So, my 1400 is a bugger to start, getting gradually worse, sometimes cuts out when cold, tested the battery today and it showed 12v bang on, when i got it started it showed around 12.26v when gently revved, left a few minutes and got to 12.96v the lights go slightly dim when revved too and the clocks re-set themselves every time i start it, so is it the battery or reg/rec on the way out? Any help gratefully accepted. Andy.
Batterys dead get a new one :onya:
Thanks mate, i'll get a upgraded one with more cranking power. :cheers: Andy.
I agree, it's your battery. Be interesting to know how old it is though . .
Quote from: jolly748 on Sunday, 18 September 2022, 04:20 AM
Thanks mate, i'll get a upgraded one with more cranking power. :cheers: Andy.
Try the Yuasa YTX14H-BS - that's the heavy duty version with more CCA (240 compared to 200) of the standard battery.
I just replaced my Motobat with a SSB Lithium (see separate post on here). Bike starts very well indeed now
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/184241435244?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&ssspo=xOoRoHOEQly&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=_M0J_4k6R_O&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Quote from: Eric GSX1400K3 on Sunday, 18 September 2022, 09:20 AM
I just replaced my Motobat with a SSB Lithium (see separate post on here). Bike starts very well indeed now
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/184241435244?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&ssspo=xOoRoHOEQly&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=_M0J_4k6R_O&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
Blime a CCA of 290 !!!
I would say that company that makes this Lithium battery isnt exactly shy at blowing their own Trumpet ! :imrgreen:
Guessing if you really want the best.https://www.batterystuff.com/batteries/motorcycle/antigravity-atx-12-hd-12v-re-start-lithium-ion-battery-ag-atx12-hd-rs.html
Quote from: grog on Sunday, 18 September 2022, 05:49 PM
Guessing if you really want the best.https://www.batterystuff.com/batteries/motorcycle/antigravity-atx-12-hd-12v-re-start-lithium-ion-battery-ag-atx12-hd-rs.html
If your engine ever let you down (unlikely) then stick it i 3rd, hit the starter and ride home !! :whistling:
Quote from: grog on Sunday, 18 September 2022, 05:49 PM
Guessing if you really want the best.https://www.batterystuff.com/batteries/motorcycle/antigravity-atx-12-hd-12v-re-start-lithium-ion-battery-ag-atx12-hd-rs.html
Having on of those 480CCA Antigravity battery installed for some time, and I confirm this is absolutely great. Plus the 4 terminals make installation quite easy and reliable, e.g. 2 for the OEM cabling engine & harness ground and starter, and the the two others for accessories and charger adapter cable.
Couple of yrs ago put $400 lithium in Diavel. Cant remember if Antigravity. Amazing batt, could sit 3 months and always worked. Checked today and is $419 for 14. A lot more than yours Eric, will decide when the time comes. SSB in it at present hanging in perfectly, think it cost $180.
This SSB lithium is the first for me, always had lead-acid. Funilly enough, haven't started the bike since I've installed it. Still waiting on my pro flow fuel filter so I can complete the external filter mod.
Anti Gravity £312 in the UK (Gulp)..
I could buy a tyre for that !!
Quote from: Speedy1959 on Wednesday, 21 September 2022, 01:23 PM
Anti Gravity £312 in the UK (Gulp)..
I could buy a tyre for that !!
That's $590 in NZ! Stuff that, I'd just buy 2 or 3 new batteries when they were needed. $300 - $380, yeah maybe, but not $590.
$478 in NZ, still a bloody lot.
Sometimes you gotta just get it done
Not something I'd consider, just not worth the risk to either vehicle, besides, doubt the barbed wire would carry the current adequately. :doh:
That reminds me of the time I was an apprentice, worked in the garage department in the shipyard for a few month's. Cold winters morning me and my journeyman Bobby sent out to jump start some forklifts. Nice charged batteries on board get to first job and no jump leads, so Bobby says throw the battery up beside the one in forklift, he grabs a couple of 4mm welding rods nearby and bent them across the terminals linking them together but holding them in position with some pressure, he then shouts crank it which I did, the bastard would not fire up but after about 20 seconds he lets out a yell and cursing like hell. I looks and the rods are red hot and the palms of his hands had 4mm lines running down the middle of them :lol: