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I'm after a small battery that I can hide away under the tail unit of my Z1R. Does anyone know what the lowest amp-hour rating you can get away with running a Zed. The only ancilliarys I'm using is the lights and a horn. All the indicators and associated gubbins have been removed. The only major draw on the battery will be the starter motor. I am quite happy to have a bit of a reduction in power on the starter because at the moment it will turn over for ages without seeming to loose any go. If it dosen't go on the starter then I don't mind having to use the kickstart! Ta in advance, Ben.

Ben, I don't know about the smallest size you could get away with, but I would consider a Gel filled battery. I believe it's safe to mount these on thier side. This may help you fit a larger battery in the space you have.

Ginger Bear wrote:Ben, I don't know about the smallest size you could get away with, but I would consider a Gel filled battery. I believe it's safe to mount these on thier side. This may help you fit a larger battery in the space you have.

Yeah I've been having a scout about on ebay and through a few electrical suppliers catalogues and I think I'll take a punt on a 10Ah one. It should fit under the tail unit pretty easy and should still give me plenty of power for the electrics. I'll let you know how I get on!

Be sure to let us know the outcome...

Ordered the battery about half past 4, got an email of TNT saying it'll be with me by 10am tomorrow. I'll believe it when I see it but if it does then I'll let you know tomorrow night!

Right after yet another postage debacle I got the battery and it works fine. Turned the motor over for a minute constantly and was still showing 12.42v on my cheapo multimeter after that so should be fine I reckon, could probably get away with a 7Ah too I reckon as long as the bike starts pretty easily. Due to a schoolboy error on my behalf it won't fit behind the tail light like I wanted so I've decided to do the job properly and remove the starter motor and just have a kickstart only which will allow me to run a really really small battery which will definitely fit. That'll teach to measure twice and all that malarky

If you're going down that route, try Maplins - I got a small dry 12v battery for lessw than £15 for me Trumpet - its about 6" x 4" x 2" approx.
Its nice & small & runs the lights & horn easily

Piggy, are you using one of those Powerboxes for the ignition on the Triumph ?

Pasc, yes the PowerBox is a great bit of kit along with a Boyer ignition which is doing the business so far

I lied about the battery dimensions, its only 100mm x 50mm x 45mm (4" x 2" x 1 11/16") approx