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Technical => Bike Problems/Questions => Topic started by: guest1376 on January 16, 2012, 06:35:11 PM

Title: Battery for an XBR?
Post by: guest1376 on January 16, 2012, 06:35:11 PM

Just a quick one.....usual type with acid pack.....or splash out on a sealed gel type? Cheers in advance....

Title: Re: Battery for an XBR?
Post by: tommy on January 16, 2012, 11:04:30 PM

usual type work fine   tommy

Title: Re: Battery for an XBR?
Post by: guest295 on January 17, 2012, 08:09:02 AM

Gel type needs a different charge rate.

Title: Re: Battery for an XBR?
Post by: guest1183 on January 17, 2012, 03:24:34 PM

Try a MotoBatt battery from wemoto.I had one on  my xbr for over a year now ,no maintenance  :)

Title: Re: Battery for an XBR?
Post by: johnr on January 17, 2012, 07:50:36 PM

motobatt are top kit, and cheaper than many lead acid batteries. they can cope with the extreme cold of winter and hold their charge longer when not in use. theyre also smaller physically than their equivalent output wise, so you can either have a battery of the same power rating but smaller and lighter, or a battery the same size as your stock one, but with much more cranking power.

Title: Re: Battery for an XBR?
Post by: guest1376 on January 17, 2012, 09:50:40 PM

Just been looking at one of these motobatt ones on ebay....do sound pretty good. Only thing that concerned me was that it mentions about having to use a certain type of charger to charge it.