's slow to start the bike.
As to the foam, I'd look for a dense closed cell foam at a hobby store. I have some from an upholstery store that is handy, and was reasonably priced.
If you get a Shorai, it comes with the foam needed to secure the battery properly.
Last edited by frontiercat; Mar 12, 2016 at 09:09 PM.
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I would love one of these batteries myself because of their lite weight, but I've heard the same thing. If your bike starts pretty quickly it's fine, but after a few seconds it falls off fast. Maybe we will find out on this thread.
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I've only ran the bike yesterday for first time and innitial start up wasn;t happening until I turned off one of the decompressions on each cylinder but this put the battery to the test and although I didn;t let it turn over more than a half dozen revolutions at a time , the battery did perform excellent.
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For the price of a lithium battery, unless I need the space I think I'll stick with traditional batteries until perhaps the technology becomes more commonplace.
That being said I think this is the future.
That being said I think this is the future.