[Ducati] 900ss battery

[Jones, Dennis]

My experience with this battery that Don mentions below has been
different.  I'm a bit of a fanatic for reducing weight, so I badly
wanted this battery to perform well.  My experience is that this battery
has limited capability to cold crank my essentially stock Ducati 900
motor.  I have several motorcycles, so I may not ride my Ducati for
weeks at a time.  When I try to start it after it has been idle for that
long, it had better fire by the 3rd attempt, or I must park it, put it
back on the Battery Tender, and come back later for another try.  Once
it has started, it will re-start just fine.  If I ride it several times
in a given week, it will start fine.  But, if it has not been started
for a while, it is a crap-shoot.  I have Rich Roberts' ignition wires on
my bike.  Anyone else have similar results with this battery?  I still
use it despite this.
Dennis

Yuasa YTZ 7S ... Tiny, powerful, and sealed.
4 Guage High Quality wire from battery to solenoid and solenoid to
starter. 
(I use stuff from an auto stereo installer w/ gold plated crimped on
ends). 
This (the heavy gauge wire) makes a huge difference ...
Don
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Abramson" <desmo900 at optonline.net>
To: "'Ducati Owners Group'" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 4:34 PM
Subject: [Ducati] 900ss battery


> Ok, I'm sure I saw a thread weaving around about this a few years ago,
but
> some things just need to be re-visited every now and then.
> So, time for a battery for my '94 CR. Riding in Jersey is not that
much 
> fun
> in the winter, but I can't even start the damn thing to listen to it.
> I believe I remember some of the banter was about a smaller than
normal
> battery ( less weight..) that provided sufficient oomph to start the
bike
> reliably. My motor is stock except for jets, pipe, and airbox, so no
high
> compression cranking issues.
>
> Someone please help. I need to make some noise!
>
> Steve


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