Shorai, what a great battery!

[somesuch]

My gsxr1000 has not been ridden (or even looked at) since last August....yet it fired right up! Shorai is unbelievable. This particular battery is about 3 1/2 years old.....

I was impressed when my Husky 610 fired right up after a 7 month rest in the shed, also on a Shorai battery, but this one really surprised me.

Local company and great people!

Everyone should have one

 

[Dorkhedeos]

I wish I had a similar experience. They are pretty amazing batteries, but mine wasn't able to start my drz 400 after about 2 months of not riding :dunno Either way it's still worth it for the weight savings and not having to worry about sulfation :thumbup

 

[BiG Chris]

these are great batteries! I tell all my friends to get one as ive let a bike sit for almost a year and it fired right up and that particular bike has a hard time starting due to compression but it did just fine!

 

[zixaq]

Yeah, the 60% or so price premium is definitely worth not having to deal with 50-year-old lead acid technology.

 

[NorCal_SV650S]

Just make sure you use a charger that is approved. The Shorai chargers will even check individual cells.

Do not use any charger that has a desulfate mode...or prepare for a nice bright lithium fire show...

 

[somesuch]

I wish I had a similar experience. They are pretty amazing batteries, but mine wasn't able to start my drz 400 after about 2 months of not riding :dunno Either way it's still worth it for the weight savings and not having to worry about sulfation :thumbup

Check your parasitic draw, mine toggles between 1mA-0mA about once a second on GSXR, and 0mA on the Husky.

The battery will be fine unless your clock or something is drawing current

 

[DTM74]

I have one in the Suzuki...no complaints.

 

[KevinB]

I've had them in 3 bikes, fantastic batteries. Current one has been in the beat cbr600rr for over 2 years, living outside in SF, and stored under the house for several months at a time. Fires up everytime.

 

[dirty birdy]

How much are they?

This battery could probably be useful to the OP of that other weekend warriors thread...

 

[Marcoose]

A buddy once said they run out of juice without any warning whatsoever. Meaning, you have a million perfect starts then out of the blue, boom, dead as a doornail.

Has anyone experienced that?

 

[m0t0_ryder]

Lithium batteries have many advantages and a few disadvantages over lead/acid type batteries.

+ lighter (much lighter)

+ better shelf life/long term no load storage. (retains it's current storage)

+ higher cranking amps

---> other side of coin

- cost

- sensitive to parasitic draw current flow. Can drain the battery to fatal levels over time.

- (very) cold temp charging and (some) starting issues.
---Will NOT charge below freezing
---requires current draw (lights for example) to warm up the battery to deliver best cranking amps.

- long term (trickle) charging should "only" be done with a lithium specific charger.
--- it's OK to charge with a trickle charger but once fully charged (optimally about 95% charged) remove the (non-Li) charger. Li chargers monitor and remove charging current when cells are near full and can be left attached full time.

The most abusive thing to do to a Li battery is to drain it down then store it.
Always store with near full charge.

 

[m0t0_ryder]

A buddy once said they run out of juice without any warning whatsoever. Meaning, you have a million perfect starts then out of the blue, boom, dead as a doornail.

Has anyone experienced that?

And yes.
When they reach EOL (end of life) they do lose there capacity quickly.
Proper charging optimizes the life of the Li battery.

 

[WWWobble]

And yes.
When they reach EOL (end of life) they do lose there capacity quickly.

So does AGM

 

[somesuch]

A buddy once said they run out of juice without any warning whatsoever. Meaning, you have a million perfect starts then out of the blue, boom, dead as a doornail.

Has anyone experienced that?

the voltage/state of charge curve is very flat....that's not a bad thing...

 

[RxRC]

Shorai is unbelievable alright.

Bought one and it never worked right. They gave me another. It sat in my bike for a few months and was dead. They gave me one of their chargers and now it doesn't work either. I don't think Shorai will be around much longer.

Oh well, live and learn.

 

[somesuch]

Shorai is unbelievable alright.

Bought one and it never worked right. They gave me another. It sat in my bike for a few months and was dead. They gave me one of their chargers and now it doesn't work either. I don't think Shorai will be around much longer.

Oh well, live and learn.

I wonder what was wrong, have you measured the parasitic drain of your bike?

They gave you a battery, a charger....

 

[Killroy1999]

I never heard of these.

I was wondering when lead acid starter batteries would get phased out.

 

[PunkRockMonkey]

Yeah, the 60% or so price premium is definitely worth not having to deal with 50-year-old lead acid technology.

That was back when they were first introduced.
The price has come down considerably over the past few years.

The battery for my Super Duke (LFX19A4-BS12) is $166 on Amazon, where the lead acid equivalent (Yuasa YTZ14S) is listed for $146. Not a bad deal at all.

 

[BiG Chris]

These charge fine when using a battery tender and i was told by shorai and it works

 

[dittoalex]

You're saying that for durability, like in my WR's bright-ass headlight's parasitic draw at sleep, I do not want this?