MottoBatt battery has FAILED!!!

[woo]

My mottobatt battery fitted to my R1 has failed!

I bought this battery from you lots recommendations!!

What happened was the battery was not providing enough power to the bike.
Only extra drain on the battery was my heated grips!

This failure left me stranded in Tooting again lol!!!

The bike started up fine in the morning but i stalled at the big massive junction at tooting broadway which joins with Garrat Lane and the bike would not fire up again made the nosie of a wankered battery.

when the recovery guy came he jump started the bike and it started then he checked the charging rate using his jump starter and no charge was being registered (but his jump starter to me looked inadequate at giving an accurate reading)
So i rode to infinity motorcycles in clapham and had them test the battery with a proper charging tester and it showed me that the battery is providing a charge but not enough charge

So bought a brand new battery and tested that and it was providing a full charge to the bike.

So my personal experience of using MottoBatt batterys is that they are SHIT AND I WILL NEVER USE AGAIN AND WILL NOT RECOMMEND THEM!!!

heard all the great reviews of them but they failed me!

turned out my mistake mottobatt was fine bike had issues
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Yuasa for me. Never heard of Mottobat.
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[sickpup]

[MarkJ]

When you bought the motobatt, did you charge it before using it or just put it straight in and turn the engine over?

[Fizzer Thou]

I had what I thought was a battery problem on my 2001 R1 (5JJ) and so replaced it,not realising that the connector to/from the rectifier/regulator was corroded,thus not placing the correct charging rate to the battery.I had no choice except to replace the rectifier/regulator,soldered the wires directly onto the R/R and filled the gaps with silicone rubber.This has worked perfectly for some 15,000 miles.

So,it might not be the battery.If the breakdown bloke checked the charging rate and it was low or non-existant,have a look see at the connector for the R/R.
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[MarJay]

Two things:

1.) There are lots of fake Motobatt batteries out there.

2.) Sounds like your regulator/rectifier is fried. My Street Triple did exactly that. Rarely is a fault like this down to the battery, particularly not if it is a genuine Motobatt (which do have a very good reputation).

I've had Motobatt batteries in the last four bikes I've owned and they've all been excellent. Much better than the standard chinese stuff or even the Yuasa stuff you get from Wemoto.
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[chris-red]

Have Motobatts in 2 of my bikes, when the battery in my triumph dies I'll be getting one in that too.
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[Rogerborg]

If you failed to put fuel in your bike, would you blame the engine for stopping?

Fix your charging system, you chump.
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[covent.gardens]

I had problems with my charging system that ate batteries, a new reg/rec helped but the alternator was still putting out less voltage than it should (12.8v at revs), checked the alternator resistances as per Haynes and not right, been meaning to fix. Most batteries would hate this but motobatt has been happy day to day with this for the last 4 or 5 months, imo its such a good battery it can cover over charging system problems unless they are really bad, all the tests show it copes well with undercharging/deep discharging etc. I stick the battery on a charger every now and then to give it a full charge, but its never let me down

When your new battery dies please come back and apologise to the poor motobatt, for you were expecting too much asking for power from a battery, when your bike wasn't charging said battery, thanks

Hope you kept the motobatt as chances are after a good charge it'll be good as new

[Shinigami]

agree with above sounds like your reg/rec or your alternator (i'll bet reg/reg)

Nothing to do with the battery, chill your beans son
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[Sable]

What makes MottBatts so good?

Genuine question, see em mentioned here a fair bit but no idea what's so good about em. Are they just regular batteries that are really well made or is there something different about them?

[Tarmacsurfer]

Been using them for a few years, excellent batteries. Will not hesitate to buy and use again.
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[MarkJ]

[Alpha-9]

lol you tard

Motobatt are brilliant, not our fault your charging system is fucked

[MattJ]

I know nothing about batteries so can't comment at all on that, however, when you stalled, why couldn't you just bump start it?

[Shinigami]

i've a motobatt in the hornet, put it straight in without charging as stated it was precharged. Not had any problems electrical so far

(original battery was toast from a blow reg/rec which the last owners attempted to fix VERY BADLY..they'd put a reg/rec on from a 125 and the connectors were charred as fook)
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[woo]

your replies especially sickup are just pure lol!

cant remember the name of the thing that checks the charging system but they checked it and its fine, the regulator rectifier is fine.
they checked this all in front of me in the workshop

Problem is the battery plain and simple, maybe i had a faulty one maybe not, got it from busters accesories off ebay.
maybe it was chinese fake i will never know dont really care

i read the detailed review of the guy that tested motobatt batteries and other ones that he reviewed and it was a very extensive review and you lots recommendations inspired me to get the mottobatt battery.

well it failed pure and simple

i will keep an eye on my current battery and if the problem does arise again then i know the charging system is mangled

I did charge the mottobatt before use even though that is not needed

as for the fuel running out on the scooter and me not knowing, getting the scooter home and checking the fuel tank on the scooter showed that someone did not connect it back to the fuel sender unit inside the petrol tank hence no warning of low fuel which i connected back so lol, toys out the pram lol!

as for the rude tense responses espescially sickup just pure LOL!!!

i know how and understand how the charging system works on my bike.

the connectors are fine and the bike

Thing i did find strange was that they showed me the other mottobatt batteries in their workshop that have failed and been taken out of bikes which makes me wonder what the hell is going on as from that guys review the mottobatt battery is practically one of the best batteries you can get........confused i am
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[covent.gardens]

I take it you've checked the voltage across the battery when the bike's revving to make sure it's correct (IIRC about 13.5v+ at about 5,000rpm held steady)
Much lower = charging system problem

And please don't say you don't have a multimeter to do this
Because ain't noone gunna tell me they know what they're talking about when they don't even own a multimeter/voltmeter

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

https://www.motobattbatteries.com/customer-service#answer3

Send it back.
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[MarJay]

[woo]

bought a multi meter first thing when i finished work on tuesday and have been checking the voltage every morning before i take the bike out and every evening when i get home.

as for sending it back i honestly CBA it cost me £40 which i aint gonna cry about and im not rich just CBA

ive contacted Busters via ebay and they offered to exchange it for another one but i just CBA

if it was a £100 battery then i would be arsed

i emailed them to let them know that the mottobatt battery they gave me has failed so that they are aware that one has actually failed but i also told them that i will be constantly checking my bikes charging rate to be sure that it was the battery and not either my regulator rectifier or my stator, and will let them know after two weeks if there is any further changes.
They were quick to respond and very helpful
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

^^^Agree about reg/recs being finicky in death. I had one that showed correct charging voltage when the bike was first started. After a few mins it would stop charging. I switch off the ignition and back on and it would start charging again. I'll add that I'd checked the stator's output (3phase system) and it was within limits.

It seems reg/recs are a very common failure on all types of bikes, so much so I installed a LED that glows green when getting charged and red when it isn't. At least it would give me enough time to limp off a motorway or maybe get home.
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[3illy]

[mr jamez]

I had a motobatt supplied by busters which was DOA (well thats what I told them ). You don't need to post them the whole battery, just pop the plastic cover off and send them that.

More money than sense!
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