Lithium Batteries

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Agree with Popgun. All of the AGM batteries I've had died suddenly and without warning. In fact the stock Yuasa on the CB11 started up fine for a trip to the post office, and wouldn't give a single crank once I headed home.

I replaced it with an MMG lithium ion I bought on Amazon. I have a running post about it that's been updated yearly. Long story short, it's now 5 1/2 years old and has outlasted (by years) any motorcycle battery I've owned. Here in the desert, heat kills lead acid batteries in about 3 years. You can see the thread here :

http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread....hlight=mmg

Thanks! Based on your recommendation and experience, I just ordered one from Amazon. I bought a NOCO Genius5 charger while I was at it.

The sudden failure of the AGM or lead/acid batteries you describe sounds like a shorted cell.

BTW, the heat in Arizona would kill me in far less than three years. I was at the Petrified Forest two summers ago and decided to take a trail loop to see the Crystal Forest. I got about 400 yards from the car and realized I was dying of thirst - seriously. It may be lush to the point of being a emerald colored malarial swamp here in Virginia sometimes, but I have never felt the water being sucked out of me with every breath like in the Arizona desert. My hat's off to you.