Li-ion

[GB.]

I see you can now spec a lithium battery on the 1250gs. Is the battery box the same as a 1200?

 

[Weird Bob]

Really? I don’t see that listed anywhere.
What’s the point though unless it’s a weight saving thing.

 

[GB.]

2.5kg lighter apparently but £300!

 

[GB.]

If you go into bike configurator on the website it’s in there under HP battery

 

[Weird Bob]

2.5kg lighter apparently but £300!

Ehh. If I was that worried about weight I could just skip a munch or two and same myself the cost of lunch and £300

 

[JJH]

When you consider people are spending a lot more than £300 on aftermarket exhausts supposedly to save weight it’s not that expensive at all. Motorworks have lithium battery’s a lot cheaper than that. JJH

 

[GB.]

It’s a bigger weight saving than the akro can is and if you get one from motorworks like you say it’s a lot cheaper. I would have one purely because it’s smaller and I could stash chocolate underneath it.

 

[bisbee]

Do you not need a specific charger too thus adding to the cost?

 

[GB.]

Does the bike have a “specific alternator”

 

[JJH]

Do you not need a specific charger too thus adding to the cost?

Why do people think they need to charge a perfectly good battery? One of the advantages of lithium is that it holds its charge without the same level of self discharge as lead acid. Yes if you need leave one on charge for a extended period of time there is a specific charger. As I understand it you can use a conventional charger for a short time. JJH

 

[GB.]

The question still is then how does your alternator know it’s got a lithium battery and not a conventional battery?

 

[JJH]

It’s not the altenoter. Some smart battery chargers have a mode that damages lithium. I think they go into a mode that gives a burst higher voltage? JJH

 

[GB.]

That makes sense, I was looking at it from a different point of view.

 

[fredaroony]

Does the bike have a “specific alternator”

You don't need a special alternator for Lithium bike batteries

 

[GB.]

It was a tongue in cheek remark

 

[Deleted account 191119001]

Interesting self jump starting batteries, could be handy for the winter period, for those who do not have access to their bike so often, ie working away.

https://www.antigravitybatteries-uk.co.uk/re-startoem-batteries.html