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battery choices
jambo - 1/10/08 at 08:06 PM

whats the best idea when choosing a battery for a zx10r.
should you just buy a zx10r kawi battery or is there a better way like small car battery or other.
thanks.


BenB - 1/10/08 at 08:53 PM

Standard car battery every time. The battery is only used to start the engine after all, after that it's the alternator doing the work.... The only advantage potentially of using a small car battery is that bike batteries appear to be a bit high maintainance (ie optimates etc etc). Car batteries are heavier but appear to be a bit resiliant...


coozer - 1/10/08 at 09:11 PM

Red Top 25 on mine, is a replacement for a Buell and has perfomed faultlessly on my zetec during the build and on the road now for nearly 2 years.


bimbleuk - 2/10/08 at 08:37 AM

I'm using a 19Ah bike battery on my CEC without issue. So any bike battery with enough poke should be fine.


Vindi_andy - 3/10/08 at 11:27 AM

Ive gone for a powervamp 25 gel battery smaller and lighter than standard lead acid car battery