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motorbike battery on a car
Garyd - 31/1/11 at 09:42 PM

Hi all,
Is a motorbike battery capable of running my x/flow westfield, if so does anyone know which size I should go for?
I was thinking of using one because of limited space and also cosmetically I could hide the battery.
Any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated.
Gary


ReMan - 31/1/11 at 09:50 PM

Normalish bike basttery?
Running it yes, but starting it no!

Look at one of the high output racing (Odessy) batteries for sma;ller lighter car cranking capacity


Garyd - 31/1/11 at 09:55 PM

Thanks for the reply, I thought that starting may be the problem. I will look into the odessey ones.


RazMan - 31/1/11 at 10:07 PM

The Odyssey is definitely your best bet - The PC680 is fitted to some MotoGuzzi bikes but they will easily spin up a V8.


britishtrident - 1/2/11 at 06:54 AM

Not sure if this is a good idea on an Xflo.
xflo starting can be a problem because they generally use a lot of static ignition advance because of this this hot starting places a bigger than average load on the starter & battery.