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anyone recomend a bike battery
finlay - 23/5/08 at 08:00 AM

hi all

can anyone recomend a good bike battery, i m after a sealed unit

cheers


coozer - 23/5/08 at 08:04 AM

FZR1000? or Honda C90??

What application you after, how many amps, what engine??

Redtop 25 in my zetec engined heap

[Edited on 23/5/08 by coozer]


Davey D - 23/5/08 at 08:09 AM

Im just using the standard battery from the R1 i got the engine from


finlay - 23/5/08 at 08:23 AM

quote:
Originally posted by coozer
FZR1000? or Honda C90??

What application you after, how many amps, what engine??

Redtop 25 in my zetec engined heap

[Edited on 23/5/08 by coozer]



i m using busa engine


coozer - 23/5/08 at 08:28 AM

Busa battery then, they are all good if you buy a decent brand.


nitram38 - 23/5/08 at 08:36 AM

The equivalent of the redtop 25 is the oddessey 680.
Dimensions and power are almost identical but the oddessey is a bit cheaper.


eznfrank - 23/5/08 at 08:42 AM

You should be able to pick up a Yuasa battery for the Busa for about £40-50 I reckon


worX - 23/5/08 at 09:22 AM

Chris Mason has just posted a thread to well priced batteries.

I'm sure if you search his posts you'll find it in the past 5 - 10...

Steve


stuart_g - 23/5/08 at 09:26 AM

I'm using a Varta battery although it is not sealed. I looked for ages and struggled to find a sealed battery with the + & - the correct way round. The MNR loom is laid out (and when I fitted it to my car) for the + to be on the right hand side, where as most batteries + is on the left hand side.

The model number is YB14L-A2 and available from any motor factor.

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Jubal - 23/5/08 at 10:16 AM

quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Busa battery then, they are all good if you buy a decent brand.


I don't use my car that often and they all die quickly IME if you don't keep them conditioned. I spent a year messing around with chargers and boosters to start it before giving in and buying an optimate.


02GF74 - 23/5/08 at 02:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by stuart_g
I'm using a Varta battery although it is not sealed.


how much you pay for that?

I bought one of these today for my Z1000; £ 27 inc acid and postage Ok, so not a Varta but probalby comes from the same Chinese factory


stuart_g - 23/5/08 at 04:44 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
quote:
Originally posted by stuart_g
I'm using a Varta battery although it is not sealed.


how much you pay for that?

I bought one of these today for my Z1000; £ 27 inc acid and postage Ok, so not a Varta but probalby comes from the same Chinese factory


I'm not 100% sure what I paid for it but i'm sure it was no more than £40 inc acid.

The one you have bought looks ok to me.