Powertex lifepo4 starting battery, not mentioned anywhere or an ST owners until now.

I put a Scorpion LiFePO4 in my Super Ténéré 3 years ago and it’s going strong. It uses the same battery as the ST1300. Most impressive was that after sitting 3 months while I recovered from knee replacement surgery, the bike started right up immediately.
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SSTZ14S-FP Scorpion Stinger 12v 387 CCA LiFePo4 Extreme High Output Battery

Lithium Batteries are discharged to 30% of capacity for shipping requirements. When you receive the battery it will need to be charged prior to use. This is the battery charger we recommend for this battery: OptiMATE Lithium TM-471.
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Received the PTZ14S from an eBay supplier.
Though it is a 6ah battery, it's job is to turn over the engine so the alternator can supply power to the electrical system, was not bothered by it's ah rating lower than lead acid.
The documentation includes that it is equal to the oe battery I used to have.
2.2 lbs, will make you laugh when you pick it up, expecting a normal weight of lead acid.
It arrived with several pads to help secure it in place to it's normal dimension oe batteries.
Once secured in place, a test start revealed approximately 3 revolutions of the starter and it came to life.
 
Im looking to purchase another one of these powertex batteries, i've spoken to them on the phone and seem very friendly and more importantly...local. From what i understand the difference in Ah between lithium and AGM is because of the voltage curve, if im not mistaken the lithium batteries stay above 12V for most of it's capacity compared to AGM.
 
...and I'm back with another update with this battery. At first, I thought it would be a dismal comment about when it's less than 27F degrees, my trip odometer memory erases and clock needs to be reset when I start cranking. I found that my connection from battery cables to battery needed to be more snug, when I thought it was an adequate connection in the first place. So, I still recommend this battery. I ride year round, so it's had it's chance to prove itself with many starts in many different temperatures, 2 hours south of Chicago. mod
 
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Running a LiFePO4 battery for 8 years now.... still cranks like brand new.
Bike starts faster than you can say..."One thousand one..."

Very cool we have a real battery guy here ... JackinFL... Please keep posting! :thumbsup:
 
Next month will mark six years on my $88 AGM battery from Walmart.

Bike outdoors year round, under cover, no regular maintenance charging.
 
I recently flew to CA for 3 weeks without a float charge, when needed for work, it started up as if it had been started the day before.
 
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