Motorcycle LFP Starter 10Ah

The Motorcycle LFP Starter 10Ah is a 12.8-volt lithium starter battery rated 600 cold-cranking amps at 1.6 kilograms, in an IP65 case. It suits cruisers and touring machines that spend weeks parked between rides.

Parked Bikes

The drain that kills starter batteries

A modern touring bike never fully sleeps. The immobiliser, the alarm, a GPS tracker and the clock together pull a few milliamps around the clock, and a month of parking takes a real bite out of any battery. Lead loses ground twice over here: the standby draw pulls it down, and a lead plate left below full charge sulfates and loses capacity for good. This pack self-discharges at 2 to 3 percent a month and takes no damage from sitting part-charged.

The Engines

600 amps

600 cold-cranking amps turn the 900 to 1300cc twins and fours in cruisers and sport tourers, machines that ship with a YTX14 or YTX20 lead battery. The 128 watt-hours carry heated gear, auxiliary lights and a charging socket alongside the ignition.

Storage

Over the winter

Put the bike away with the pack near half charge and the negative lead off. Come spring it starts without a tender having run all winter. A lithium charger brings it to full in about an hour.

Sizing

Reading the number on the old battery

Check the figure printed on the battery coming out. A cruiser that shipped with a 12 amp-hour lead unit rated near 200 cold-cranking amps is covered several times over by 600. Fitting more cranking current than the machine asks for does no harm. The starter draws the current it draws, and the extra headroom turns into less voltage drop through the crank.

Data

Datasheet

Fit

Charging

The bike charges the pack on the move. On the bench, a lithium charger at 14.6 volts fills it. Keep lead maintainers with pulse or desulfation modes away from it.