MottoBatt battery has FAILED!!!

[Alpha-9]

You probably got a 1/10000 dodgy battery that some dick had dropped on the ground and put back on the shelf

It happens and you can get your money back, doesn't mean their all bad and all BCF recommendations are bullshit

Take everyone from the internet with a pinch of salt
And a bit of black pepper, because it's delicious

Motobatt are a pre-charged sealed lead type maintenance-free battery afaik
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[Cunnington]

[lihp]

What is the battery voltage of the motobatt?

What was the charging voltage of the bike?

Additionally, what is the maximum current draw of the bike with all electrics on?

What is the current draw of the heated grips?

Is this above or below the rating of the battery you bought?

It is quite likely that a standard sized battery on an R1 won't have the capacity for heated grips (I know my R6 didn't) as they're made to be as light as possible, and putting in a larger battery for "extras" isn't part of their aim when developing a bike like the R1.

How old was the motobatt? Why did you change it?

Battery died? Put motobatt in? That died? My first thought would be that there's something wrong with something other than the battery.

The fact it started, rode, and then wouldn't restart when you stalled, says to me that it is not being charged, or something is draining it. Like a fault Reg/Rec

Batteries don't just drain instantly, the fact the battery is flat means it is not being charged. If the battery was faulty, it may lose it's charge within couple of hours, but definately not instantly, and not while riding also.

The bike shop has got a quick sale, like many others, and will probably sell your old battery on ebay

[0l0dom0l0]

[anthony_r6]

Just put a Motobatt in my Hornet after I thought my battery was duff (Negative terminal was coming out of it's placement.) Turns out that the R/R had gone and wasn't charging the battery, or running the bike. So once the battery died, so did the bike. Replaced it and since then the bike and battery have been fine.

My Daytona heated grips are crap though.
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[Walloper]

Was there any funny cnuts Tooting at you then???



Yausa practically re-invented batteries.
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[sickpup]

Contrary to popular belief there is nothing actually special abotu MotoBatt batteries, they are simply an AGM battery that has been put together with some care and attention. There are similar batteries available for considerably less that pretty much match the performance of a Motobatt.
The advantage of a Motobatt is actually to the dealer in that due to them having 4 terminals the dealer needs to hold considerably less variety of batteries and hence less stock.

As to Marjays comments...

Marjay I'm not actually here to babysit people I'm here for the camaraderie, if I can help people along the way and I do then good but when someone comes on to spit his dummy out I don't actually feel the need to help.
I am a strong believer in people working things out for themselves and I will provide hints for them to do so instead of telling them outright, hopefully that way in future they may be able to work a problem out themselves as they have been taught to think not just taught to copy.
Woo doesn't want help he wants to scream about how the battery he purchased was crap and blame everyone on here who said they were a good product.

The technical bit...

It is unlikely although possible that the battery was the sole problem here.

[MarJay]

[Clutchy]

[MattEMulsion]

I've never heard of MotoBatt but I am a Yuasa man anyway. Are you sure that its not your heated grips being too powerful for your charging system that flattened the battery???
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[Vincent]

I'm very impressed with my Motobatt, (bought from Busters). The bikes been left for up to a week outside buried in snow and no sign of any drain when starting.

Of course, they all should perform like this but I've had a fair few problems in the past with other makes. I used to swear by Varta but they seem to have got a bit crap over the years.
'True test will be how long the Motobatt lasts - we shall see.
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[woo]

as for the tense negative comments here lol!

i had a problem commented about it and all of a sudden people are tense and aggresive calling me names, so many keyboard warriors.

this is a forum where anyone is allowed to vent their frustration or talk about a problem they have be it real life or bike related.

the way some of you have behaved, is as if i have made a personal insult to yourselves and these reactions do really make me laugh

for those of you have commented in a helpful manner thankyou and your advice is duly taken

couldnt care less what sickup or anyone else thinks about me

if im wrong about the battery time will tell and i will be back here stating that the mottbatt battery is fine, it was actually my bikes charging system that was at fault but so far the bikes charging system is fine and is providing the correct volts on my multimeter.

as for those of you who are negative and tense ride safe and dont be tense spring is just round the corner when we can enjoy our bikes in more comfort!
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Elen sila lummen omentielvo!

[Tarmacsurfer]

[sickpup]

[woo]

above lol!

mottobatt works for you great!
enjoy!

/end of thread
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Elen sila lummen omentielvo!

[j00pY]

Hi Woo - Did you ever hear anything about your bike that got nicked?

[woo]

No the police closed the case due to lack of evidence so bikes gone but worse still £4k gone out my pocket
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[j00pY]

Damn really sorry to hear that

[keggyhander]

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

I came across the motobatt in the ducati and ktm forums. A few of them were blaming sprag clutch failure due to the sluggish turnover caused by a weak battery.
I did some further searching and found a comprehensive 'Battery Cookoff'. Involved lots of battery abuse.

Still cranking the 944 twin after 2 years...So far so good.
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[kawakid]

Lots of car batteries died recently in my area due to the cold spell.

It seems I am the only one of the street with a car charger and a battery optimizer.

With the exception of one other Gentleman, I am also the only person who parks their car in the Garage on a night.

I had to help go rescue a neighbour with a flat battery. "Do you ever charge it " "Ehh" FFS. Both his cars battery died.
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I've a twin and a 4.

[Seb]

Just to chime in on the Motobatt dripping, My Sprint came with a Rob Hunter battery that flat out didn't have a hope in hell of starting the thing the moment it turned cold, on the flipside, the Motobatt I replaced it with happily handles my short commutes regardless of if I want the heated gear on or not. Everytime I've pulled it out of the bike to give it an overnight top up out of habit, it's been fully charged anyway.

I'd say you got an unlucky lemon or the issue is elsewhere on the bike.
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[jeddy11]

Yes or the ugly women

[woo]

long live the mottobatt it didnt fail i did lol!

turns out just like Fizzer Thou said the connector block which connects to the RR has burnt out on the red wire!
this i believe is due to corrosion which furbarbed it creating more electrical resistence hence more heat

my humble applogies to the mottobatt. which now on charge and will be put back in the bike once sorted.

after some research on the net gonna try the female spade connection mod so will take the wires out of the connection box and connect them to the RR that way and if all is fine and the RR still works will put some dielectric grease inside and keep an eye on it.

thanks for all your advice even the tense aggressive ones its been helpful

just need to decide on which female spade connector is best?
https://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_753539_langId_-1_categoryId_255229#tab1

https://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_182541_langId_-1_categoryId_255229

advice sought on whether it be tense or aggressive what amp female spade is recommended?

pics of the connector block:

https://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p613/wooizm/regulator%20burnt/20130210_125439_zps90260b9c.jpg

https://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p613/wooizm/regulator%20burnt/20130210_125402_zps708cee59.jpg

https://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p613/wooizm/regulator%20burnt/20130210_125351_zps07101a7d.jpg

https://i1158.photobucket.com/albums/p613/wooizm/regulator%20burnt/20130210_125448_zpsd4dcb780.jpg
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[lihp]

Maybe you should go visit the garage that gave you this amazing advice, and proved that it was faulty?

See what they say, you made enough of a fuss when the whole of BCF told you that it was unlikely to be the battery, go make the fuss to the garage that scammed you!
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