swooshdave

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Mine are very tight.

Fixed the oil pressure light before or after the catastrophic failure?

I’ll add pictures later but on mine it was a M6 screw and the hole in the seat was about 7mm.

12.88v @ approx 50F Battery fit fine, although tight. I used some M6x15mm socket head (Allen) bolts I had instead of the M6x12mm buttonheads that came with the battery. There's a 5mm Allen wrench in my tool kit under the seat and I can get to the screw on the negative side with it if I need to make a roadside repair. The longer bolt allowed me to get all four cables attached to the battery easily. The button head may have worked but I think I like the extra thread of the longer one.

Taking bets on what the voltage on the boxed up battery will be.

It was a dumb question as I just had to remember how big the fuses are. The biggest fuse in the system is 30amp?

Finally got the stupid battery. I’ll try to open it tonight and see what it’s charged to. Side question, how many amps does the alternator produce? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I forgot to pick up my battery from Autozone yesterday. I need to do that this morning. Update: Although it was suppose to be at the store on Saturday... it wasn’t.

Is that the one that mounts to the headlight and turns with the bars? Because if it’s not then I don’t think it will work with the earlier bike.

Getting closer on this. Hope to have a target price soon (including royalties to Pete, which will be donated to his charity of choice) but excluding shipping.

As soon as I sat back down on the bike I could see why the tank ring probably isn't a good solution for the V11 Sport, the tank filler is too far back.

The seller on Amazon says the battery is delivered fully charged. I interestingly Autozone has the battery for the lowest price I’ve seen. $99. Not sure how long it takes to get shipped to the store. One way to find out... https://m.autozone.com/miscellaneous-non-automotive/motorcycle-and-power-sport-battery/odyssey-powersport-extreme-series-agm-battery/7616_0_0?OnetoOne=true&searchText=Pc545 I ordered the Autozone one. $99.99 and I can pick it up at the store tomorrow. Not bad.

The downside to this theory is that hopefully you almost never need to remove the battery. At least never more than every few years.

The latest issue with my battery has me wondering if there is a better way to manage the battery cables. Currently there are three wires to each terminal, the thick ones that go to the starter, another cable and then the tender cable. I'd like to get down to one cable per terminal, although I'm afraid the starter cables have to go to the battery. I know @docc has a block on his bike. I was looking at other options too. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bus-Bar-Power-Terminal-Block-Negative-M6-W-M8-Positive-Power-Distribution-Studs/401737085032?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3Dca909d6ae8f649c38cbf9532509bfebc%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D9%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D273703794632%26itm%3D401737085032&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 Run a short thick jumper from the battery to here and pick up the other wires. That still gives me two wires at each battery terminal. The other choice is to run a wire from the starter up to the terminal block.

I'm in the middle of an engine rebuild so play funds are tight.

So, yep, as new these batteries come at maybe 50% and should be "conditioned." Hopefully the thread "Odyssey PC545 Battery Conditioning" will be helpful. It is a lengthy thread, but has a "best answer" post that may be the most concise on the "method." There are discussions noted on the fact that "new" (check your date codes) Odyssey should be conditioned before installation. Be willing to observe, even record the "voltage sequence", and perform the discharge/charge cycle a few times with the correct amperage/voltages ("approved charger"), and your experience is likely to be stellar! So I need to buy the battery AND the charger? This is on the Odyssey approved list: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BXL2BS4/?coliid=I7NYNVCZUC82O&colid=26Y5AVMGX9WC6&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it I'm hoping that to bring a fresh battery up to charge that a "regular" charger will work. I've got this 3A charger which I think will work. Isn't the 6A needed only to desulfate? http://products.batterytender.com/Chargers/Battery-Tender.html

@docc Any chance you have the photos?

If I buy the battery don't they come charged to like 30%? Do I need to also buy an Odyssey specific charger to bring it up to full charge? When I plug in V11 Sport to the Odyssey site it comes back with the PC925L which seems like overkill. Where did the recommendation for the PC545 come from? https://www.odysseybattery.com/battery_search.aspx?type=MOT

So just get an Odessey and not get a charger and try to revive this one? Odyssey PC545 Powersports Battery https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002ILK7M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Eq6MCb5YGTYY2 or Odyssey PC545MJ Powersports Battery https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000XS9W9O/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Qr6MCb52EQ6M9

We’re the Sparks ever sold here or did they only come with the bikes new?

Weird in that I expected it to have failed already. After my overcharging incident I expected that to have killed the battery, instead it looked just fine. Bike started and ran perfectly a few weeks ago. We had another beautiful day today and I was looking forward to a nice ride. Turn key on... 6.3v Not quite enough. I didn't realize this was a Moto Guzzi branded battery. It can't be original, not after this long. The PO might have notes on when the battery was replaced. I need to go back and look. Undeterred I looked around the garage at the 4 other bikes... Bultaco? Yeah, no battery. The other two? Batteries too big. The Norton battery is really small, obviously no electric starter so it just needs to hold a charge to kickstart. Since the Norton is on the bench waiting for a heart transplant and I was desperate to ride I give it a shot. While too small overall it was the right thickness. A little padding (gloves) and give it a go. I'm not sure what the CCA are but I'm sure it's minimal. The bike did crank and start and that was good enough for me! So off I went down the road in search for some lunch. I ended up in Willamina, which use to be a logging town, and although there are still plenty of logging trucks I'm sure it pale in comparison to the good old days. Bike made it there and back and that's all I could ask. I've got the old battery on a charger but I don't think it's going to come back. Now I need to find a replacement, luckily it will be raining for a while so I have time.

The only ones I've seen are the 1100 Sport-based ones. They usually have a spot at the top of the pits at the Barber Vintage Festival. But it was only a matter of time until they made a V11 Sport one.

I don’t know what the newer V7s frames look like. Closer to a spine or a Tonti?

Y’all are talking practical? I think someone needs to go and look in their garage again. The V11 Sport is barely practical as it is. does anyone know how the new V7 tanks compare size-wise to the early V7 Sport or Lemans tanks?