Raptor battery

stevepratt48 · Post by **stevepratt48** » 17 years ago

Heads up, if you're after a bettery!
www.sticky-stuff.co.uk are doing a GEL battery YTX12-BS for £39 delivered. Ordered one at 14.30, yesterday, arrived 09.00 today. Cheapest acid battery I could find was £30, haven't seen a Gel battery anywhere near that. General recomendation it that acid batteries should only be vertical, although we all do it!!

Post by **snapdragon** » 17 years ago

Bargain

I'm keeping that link

AZ · Post by AZ » 17 years ago

I`m working on the principal that the whole bike should be treated like a battery, and keep it vertical as much as possible ,which is easier than i expected

twistedpr · Post by **twistedpr** » 16 years ago

Almost completely killed my battery, so short of soldering it to the Optimate, think I'll invest in one of these instead. Cheers Steve.

Zane · Post by **Zane** » 16 years ago

I fitted a 12-BS and the battery is a little larger than expected. Hard on the hands and a bugger to fit, or better to find out how to fit. From what I noticed the battery should be a 9-BS this fits just right. Thing is I have already placed the 12-BS. She's tight and the seats a little difficult to get right, but thank God it works.

These Italians must have little hands. Maybe its some out of spce little people that made the bike.... hummmmm

carnivore · Post by **carnivore** » 16 years ago

Had this problem also my vraptor was fitted with a 9BS and everywhere you look on the tinernet it says its a 12BS. the 12BS is about an inch and a half taller than the 9BS so the clamp won't go back around the battery without modification. the seat is also a bugger to fit so what i did was with a dremmel cut off all the renforcing ribs on the tongue of the seat. now it fits like a glove. the plastic on the seat base is fairly flexable and hasn't cracked or owt.

stevepratt48 · Post by **stevepratt48** » 16 years ago

Just wait for the first hump-backed bridge.........

Must admit, bit tight, I spray WD40 down the slot, B4 I slide the seat back on(In?), works for me!

twistedpr · Post by **twistedpr** » 16 years ago

Must admit that I ordered the 9, not the 12. I have an alarm fitted, which sits where the toolkit should go. It's pretty tight as it is, so getting a 12 was not an option. Shame, as I would like the comfort of having those 200 extra mA. Also, I'm not brave enough to "modify" the seat hook to make it fit.

Hope this new one lasts a bit longer than the first one - only got 7 months out of the original Varta. Doesn't help that I killed it (twice, to be sure). Maybe I should have ordered a spare aswell?

Post by **snapdragon** » 16 years ago

Had a total of three batteries on mine in five years - four if you count the non gel one that got taken back to the 'dealer'

the optimate/heated grip combination managed to kill one (it was the optimate what done it!!?!)

notaclue if it's the 12 or 9 I have now (and I'm not skinning me knuckles to get it out and look)

twistedpr · Post by **twistedpr** » 16 years ago

I do have a lot of gadgets fitted to the rappy - heated grips, alarm, led indicators. Oh yeah, and a sat nav. Perhaps I should try modding the frame to fit two more batteries to the underside of the seat, behind the number plate - just to be sure!?

How did the Optimate kill your battery, snap? Was it a problem with earlier models (I have a III SP), a dodgy Optimate or do they actually do more harm than good?

Post by **snapdragon** » 16 years ago

twistedpr wrote:I do have a lot of gadgets fitted to the rappy - heated grips, alarm, led indicators. Oh yeah, and a sat nav. Perhaps I should try modding the frame to fit two more batteries to the underside of the seat, behind the number plate - just to be sure!?

How did the Optimate kill your battery, snap? Was it a problem with earlier models (I have a III SP), a dodgy Optimate or do they actually do more harm than good?

lol sat nav?? getting 'otherwise placed' is part of the fun surely ?

'twas a dodgy optimate, or at least the on bike wiring part - bought in a bike shop closure sale, I tend to use her year round so it was a belt and braces buy

- Took it off and just use the unit to trickle charge spare batteries now

jimtech · Post by **jimtech** » 16 years ago

Battery just gone dead on my raptor, After some research and measuring the battery needed is a YTX12ABS, the A makes all the difference! these batteries are 105mm tall instead of a standard YTX12BS which is 130mm. I assume they've got a higher output than a YTX9, which is a similar size. Unfortunately gel cells are around £60 online, rather than £40ish - Boo, but should last a bit longer?