Gel Batteries?...
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Does anyone have any experience with gel batteries? I know that they need special chargers to charge them, but do they charge properly off of the bikes system? Apparently they need a steady trickle charge...
The hot weather dried out my battery like a camels tw@!
I wouldn't of believed it if I hadn't seen it! It was a third down on liquid! I'm not sure what to get next. Im definitely going to up it to a 9amp battery. It's just whether its gonna be gel or liquid acid...Cheers Peeps!...
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@biohazard13 I use lithium batteries in my motorbikes. Literally weigh nothing and have decent cranking amps!
Last year I had one explode on me whilst I was riding though
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@biohazard13 The Motobatt ones are very good, I've used them in DTR and DTRe sizes.
Only problem I had was one I bought off ebay that looked like it had been dropped; seller replaced it for me and it was usable for 12v soldering irons etc for a while but eventually it died.
If you have enough patience for form-filling you can register on Hendler's website so they're covered by warranty as well
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Lithium is out of my reach financially
I really want to know if they stay charged properly on an older bike without having to modify the rectifier or charging system in any way...
None of my search efforts have been useful in any way...
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@SpookDog The stock charging system is well up to looking after the battery as long as it's working properly (i.e delivering around 13-15 volts at 3000+ rpm).
One of the things I love about the DTR is it has AC lighting so the head/tail lights don't take power from the battery (the stator has a separate charging coil, lighting coil and source coil for the CDI) so you can run a 100/80W headlamp bulb in the stock light unit without flattening the battery.
I went out laning at night with a bunch of KTM guys last year and they commented on how bright my headlight was
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@HOTSHOT-III
weird thing is that my headlight still dims when I put the brake light on, even though it's battery powered!! I have another rectifier to try off of a later Yam. I don't know enough about the electrics to really understand them. I'd actually prefer headlights 'balanced' by the battery!...SpookDog....
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@HOTSHOT-III said in Gel Batteries?...:
@SpookDog The stock charging system is well up to looking after the battery as long as it's working properly (i.e delivering around 13-15 volts at 3000+ rpm).
One of the things I love about the DTR is it has AC lighting so the head/tail lights don't take power from the battery (the stator has a separate charging coil, lighting coil and source coil for the CDI) so you can run a 100/80W headlamp bulb in the stock light unit without flattening the battery.
I went out laning at night with a bunch of KTM guys last year and they commented on how bright my headlight was
Useful tip that, gonna have to use that when I put the standard DTR light back on. 3ET one looks great but is about as good as chocolate tea pot
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@biohazard13 My '93 4BL has always dimmed the headlight when applying the brake and I've been meaning to investigate it although it doesn't appear to do anything any harm.
I fitted the 100/80W bulb before riding it on the road for the 1st time. Would be interesting to see if it still does that with the 45/40W candle they were supplied with when new
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Damn, I was kinda hoping it was just me. Then it’d be fixable!
I brought a rectifier for a later yam cause I thought mine looked like a fleabay job replacement. The connector block is slightly melted on the loom side, so I thought the old original one had suffered a meltdown!...I’ve had a few different bulbs and I think they all do the dim, at least the halogen ones. It was just more noticeable when I had an Osram night breaker fitted! Can be bloody scary & dangerous sometimes when it dims while the oncoming dipshit with the HID bulbs is dazzling you with high beams! 🤨
I wish I understood electrics better than I don’t 🤪
Shido batteries were like £40 when I bought mine 3 years ago. Now they've shot up to £170 on some sites WTF!