Battery positioning?

I'm pretty sure that would mess the battery up if it's a normal battery. I'm sure that someone with more knowledge will chime in shortly.

yeah, reading around about the topic. Apparently i need a gel type batt? that sucks.

Try the sycle batteries. the 4.6 one should cover everything needed and tiny. Expensive, but no need for trickle charge and last 5 or 6 years. I know Bandino has one on his build and he said he's had no problems so far. I'm going with this as soon as I get to that point.

http://www.testsycl.com/Home_Page.html



http://cx500forum.com/index.php?/topic/6583-pics-of-build/page__p__75075__fromsearch__1#entry75075

justingallen said:

Try the sycle batteries. the 4.6 one should cover everything needed and tiny. Expensive, but no need for trickle charge and last 5 or 6 years. I know Bandino has one on his build and he said he's had no problems so far. I'm going with this as soon as I get to that point.

http://www.testsycl.com/Home_Page.html



http://cx500forum.com/index.php?/topic/6583-pics-of-build/page__p__75075__fromsearch__1#entry75075

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those are awesome. can they be recharged though? Which one would I need?

Shep said:

This would do you.



http://cgi.ebay.com/GEL-ATV-MOTORCY...772456205?pt=US_Batteries&hash=item3f0b4bcb0d







Cheap brand so probably not top notch but then learn to bump the bike off(Advantage of having a CDI ignition bike<grin>

It does have 14 amp hour but may not work with the Starter well(Service Stater motor if you haven't yet anyway).

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whats a 14 amp hour? Where's the starter? the little cylinder thing near the batt? this one is also cool, but i am digging the top one.

Our batteries have a 14 amp hour charge.This is roughly the capacity of the battery and how long it takes to charge the battery at 1 amp.Lead acid batteries should only be charged at a maximum of 10% of their AH in this case 1.4 amps.A battery is a reservoir and designed to the charging system.

The 2nd most important value a battery has is it CCA(Cold Crank Amp) power.This is the power that can be drawn from it when you press the starter button.For our bikes the normal YB14LA2 /CB14LA2 /12N143A /YB14LA-2 have 140 amp CCA.

The one in the first link says it's only 120 amp CCA but according to the poster there's no problem with it.The one I posted is under-powered but cheap.The Starter motor is on the bottom left of the engine and should be stripped and cleaned,



http://globalcxglvtwins.hostingdelivered.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=208



because an un-serviced starter motor will add strain to the battery reducing it's life and can cause hard starting.Both my CX500s,"Start" they don't,"Crank.This is exactly the same as my car/s.This is why I service all parts of the system.Plugs/Plug caps/Coils/Carbs/Battery maintenance/Connections etc.

ok, i bought the 4.6 one. pretty damn expensive, but will save a lot of headache.

do our bikes have a system, like an alternator which keeps the batt. charged?

If you have downloaded a manual a description of the charging system is in there.It's a pretty standard 3 phase alternator/Rectifier Regulator/Battery system.The main difference between the two engines is that the earlier CDI ones have a more complicated Stator that provides power for the CDI box and the later TAI(Transistor Advanced Ignition) versions the power for Spark units is taken from the battery.

I payed $68 for mine.



7Ah 220CCA. I think I got it at batteriesplus.



http://www.batteriesplus.com/

Frenzy- is that a custom seat?

yessir

Mind posting or messaging me any details/ pics? Sorry for the threadjack