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Battery

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:50 pm
by Geffro
Hi chaps, just looking for a little information for my race bike. Basically my bike seems to be struggling to start, the sparks aren't strong & most of the time the battery will die after a few minutes of trying so Im gonna get another battery. Right now tho it's just the standard battery from it's road days, do you guys use a different battery for your race bikes? Cheers

Lachie

Re: Battery

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 9:59 pm
by jake
I use yuasa or varta ones and i go for the hayabusa one. Its a smaller size than the standard but has more go.
Ive tired cheaper batterys and fancy expensive oddysey's... no good. Never had a problem with either of the varta or yuasa.

Re: Battery

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:03 pm
by jake
http://www.thebatteryshop.co.uk/yuasa-y ... -683-p.asp
that s the one dude.
and not a bad price that

Re: Battery

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:12 pm
by Geffro
Once again Jake you're here to save the day! :excited Going to buy one right this moment! Thanks mate :smt006

Re: Battery

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2010 10:13 pm
by will#224
I've been looking at getting one of these

http://www.carbon-speed.com/prod.htm

Re: Battery

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 12:10 am
by mark400
Actually Will, if you think how much Titanium you'd have to buy in order to save 5 lbs - The 4 cell is really cheap in comparison !

Re: Battery

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:08 pm
by will#224
mark400 wrote:Actually Will, if you think how much Titanium you'd have to buy in order to save 5 lbs - The 4 cell is really cheap in comparison !

My thoughts exactly!

Re: Battery

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:30 pm
by Geffro
Was looking at them before, but wasn't too sure how long they'd last & how much power they had? :-s
jake wrote:http://www.thebatteryshop.co.uk/yuasa-y ... -683-p.asp
that s the one dude.
and not a bad price that
Bought that battery of eBay for £46.00 delivered! That website wanted £20 delivery!!! :smt018

Re: Battery

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:29 pm
by jake
20 quid! christ, i did'nt see that bit.
under 50 notes for a quality battery is good i think.

Re: Battery

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:16 pm
by Geffro
It could be cos I live in the highlands tho? Most companies put us under the same prices as the islands, even tho Inverness is actually a city! :smt017 Still all is well, got my bargain so I'm chuffed! Cheers Jake. :smt003 Also bit of topic, but what tyre pressures do you use for the supercorsa's? 29psi front, 29psi rear?

Re: Battery

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:45 pm
by jake
aye dude. I have this printed and stuck to the inside lid of my toolbox. I always forget what they are.
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I write the hot pressure next to the cold pressure front and rear so when i forget, i can just glance over at the toolbox.
I set them in the morning cold. Then i set them again when the warmers are on after practice, then check after each race.
I have the warmers on all day also

Re: Battery

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:03 pm
by Geffro
tkyou

Thats perfect Jake, thanks very much! Also answers the question about rain tyre pressures being higher, for me to! Cheers mate! utheman