I need a new battery for my 2008 blade where is the best place to get 1 at a good price and can be delivered within 2 days. been looking at motobatt, are they as good as the standard yuasa one
i bought one locally from a leisure battery company £32. own brand but it is warranted for a couple of years. YTZ-7S
I have found a yuasa ytz7s delivered for £50 from dobles which is ok. Motobatt ones are £10 cheaper though
I was just looking at at these Lithium Polymer batteries.. good price CBR 1000 RR Fireblade 2014 Lithium-Ion Motorcycle Battery | eBay
Have got a motobatt one on now which is much better than the crap honda put on as standard, but will go lithium next time for the weight loss and quick charge ability
Over the years I spent a lot of time (and money) looking at lithium batteries. I even made my own but decided to put that project to one side after a few years when other lithium batteries became available that were more powerful and lighter. I now sell Ultrabatt batteries which are on their 2 generation and are a great bit of kit. They are modular and each unit is 430g and 114 x 30 x 91mm in size. For a CBR1000RR road bike you will need 2 units, so that's 860g and 114 x 60 x 91mm. The single packs are £79.99 and the double pack is £159.99. P&P is £9, a bit expensive as UPS are the only people I have currently found who are happy to transport lithium batteries; the Royal Mail have banned them. In my opinion they are the best lithium batteries available and you can even get away with a single unit on a race bike (if you don't mind risking the occasional bump start) I also sell Motobatt batteries and they are very good too.
Down side is you need a specialist Lithium Batt Charger/Optimiser as well as the standard lead acid units are no use so that's another £90 odd quid
You can charge some of the lithium batteries on the same chargers you just can't leave them on a trickle cycle/maintenance cycle
There are a few ways to charge a lithium battery but by far the best is to use a dedicated charger. I think there are ones around that cost £90 or so but I only charge £44.99 for my one. You can use another battery (a fully charged car battery for instance) to top them up or a car fast charger too. The only thing they really don't like is a trickle charger as pointed out earlier. But what a dedicated charger does best is to get the battery to 14.4v which a lot of 'normal' chargers don't get up to. And that's where a lot of the power in a lithium battery is held, between 13v and 14.4v. It sounds daft but a lithium battery that is at around 12v is actually pretty flat and if it's down to 8v or less it's dead and can not be brought back to life. So there are advantages (size and weight) and disadvantages (cost and maintenance) with lithium batteries.
