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Offline paulbaker1954

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Battery
« on: April 01, 2018, 10:38:27 AM »
Anyone ever used JMT gel battery?

Are they any good?
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Re: Battery
« Reply #2 on: April 01, 2018, 12:38:25 PM »
I've switched over to AGM gel battery's but use Motobatt

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Battery-Motobatt-Honda-CB-550-K-Four-1974-1978/142266060340?hash=item211fb7ce34:g:WI4AAOSw2xRYk3M4

Not cheap but well worth the money, everything seems to work well when using them, charging, starting, ignition, size of spark.
Tom
'73 CB550 with CB500 engine café racer
'62 CB77 Sprinter
'70 CD175
'78 CB550 with sidecar
'80 Z50R
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Re: Battery
« Reply #3 on: April 02, 2018, 01:08:43 AM »
Ok just ordered a Motobatt.

Main reason is bike has recently become much harder to start after I noticed two of the cells in my non maintain Yuasa had dropped seriously low. Topped it up again and get ok cranking but wondering if voltage is dropping off during cranking and affecting the Boyer system I now have and thus poor starting now.

May be old fuel having not been used all winter but I hated that Yuasa battery anyway as the opaque case made it really hard to see the levels without taking it off the bike each time.

Anyway the Yuasa is 3 years old so probably due a change, can’t do any harm I am thinking
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Re: Battery
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2018, 10:59:52 AM »
Regarding the price, they last that long they work out cheaper, I've just replaced one that was 8 years old.
Tom
'73 CB550 with CB500 engine café racer
'62 CB77 Sprinter
'70 CD175
'78 CB550 with sidecar
'80 Z50R
And a load of old Yamaha 1100's

 

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