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Ballistic Scooter Battery

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Has anyone tried a Ballistic Scooter Battery ?
Found them when I was searching for a battery that would fit in the battery box of my Elite 50SR

I use an 8 cell LiFePO4 Motorcycle Battery in the race bike & it has performed flawlessly for a couple of years

Was wondering if anyone here has tried a small 4 cell LiFePO4 in their scooter & how it worked for you...

Cost is about the same as a standard gel cell scooter battery

It only weighs 1/2 a pound vs about 3 pounds for a gel cell
Ballistic:
Dimensions (Standard): 2" (L) x 2" (W) x 3.25" (H)

VS.

Yuasa:
Length 4.50 inch / 11.43 cm, Width 2.81 inch / 7.14 cm, Height 3.38 inch / 8.59 cm


http://www.ballisticparts.com/products/ ... VO2-50.php

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I have one for my drag scooter... very light weight.
But I dont use it to crank my motor over only to power my water pump and nitrous solenoids and fuel pump.
I have read and heard good things about them.
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I haven't used it yet, but I have been seriously considering it, especially since I wanted to run two batteries.
One for the regular running of my system's accessories and another just for my security alarm system.
This won't happen just yet because I need to buy a few more things that I need for my scoot (my rear shock is dead, I need to repaint my panels, etc). I've read of people buying it to replace their batteries and they've been happy about the decision.
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The CCAs are high enough to crank the engine.

Thanks for the link, this looks like a good alternative.
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indysuperbikes.com had them for about $45 with free shipping

I'll get mine at the end of the week & will give y'all a report
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Did you ever install this battery and did it work? My yuasa battery hates my H.I.D!
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bought mines from ebay awhile ago . told ottoman and baka about it as well. Great battery so far!
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Had mine in for a couple on months now.
At 1st I thought it was too weak but after a few uses it is working just fine now
I am having idle issues & scoot won't stay running until after it warms up
After many, many repeated starts is still working but I can tell it's getting a little tired
(traced my cold idle problem to a old dirty clogged air filter)

So.... for the same price was a Yausa it works just as well IMHO

I would NOT use this in a big bore scooter tho - just not strong enough of a battery to electric start
Works great on my 49cc stock elite

And it's light as a feather
Used the foam that it came packed in as a spacer to take up all the extra space of a lead acid battery
It is securely mounted even if it is a bit tall
Only took very minor modification to battery box to use stock cables
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CNI Dawg wrote:I would NOT use this in a big bore scooter tho - just not strong enough of a battery to electric start
Works great on my 49cc stock elite
HMMMM....I thought it would be because it has more amps than a yuasa.

Have you had to charge it yet?
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ZMUD wrote: Have you had to charge it yet?

Nope

Just ride to re-charge
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