Deltran makes a great lithium battery available through batteries plus. Expencive but great cranking amps in a light weight package. If your running alot of equipment like ham radio I would recommend a second radio.... On Feb 15, 2016 7:08 PM, "'Hawaii Sean' via Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" < [email protected]> wrote:
> Ok I'm what we call in Hawaii Akamie - meaning I have to feel like I get > great value for my $ but I'm not cheap just expecting a lot. I have never > believed that one battery is better than another. The technology is as old > as dirt and they all have to be the same. So my brother in-law owns a > trucking company and with his discount the high end Interstate batter was > much cheaper than replacing with any other brand and the Lithium one I had > in the bike. This is an ST1100 that sits on the Big Island and was only > ridded 4 weekends in 2015. The batter was toast Thanksgiving 2014, that's > when I put in the Interstate. In the years that I have had that bike it > has always been on a tender and I had to replace the battery every 9 to 12 > months. I'm at 15 months on the interstate and the battery was still > strong to start the bike. It takes 3 to 5 minutes of cranking to get the > gas into the cylinders on that bike and a bunch of cranking. The > interstate batter is still good and once the bike started is started every > single time I hit the button. So the short answer is my experience is > that a good quality battery will last longer then the ion one. > > Aloha - Sean > > > On Sunday, February 14, 2016 at 12:15:30 PM UTC-10, shaypocoloco wrote: > >> The 83 Nighthawk and others didn't work perfectly with lead acid >> batteries and most owners probably trickle charged their CB650sc batteries >> for the best service, but now there are lithium ion rechargeables and I'd >> like to know the ones that have been used and in particular the largest >> that will fit in the 1983 CB650sc. I would like to operate ham radio mobile >> so the best quality is important. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
