[Ducati] Battery Suggestion

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The original battery for that guy is the famous Yuasa YB16AL-A2 wet 
acid battery, which is the same headache for the mid-90s 900SS 
bikes.  I say "headache" because no one makes a gel replacement for 
it which is a direct fit, and it's actually a fairly large-capacity 
battery (16Ah / 220CCA)

If your bike is a track bike, you don't need a full sized 
battery.  What about using one of those portable jump starters to 
help the battery you have on cold days?

They are cheap and you can swap the large auto-sized clamps with some 
small ones (I got a 2" set from Pep Boys).

Odyssey makes a battery which is a very close fit, but it is almost 
double the weight.  The stock YB16 is 8.5 lbs and the Odyssey is 15 
lbs.  However, it is 20 Ah and close to 300CCA.

Some people have used the YTZ7S battery because it is the same width 
but it is miniscule in capacity -- 6Ah and only 130 CCA.  It will 
suffer from teh same problems you are having and I bet it is the one 
you already have.

Check out the Westco 12V12B-4 .  It is 10 Ah and 175CCA and is the 
same width and only one lb heavier.  There are a few others I have 
looked at but that is the closest in capacity and size.





At 08:29 AM 11/2/2006, you wrote:
>I have a '00 996s that I use for track days only. The bike is bone 
>stock, i.e. no engine mods.
>
>When I got it, it had a really small battery, about half the 
>physical size of the stock battery that fills the battery tray.
>
>This battery struggles to turn the motor when the air temperature is 
>below 60F.
>
>I keep it on a battery tender most of the time. I'm just looking for 
>suggestions for a new battery that is small (physically), but can 
>still be charged with a battery tender.
>
>Between track days, the battery comes out the bike and goes on the 
>tender as my bike lives offsite in my trailer.
>
>
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>
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