I made my own cables as well, started my bike today for the first time in 4 months, spun up and started straight away, awesome, that's never happened before, usually the battery goes flat and hardly spins up at all.
I stand by my original statement. The key word was typically. I like the discussions on the differing types of lithium.
It's very easy to improve on the original ducati starter / battery cables, as ducati did such a mediocre job. On my 998s I used a USA brand of improved cables in about 2006/7, however they appeared to only be half designed with little sympathy for the installer or the bike. The @Exige version is as near to perfect as I could make and represents huge value for money. 97 out of a 100, where the next 3% would triple the cost/price. Every Ducati I have from now on will have a set, as mine do now.
If Lipo batteries didn't need special charging parameters from the bike, why do they need it from stand by chargers? All the main battery tenders or charger manufacturers have unique models for Lipo. Yes Lipo batteries will start your motorcycle and with ease, but this was never the point being made. My concern is with the charging circuits on the motorcycle and temperatures various components run at when a different battery technology is used. The trouble with the Internet is that anyone can express an opinion (expert or otherwise), we are all seen as equal, however some of us are more equal than others.
I think you replied to the wrong post of mine here. Perhaps this one would have been a better choice. I agree with this poster....but only his salutation.:Smuggrin::Hilarious:
No, I'm referring to the correct post and your salutation of myself. Now don't go backtracking on your excellent judgement. :Banhappy:
Maybe someone needs to come up with some kind of interface that takes the charge current supplied by the motor and converts it to something more suitable for a lithium battery.
This would be a replacement regulator and more than likely the whole generator set. A difficult one to ponder. Mutley riders may need more power for all their FARKLES, where a Panigale rider may want virtually no more power than that required to run the engine. The problem is the generator makes a lot of power, if you don't use it all the regulator turns it into heat. Just look what happens to the Stator (copper coils inside the engine) if the 3 pin connector becomes corroded or disconnected.....toasted bits and a burnt out Stator. Best to just leave it alone or buy a bike with Lithium designed in or (like most on here I'm sure) we could easily loose a few pounds if the weight really needed to come off.
if Lithium batteries aren't compatible with bikes charging systems how do the battery makers get away with selling them? the only reason that I know of why Lithium batteries have specific chargers is because most other chargers (optimates etc) have a maintenance mode which fully drains the battery before charging. Obviously this would be detrimental to a Lithium Bat as they don't always recover well after full drain(allegedly) I have only ever used Lithium Batteries on my trackbikes, so they don't get much "on bike" charging.
If a small unit can take mains current and convert into something lithium friendly, would it not be possible to come up with something that would take current from the existing charging system and convert it??
Not only that, many have charge modes that are designed to de-sulphate lead plates by blasting them with strong pulses of current.
Hi Rob, all joking / joshing aside have you put your hand on the regulator (big metal thing under the battery tray ... looks like a car power amp) with the bike at tick over, then rev it up. Max operating temperature should really be around 70~80°C; so hot to touch, but with no burns.
