Tazmool
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I forgot to mention, Today, I did install a new battery.
I went with the MotoBatt MBTX14AU, which is a direct replacement for the S40.
It was not a straight forward install however. The battery is ever so slightly taller than the oem one that was in there, and the top metal bracket on the left side (negative termial side, battery box cage) was catching on the battery housing.
I had to remove the top plastic battery box cover to see exactly what was stopping the battery from going in all the way. With some prying and adjusting, the battery did go in. Its in there pretty tightly though.
The battery that was in the bike, was a Yuasa, wet call battery, with the overflow tube. It was full of electrolyte, to the top (over full maybe, there did not appear to be any vapor space) and during a capacitance test, it failed quite badly, the test and showed 125 CCA (it was rated at 190 CCA) the battery was fully charged. The bike did start with this battery however, just a strange delay during initial crank, and a harder start (sometimes taking a few tries to start)
The new MotoBatt battery is rated at 210 CCA, and capacitance tester showed 255 CCA. The bike cranks over quicker, and starts up easily on the 1st try.
I was thinking about a nice LiFE PO4 battery to go in there, but thought the slightly higher voltage of that battery may cause some sort of unforseen problems with the bike's electrical systems. Thus I decided to go with a nice Pb battery instead. I've used MotoBatt batteries in the past with great results, and it seems they are good in the LS650 as well.
Next will be the Raptor 660 petcock (as soon as it arrives)
Can the petcock be installed with out removing the fuel tank from the bike?
Tazmool
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