Lithium Ion Batteries
I'm riding a BMW 650 single and I'm now in Thailand. I have just charged my battery and it's not going to work, it's cooked. This is now going to be my 4th so maybe it's time to think of an alternative to endlessly pouring money down the drain.
In my bike's defense, it's not all her fault. When i was in London I had an attempted theft, they destroyed the ignition barrel and I replaced it with a marine switch. Sadly I left the lights on and killed my first one. I replaced it with a gel battery. That got cooked when some arsehole pulled out the wiring loom to joyride her and cooked the battery! Third one was not a perfect fit but seemed to work. It got low through lack of proper use and I had to fly back to London for 3 weeks, got back and yet another dead battery in deep-discharge.
So I see adverts for Lithium Ion. A third of the weight and more power. Ok, I'm interested even though they're quite expensive. One advert says they're not much good in the cold (not a huge issue in Thailand) but what worries me more is the fact that my laptop battery is cooked in 2 years using the same technology.
Has anyone used these? Are they worth it?
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