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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2012, 08:47:12 PM » |
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i think you mean lithium iron phosphate battery. LiFePO4
that said, i dont have one. i use a regular sealed battery and its gone 4 years with a battery tender during the off-seasons
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« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2012, 02:32:31 PM » |
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Just read a super write up on making these yourself for considerably less $. A123 cells are what you want. All over eBay. Think I will make one over the winter cuz my Odyssey is a friggin boulder.
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« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2012, 05:03:21 AM » |
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A123 cells are teh awesome.
I've been using an A123 lifepo4 battery for around eighteen months, and it's worked like a charm. Highly recommended.
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« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2012, 08:08:50 AM » |
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I have had the Shorai for about the same length of time as Suzy, 18 months and love it.
Incredible weight saving and works great.
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« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2012, 04:41:27 PM » |
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A123 cells are teh awesome.
I've been using an A123 lifepo4 battery for around eighteen months, and it's worked like a charm. Highly recommended.
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« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2012, 06:25:36 PM » |
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im sure ebay is still producing plenty of fakes tho!!  it is sad that they have filed for bankruptcy... its a little hard to understand in what i assumed was such an emerging market. sounds like they will be brought out by another usa company now so they shouldnt stop production. |
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« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2012, 05:51:57 AM » |
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Great info. Thanks people.
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« Reply #8 on: November 21, 2012, 04:25:09 PM » |
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« Reply #9 on: November 21, 2012, 04:57:13 PM » |
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I have had the Shorai for about the same length of time as Suzy, 18 months and love it.
Incredible weight saving and works great. +3 (I now have Shorai in all my bikes + 1 of their chargers for maintenance)  |
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« Reply #10 on: November 21, 2012, 06:03:12 PM » |
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+4.
In both my bikes and I recommend them to customers. When I service a customers bike I balance charge and test the battery as part of the service with tne Shorai diag/charger. The distributor is very helpful and backs the warranty.
Some of the board sponsors sell them, so you know you have local support.
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« Reply #11 on: November 21, 2012, 06:27:58 PM » |
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are maintenance chargers needed for these LiFePO4 batteries? isn't that one of the benefits? lighter weight and no need to trickle charge constantly?
also, are people using 4-cell batteries or 8-cell?
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« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2012, 09:18:28 AM » |
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I was just wondering about these a while ago, and one question I still have is: If these are so great, why don't manufacurers use them OEM? I mean if you look at all the trouble they go through to make a bike lighter, would'nt a LiFePO4 battery be a no-brainer?
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« Reply #13 on: November 25, 2012, 10:31:15 AM » |
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I've owned a Shorai since june 2011. Still starts up fine. never charged it or done anything to it yet. it just runs. If it lasts me 3 years - 4 years I'll be happy. Halfway there already.
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« Reply #14 on: November 25, 2012, 07:56:20 PM » |
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I've had a Shorai in my 695 since May this year. Haven't had any issues yet.
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