Lithium Ion battery. Tried it yet?
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Same here, my HD battery is comming up on 6 yrs old and still doing just fine.
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I replaced My last one at 5yrs, and 45K. Good Batteries! Pay now or pay later (alongside the road....been there!) is the way I look at it.
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If you guys are happy with your lead acids that's fine, no one forces you to give them up. Lead acid batteries and starter motors were a marked improvement over kick starters.
For the guys that want to check out the new technology, use a search engine to get information on these type of cells. Manufacturers claim that you can get 5 to 6 years out of them before they should be replaced and I don't know if that is true or not. Beside the weight loss of the lead acids the only other advantages of these batteries is that if you store your bike over the winter you can disconnect the battery and then after the lay up connect it and start your bike. No battery tender, no charger. They also deliver higher starting amperage when you hit the start button than a lead acid.
For the guys that want to check out the new technology, use a search engine to get information on these type of cells. Manufacturers claim that you can get 5 to 6 years out of them before they should be replaced and I don't know if that is true or not. Beside the weight loss of the lead acids the only other advantages of these batteries is that if you store your bike over the winter you can disconnect the battery and then after the lay up connect it and start your bike. No battery tender, no charger. They also deliver higher starting amperage when you hit the start button than a lead acid.
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Cold weather didn't seem to stop this guy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOzpYsLDUAM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOzpYsLDUAM
That video didn't impress me at all. My last HD battery lasted 7 years which I was quite pleased with. I could tell it was getting weak so replaced it with the Odyssey and after 2 and a half years it still cranks my bike like when the battery was brand new. If I continue having this cranking power my next battery will also be an Odyssey.
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I can't say that I was impressed either. Even cold my Odyssey has started up on the first try each time, not that it gets too cold in south Texas. I was considering the Shoai lithium battery when I got the Odyssey. When talking to the sales guy, he told me that the biggest draw is the weight difference. But since I was on an ultra that I would not see anything from that and he recommended the Odyssey, at the lower cost. Now if I could have shoehorned in two of those Shoai's and wired them parallel, I might have gone for that, but they are not quite that small yet.
