Lithium Ion Battery GS LC

[woody1707]

Anyone fitted a lithium Ion Battery to a liquid cooled GS ?

would welcome some feed back, pros and cons.

Have killed my standard battery....my fault so need to replace it and thought the weight saving may be worth the extra cost.

 

[Spareparts]

Yep. No issues. Requires a correct battery charger/tender. LiFePo4 batteries hold their charge better than normal AGMs. It's lighter in weight - although that's like saying a battleship is lighter because it is carrying one less person...

 

[solidstate100]

I think the only thing to worry about is that Lith batteries have a significantly degraded performance in very cold conditions - just when you need more performance in fact.

 

[JJH]

How did you kill the battery? Just out of interest. If I ever need to buy a battery it will be a lithium one. I've read up on them and my mind is made up. A lot of people talk of a specific charger but I cannot see why. One of the advantages of lithium is that they hold a charge for a much longer time than lead acid and I don't use a charger on my bike as it's used mostly every day. I change my bike every 2 to 3 years and never need to replace a battery. JJH

 

[Greg Masters]

Recently fitted one on my Husaberg. Awesome performance!

 

[fredaroony]

Yes I did and bizarrely it stopped the automatic feature of the low beam working with the driving light from working. The low beam stayed on all the time until I put the standard battery back in

 

[woody1707]

JJH, I went away for 2 weeks and left it on a charger and it seems the charger was faulty and did not shut down when fully charged and has "boiled" the battery . It is a smart charger but very old , I thought they would be fail safe and just turn off in a malfunction.

 

[woody1707]

Thanks guys, Fredaroomy anyone (dealer) explain why this happened seems strange.

 

[solidstate100]

JJH, I went away for 2 weeks and left it on a charger and it seems the charger was faulty and did not shut down when fully charged and has "boiled" the battery . It is a smart charger but very old , I thought they would be fail safe and just turn off in a malfunction.

For whatever reason, this is a fairly common failure point on battery chargers - has happened to me as well.

 

[woody1707]

Bit of a worry I always leave my optimate on when the bike is left for any amount of time. Makes you wonder if it could have heated up enough to cause a fire. I do remove the battery from the bike so the Canbus system doesn't stop it charging.

Anyway think I will give a Lithium battery a try as I clearly need anew charger as well. Thank for your comments.

 

[Bmgsrider]

Yep. No issues. Requires a correct battery charger/tender. LiFePo4 batteries hold their charge better than normal AGMs. It's lighter in weight - although that's like saying a battleship is lighter because it is carrying one less person...

I think the only thing to worry about is that Lith batteries have a significantly degraded performance in very cold conditions - just when you need more performance in fact.

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[JJH]

Bit of a worry I always leave my optimate on when the bike is left for any amount of time. Makes you wonder if it could have heated up enough to cause a fire. I do remove the battery from the bike so the Canbus system doesn't stop it charging.

Anyway think I will give a Lithium battery a try as I clearly need anew charger as well. Thank for your comments.

I've left my bike for 3 weeks without disconnecting the battery and no charger. Bike starts no problem. I'm not a fan of long term connecting to chargers. In my opinion they do more harm than good. JJH