New Battery Time

[Easy_Rider]

So I have now replaced my 2 year old Yuasa battery on my 2019 RT.
I was having starting problem on and off from when i first brought the bike in December 2023.
It had a new battery fitted just after i got it, which the dealer i brought the bike from paid for.
But i was never happy with how many missed starts i was getting, and after this pass winter the battery volts would drop to around 11.8v a day or 2 after it being on charge. When the bike is running the onboard display shows 14.3v. But as soon as i stop the engine the volts drop down to 12.4 volts.
So i have followed others on here and brought a Motobatt Hybred Battery "MHTX16" from "Race it Direct".
My wife also needed a new battery for her Yamaha XJ6F as the Yuasa one died over the winter, it was brought in the summer of 2021 so lasted just over 4 years. So i brought her a Motobatt "MBT12B4".
As all my old bike chargers were all around 18 years old, I thought it was time to replace them as well.
I brought a Motobatt PDCFB smart charger "Fat Boy" for the Hybred battery and 2 Motobatt PDCWB "water boy" chargers for the wife bike and my Honda XL1000.
The total cost was £350.11 which was a good price as i got them all from eBay sellers and got the 10% extra off that is on there ATM.
I did look at the new BMW charger and the CTEK MXS 5.0, but went with the Motobatt as it was cheaper than the BMW charger, and the CTEK charger did not come with the Canbus connector plug for the BMW socket which the Motobatt Fat Boy does come with. It cost £20 for the Canbus connector for the CTEK, so the Motobatt was the better deal.
The Motobatt Hybred battery also comes with a 3 year warranty.

 

[littleade]

Let us know how the new Mobatt performs and if their battery monitor works as it should

 

[Easy_Rider]

Just a quick update. The battery is fitted and my RT has never started so well. So it was money well spent.

The Motobatt Fat Boy charger is here as well. But Motobatt have stopped selling them with the BMW CanBus connector lead. The seller is sending me one out as the listin did say it came with it. The listin has now been updated and the CanBus lead has been removed.

 

[Easy_Rider]

One of my wife bikes a 2002 SV650s ( just 5,500 mile) has not been started for 2 years.
The battery on it was dead. So i put it on the Motobatt water boy smart charger.
It took 3 days, but it recovered the battery and it does hold its charge.
There was old fuel in the tank, but a quick blast of easy start into the airbox and the bike started and ran on its own.
I have now brought a couple more water boy smart chargers so i don't have to keep swapping them around on the other bikes that are running.
So i now have 1 motobatt PDCFB "Fat Boy" charger and 4 motobatt PDCWB "Warter Boy" charges. These are just 1amp smart chargers, so i'm happy leaving them connected all the time.
I also brought 2 x 25ft ext cables that i can cut in half so i can fix all the charges to the wall out of the way. I did look at the twin charger, But the deal on ebay at the moment made buying 2 singles a lot cheaper. The 2 PDCWB chargers and the 2 ext cables after discount was only £104.96 from the same seller. The twin charger on its own would of cost £115.22 after discount, so buying the singles was the better deal ATM.
As i said before my old chargers were around 18 years old and I did not trust leaving them connected to the bikes over night anymore.