That’s the characteristic of any lithium battery no matter tha brand.

I’d rather deal with that than an acid lead battery slowing dying while trying to start a cold bike.

 

Well, over the last year of the Ballistic battery life, I was having troubles starting the bike too, just like a dying lead acid battery.

Its going to be a lot different for me here in the frozen north, than it is for you in Hawaii. It's almost always 60 degrees or less in the morning, unless its a hot spell in the summer time, which is rare. So if I ride the bike to work in the morning, it was a chore to start it with the lithium battery.

 

I bought a battery tender brand lithium battery over a year ago and it has been nothing short of amazing. Works worlds better especially in cold temperatures compared to a ballistic battery. I tested it fresh out of the box and it had almost 400 cranking amps. Cost about $113, anyone having trouble starting their R1 should definitely get one of these. It's nice not worrying if your bikes going to start or not. I haven't for over a year.

 

I'll check out the Battery Tender lithium battery, didn't even know they made them.

 

I put a Shorai LFX in my S1000R, works as advertised.

 

I’m using a ballistic, but I bought the maintenance charger and health monitor at the same time. I plug it in if I go more than a week between rides and I haven’t had any problems so far.

 

I'm using the larger lithium battery for years now and starts fine even in a cold winter garage after not being ridden for a few weeks. Works great and never even give it a boost charge. Don't forget the weight savings too. I have a lot of carbon for looks but I'm pretty sure I've lost more weight due to the battery with the exception of my BST carbon rims.

 

What battery and what size?

 

Speedcell here... amazing battery.

 

Bike came with a Shorai, got the shorai charger for it and it’s been great. Cranks right up even in cold days.

 

just recently jumped from yuasa to shorai. the yuasa crapped out on me because my stock cct would sometimes give my bike trouble starting in the cold. sometimes it would keep trying to start until the battery would drain down... eventually just killing it. replaced my cct with a manual one + the shorai battery and havent had a single problem since. the shorai weighs a lot lighter than the yuasa as well

 

Bro I went to batteries plus, got a lithium battery and its still running. tbh its the best battery for the money, my bike sat for 5 months and started like I rode it yesterday.

 

After trying a few different types on my 09, it seems to really prefer the OEM Yuasa battery. I have also found this to be true with my 98,12 and 16 R1's.

 

i don't believe you. lead acid is just not good enough anymore. My raider still has one but its gonners this year.

OEM Yuasa is pure junk, even when it was working ad designed it always had trouble starting my 09.

I tossed it to the curb and got a shorai.

I'm also in a colder climate and I don't think I've had nearly as much cold start issues as others mention.. ymmv :dunno

 

I had issues with the stock battery on my 2010 and Yamaha pretty much told me it was due to stock batteries not having enough cold crank amps so I went with a lithium and never looked back, that was installed at 9500 miles and am currently at 40,000 still no issues

 

Also remember not all lithium batteries are equal. There is ion and iron... I get them confused but my WPS does not have that cold start problem my Shorai does
https://www.brighthubengineering.co...neration-distribution/123906-comparison-of-lithium-ion-to-lithium-iron-battery/

 

I use a Speedcell and they are by far the best quality and reliability. They also have a quick disconnect included which is nice. Previous light weight batteries are shorai, and an alien motion which I had nothing but problems with.

 

What size Speedcell battery do you have? 5 amp or 7.5 amp? How long have you used it?

Apparently @SPEEDCELL doesn't respond to inquiry emails about their products, which is really annoying.

 

Any time temps were below 60 degrees, it would take 3 minutes to get the bike to start.

You're lucky it was only 3 minutes. I had a shorai in my 1098 and like you live in a colder climate and if i ever wanted to go for an early morning ride it took a good 20 minutes before i could even get the battery strong enough to give me a good crank. I had to turn the ignition to just before it cranked so that the head lights came on and leave it like this while the battery warmed up. The duc came with a built in voltmeter in the tach so i could see it go from around 11.5 to the 12.7 to start and yeah sometimes it took 20 mins. I couldnt even ride it yet either because now i had to wait for the bike to warm up lol Im using the traditional battery now but i do have it hooked up to a tender in the winter or whenever im not riding for awhile. If you're looking to shave some cheap weight the lithium cant be beat dollar/lb

 

my original Yuasa battery in my '13 R1 is still going strong, from day 1

 

I switched to a Shorai LFX19A4 almost a year ago and have had zero problems. It starts my 08 R1 noticeably faster than the OEM lead acid I had in it before. Even if I don't ride it that often it still fires right up every time. Plus the weight savings are nice too. I live in Phoenix, so it's a perfect fit for here since I don't have to deal with stupid cold weather.