My V4S is now 3 and a half years old and the original Yuasa battery is toast - which is a little frustrating since it's been on trickle charge since new and let me down when I took it for its first MOT - not to worry... Now in winter storage and ready to come out in a month or so I'm looking at a replacement. I have had one (rather more humble) Lithium battery in the past which I didn't get on with because it hated the cold weather and it was on my winter hack, so in my mind I'd kind of given up on them. (it also didn't have anything like the same AH capacity as a Pb / AGM etc.. ) But in researching a replacement battery for my 2022 MTS V4S just now the Antigravity AT12BS-HD-RS pops up as being a high end (certainly very costly) Lithium battery replacement with very high CCA and 16AH to boot. (and their special Restart feature) Does anyone have real world experience of these with a Multistrada or similar bike? I may not typically use the bike in winter but I certainly don't want to restrict my usage just because it won't start properly in sub-zero temperatures..
i replaced my gsxr track bike battery with a lithium one but as advised to change the reg/rec as well as its an older bike, never had a problem and it has always started on the button.
Absolutely not worth it. If you want a lithium chemistry battery for the higher CCA, Skyrich is a good option. Just my opinion, a battery maintainer is better than a trickle charger. Buy yourself a NOCO 2 from Halfords. Andy
