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#1 PostAuthor: big green bus » Sun Jan 19, 2014 9:36 pm

Does anybody know what battery I can fit to a z1000mk 2 that has a bit less height. the mods I am working on required I moved the battery box up so the battery will now touch the airbox intake pipe. :roll:

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#2 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Sun Jan 19, 2014 11:17 pm

You need 14 amp for the starter.
The equivalent Motobatts are smaller .
Most of the ebay listings state the L/W/H measurements so should be easy enough to find one that fits.
If you can't find one small enough there's always those Shorai Lithiums which most definitely will fit but you want to be sitting down when you see the price.

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#3 PostAuthor: snotie1965 » Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:02 pm

zed1015 wrote:You need 14 amp for the starter.
The equivalent Motobatts are smaller .
Most of the ebay listings state the L/W/H measurements so should be easy enough to find one that fits.
If you can't find one small enough there's always those Shorai Lithiums which most definitely will fit but you want to be sitting down when you see the price.

If you don`t mind me asking ? how much was the "Shorai lithium" ? and also the charger ?

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#4 PostAuthor: z1bman » Mon Jan 20, 2014 3:31 pm


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#5 PostAuthor: zed1015 » Mon Jan 20, 2014 5:50 pm

snotie1965 wrote:
zed1015 wrote:You need 14 amp for the starter.
The equivalent Motobatts are smaller .
Most of the ebay listings state the L/W/H measurements so should be easy enough to find one that fits.
If you can't find one small enough there's always those Shorai Lithiums which most definitely will fit but you want to be sitting down when you see the price.

If you don`t mind me asking ? how much was the "Shorai lithium" ? and also the charger ?


Are you sitting down ?

They were £179.40 delivered from Carrot cycles in Lincoln.
Battery was £92.00 + vat etc on it's own.
Lots of different case sizes etc to choose from.

SEE HERE - http://www.carrotcycles.co.uk/index.php ... cat_id=217

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#6 PostAuthor: big green bus » Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:14 pm

All the ones I have looked at that are lower are also wider so still don't fit the batt box. I have not looked at the "sit down ones" yet :roll:

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#7 PostAuthor: neilbarrett » Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:45 pm

what about mounting 2 :?: ive done that and also went for a 24v starting system as well ,the difference in cranking power is remarkable compared to 12v

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#8 PostAuthor: LTD Project » Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:26 pm

I was in a similar position and found a Motobatt MB10U did the job with the necessary CCA for gpz1100 engine. Well happy in the end. Gives the equiv of 14.5 Ah.

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#9 PostAuthor: big green bus » Tue Jan 21, 2014 5:42 pm

LTD Project wrote:I was in a similar position and found a Motobatt MB10U did the job with the necessary CCA for gpz1100 engine. Well happy in the end. Gives the equiv of 14.5 Ah.

Good luck

Cheers matey that will do :lol:


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