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can someone recommend me a decent battery
daniel mason - 13/5/13 at 07:31 PM

my battery is still losing charge and struggled to start the fury if not fully charged so can anyone recommend a decent lightweight battery which will be good enough to start the 919 blade motor? cheers

cerbera - 13/5/13 at 07:35 PM

The ones Russbost sells are certainly lightweight.

Linky doo dah

big_l - 13/5/13 at 07:41 PM

Odessey 25 is the bollox starts the Busa well easy
Merlin Motorsport is the cheapest

daniel mason - 13/5/13 at 07:52 PM

how good are the lithium ones? any dis advantages?

matt_gsxr - 13/5/13 at 08:07 PM

quote:
Originally posted by daniel mason
how good are the lithium ones? any dis advantages?


I'd worry about this new technology in a fibreglass car (Boeing Dreamliner?).

Odyssey pc680 works well for me.

perksy - 13/5/13 at 08:16 PM

Another vote for the Odyssey PC680.
Last time i looked there was a Bike shop up in Yorkshire that was the cheapest and i found them using Google.

coozer - 13/5/13 at 08:21 PM

I used a red top 25 on my zetec that was specced for a buell 1200.

russbost - 13/5/13 at 08:28 PM

I can match prices with the Odyssey range in terms of cranking power etc. & the Li Ion batteries are around 5 - 15kg lighter depending what spec you're looking at. The only way they will catch fire is if you set fire to the casing - not the same technology as the dreamliner batteries, TTBOMK there are no disadvantages in terms of use on a kitcar & many, many advantages

daniel mason - 13/5/13 at 08:32 PM

what would you recommend for a bec russ? and do you do an alloy battery box for them? cheers

mark chandler - 13/5/13 at 09:03 PM

Just a thought, blade regulators are rubbish and the standard spade connectors continually overheat, are you sure your charging circuit is good?

daniel mason - 13/5/13 at 09:31 PM

i think so mark. the builder was absolutely meticulous and the regulater is mounted directly under a small fan that runs as soon as ignition is pressed. it runs relaively cool to be honest

[Edited on 13/5/13 by daniel mason]

russbost - 14/5/13 at 09:49 AM

quote:
Originally posted by daniel mason
what would you recommend for a bec russ? and do you do an alloy battery box for them? cheers


Hi Daniel

Recommended battery for the 919 blade is our part no. Lip010B, £136.99 normally I can do 10% off if we're dealing direct so £123.29 & £7.95 P & P. That's about a tenner more than a redtop 25 & over 5Kg lighter - I reckon you'd save the tenner in fuel over a years use!

Cheers Russ

nick205 - 14/5/13 at 09:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mark chandler
Just a thought, blade regulators are rubbish and the standard spade connectors continually overheat, are you sure your charging circuit is good?


Have to say from your other post and this that there must be a question over charging. Can you swap the battery with a known good one to test and maybe fit the one from the kit in another vehicle to double test?