Tank Slap - Motorcycle Forum

I neglected my bike for over 2 years and the battery is dead as the seagull Iannone headbutted.

So here goes... battery recommendations please:

Battery Type
Brand
Shop recommendations

If you want the best go lithium and go for Shorai.

If you want good and cheap get a gel cell Yuasa for about 40 sheets.

motobatt got mine from ebay

Motobatt, everyday

Stock.
Which more than likely will be a Yuasa.

Another for motobatt.

Cheers guys.. in your experiences are the claims that a gel battery is better in situations like mine (long term neglect) than a regular battery true?

I've found the MotoBatt for £37 from a UK shop I've never heard of or £42 on eBay.

The stock Yuasa battery is £47 in Halfords but I haven't looked around to see how much cheaper I can find it.

Don't think the neglect will make any difference, TBH, if its kept charged now and again.

I have had a Motobatt on the 748 for about 5 years till it gave up the ghost last winter.

duke63 wrote:Don't think the neglect will make any difference, TBH, if its kept charged now and again.

I have had a Motobatt on the 748 for about 5 years till it gave up the ghost last winter.

I was about to say the same
I've had all sorts of batteries and all have been fine as long as they're maintained

Just checked my service records for the Honda.

Replaced the battery in 2010 for a Yuasa and still going strong.

Cav wrote:I neglected my bike for over 2 years and the battery is dead as the seagull Iannone headbutted.

So here goes... battery recommendations please:

Battery Type
Brand
Shop recommendations

Now that you have a bikeshed with power, may I suggest that whatever you decide on you also invest in a battery maintenance/charger. Fwiw I use an Optimate, and it keeps the battery from sulphating & ensures that the bike is always charged & ready to go.

Motobatt for me too. However at the moment I've still got the orginal battery (2013) and that thing is still going strong so haven't needed to change. I have had a motobatt blow up on me too, I smelt something really foul as i was riding home, got home checked out where the smell was coming from and pulled out the battery, it had swelled up more than a pair of bullocks from a spiders bite haha! It was due to my reg/ rec dieing on me not the batteries fault!
Also StMarks makes a good point defo get a optimate to that bike when in your workshop, you have the supple be silly not to use it to its full potential

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Good point on the optimate - though at the minute power to the workshop is only from an extension lead which I bring in when I'm not out there.

The Yuasa on mine hasn't been charged once in my ownership (6-7 years I think) and it's gone flat twice - bump start worked both times. If you guys are recommending MotoBatt and it's currently cheaper I'll likely get one of those on order.

Thanks all