Re: Alternate Battery and Light Options
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I have Lithium Ion both of my Ws and a virago 535 the longest going back over 7 years!. I had 1 failure in my Sportster, It was an off brand "Twin Power" Li-Po, so go with an established maker like Shorai. They are more than twice the cost but remove virtually all the hassles of old tech batteries, I hook mine up to a float charger every 6 months or so but they will hold a full charge for over a year. If you go old tech be sure to keep a battery tender on it and check electrolyte levels (if it is user serviceable) periodically. Alohapaul
On Wednesday, June 15, 2022 at 09:52:50 AM HST, phaedrus <rphaedrus@...> wrote:
I should have sent this out a month ago, _before_ picking
up a new standard battery for my W, but how are people feeling about
the newer types of batteries for our bikes?
It seems like
the improved charge holding and smaller size of something like a Lithium
Ion battery might be pretty awesome but I've heard concerns about them
failing or not handling the charging from a motorcycle set up to charge a
regular battery very well. ? The W seems like it's pretty sensitive to
weak batteries, so I get a bit nervous, but, I've not looked into it for
a while and technology keeps on improving. On a similar
note, has anyone found LED lights that seem to work particularly well??
Preferably, something that I could easily swap out -- ideally, I'd love
to keep the housing and bezel for at least the headlight, but keeping it
for all the lights would be nice. Thanks!
- jason goray in minneapolis mn
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Paul