AGM lithium hybrid battery for v11

[orangem2]

i have a Motus MST and needed to replace my battery.

One of the riders in the Facebook group recommended the Motobatt hybrid lithium/AGM MHTX20... since the stock one always seemed to labor a bit when started.

The benefit of the lithium CCA but can be charged with any smart battery charger like an AGM... holy crap does it light off the bike fast.

looking into the one that will work in a guzzi V11. Currently using an Odyssey PC545.

Has anyone tried a hybrid like this?

 

[Pressureangle]

Never the hybrid, but my 1100 Sport did like the straight lithium battery.

Motus. I think I've seen you on the Cherohola Parkway during the South'n Spine Raids twice.

[FreyZI]

Also not the hybrid, but a straight Anti-Gravity Re-start lithium battery.  I have them in my R1200R and my F800GS; another in a V11.  There's a disconcerting lack of push on a rather cold morning (never not started up, but you've got to wake up the battery a bit before it really wants to crank) -- not that that'll be a problem for you in Georgia.

[po18guy]

I went with an EarthX LiFePO4 battery, as it is assembled/tested in Colorado, USA and Earth-X has an FAA (aircraft) rating on many of their batteries. 2-year replacement warranty, although life span is expected to be considerably longer.  It is tiny (150mm L x 86mm W x 93mm H) and light (1 Kg) and zero problems spinning the V11 over. It replaces a 5-year old Yuasa AGM. Was 229 USD. 

I have it on a programmable LiFePO4 charger. 

Edited 8 hours ago by po18guy

[orangem2]

1 hour ago, po18guy said:

I went with an EarthX LiFePO4 battery, as it is assembled/tested in Colorado, USA and Earth-X has an FAA (aircraft) rating on many of their batteries.2-year replacement warranty, although life span is expected to be considerably longer.  It is tiny (150mm L x 86mm W x 93mm H) and light (1 Kg) and zero problems spinning the V11 over. It replaces a 5-year old Yuasa AGM. Was 229 USD. 

what model Earth X battery did you get?

 

[po18guy]

10 minutes ago, orangem2 said:

what model Earth X battery did you get?

 

ETX18F. 

[Tomchri]

My 1100 Sport came with a lithium Exide battery, a few hundred grams, but saw red charging light a couple of times, never after installed a AGM battery. Just me, but still don’t thrust lithium.

cheers Tom.