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  • #2
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,498 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    What do you mean by what's the story with them. They're batteries!


  • #3
    The Big Red Fella
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭The Big Red Fella


    god glad you told me as i wouldnt have known that mate!


  • #4
    Dan Jaman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,896 ✭✭✭✭Dan Jaman


    Gel batteries are definitely worthwhile, especially if the bike's parked up in the cold and you really need it to start reliably (assuming nothing else is fecked, of course).
    Apart from the extra cost, there's no downside.
    I haven't bothered with one because mine's always parked inside and I'm tight :) 
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  • #5
    The Big Red Fella
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭The Big Red Fella


    Dan Jaman wrote: »
    Gel batteries are definitely worthwhile, especially if the bike's parked up in the cold and you really need it to start reliably (assuming nothing else is fecked, of course).
    Apart from the extra cost, there's no downside.
    I haven't bothered with one because mine's always parked inside and I'm tight :)
    Thanks for the help!


  • #6
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Those Motobatt batteries are AGM which means absorbed glass matting, instead of having acid loosely washing around inside the battery they have fibreglass matting which is impregnated with acid.
    The advantage is that the acid is in constant contact with the plates and unlike the type that you fill with the little acid pack there is no possibility of the plates getting bubbles on them as they are filled.
    Bubbles on the plates is a major cause of early battery failure as it starts the process of sulphation when the acid cannot contact the whole plate.
    I have a Motobatt and am very pleased with the way its working on my 650 single. I got it from a friend who is a bike mechanic and he said in over 100 batteries he has had one dud which was replaced straight away under warranty.
    I previously had an Odyssey PC310 which is the same type of battery but a lot more expensive, it lasted well but the Motobatt does the same for less.


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  • #7
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,784 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    The Big Red Fella wrote: »
    I have a above honda cb900f 23 years & its in storage since 2006 never started etc now im thinkin about gettin it running at least so whats the story with these batterys? has anyone got one fitted?
    http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HONDA-CB900-FD-F2D-83-motorbike-GEL-AGM-Battery-extra-20-more-power-/330880258759?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Parts&hash=item4d0a0012c7

    Doubt if anyone will actually post that to you tbh. ....... but you can buy them here anyway.

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  • #8
    Interceptor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Interceptor


    I bought one for my VFR800 and its working fine. I wish it was red and not yellow though.

    'c


  • #9
    The Big Red Fella
    Registered Users Posts: 186 ✭✭The Big Red Fella


    Excellent thanks for the help gonna buy one, they will post the battery so they say?? time will tell!


  • #10
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    The Big Red Fella wrote: »
    Excellent thanks for the help gonna buy one, they will post the battery so they say?? time will tell!
    I'd buy one locally tbh.


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