Motobatt piece of #!%

[AyJay]

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nick I think? they where made in wales but shut down now.

Hmm, doesn't ring any bells. I think what might have happened (and I'm going back to about 2007-ish), is that due to hikes in raw materials costs, Yuasa batteries imported from Japan got very expensive for a time. Distributors in the UK then sourced them from other manufacturing plants that Yuasa had, but I think it was still somewhere in the far east (not China). These were not of such a high quality though. Japanese Yuasas then dropped in price again at some point later. Or something like that. It happened while I was working at a motorcycle dealership. We ended up selling Turbo batteries, which were distributed by Feridax, whilst Jap Yuasa prices were so high.


My main point being, the price and quality of Yuasa has indeed varied depending upon where they were made.
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Thanks for that Hedgetrimmer. It's interesting to know that there's a reason behind sudden drops in quality. I'm pretty sure the dreadful quality of the latest Dainese jacket I bought recently is due to them being bought out a couple of years ago. It just isn't up the standards of jackets I've had previously.

[tony_d123]

Thanks for that Hedgetrimmer. It's interesting to know that there's a reason behind sudden drops in quality. I'm pretty sure the dreadful quality of the latest Dainese jacket I bought recently is due to them being bought out a couple of years ago. It just isn't up the standards of jackets I've had previously.

Are you sure it's not fake? There seems to be lots about.
http://www.mslmagazine.co.uk/fake-daines...the-video/

[AyJay]

Interesting. I bought it from Infiniti Motorcycles who should be a reliable source. It's not like I bought it sight unseen from eBay or similar. I even sent the previous one back and the Dainese importer gave them a very hard time, so I'm pretty sure its genuine.

[Andy W]

Hmm, I've just put a MotBatt in my bike so I hope it's ok!  :eek


Hedgetrimmer is quite right....only use a maintenance charger if using anything at all.


There are fake everything these days it seems, one of the perils of easy internet global marketing / purchasing.
I bought my battery from a local bike shop so confident in it's genuineness!

[JD-LincsUK]

Fekk me!!

Having fully charged it off the bike just 10 days ago, I went out to start it a few minutes ago and it was, well not dead as a Dodo, but might as well friggin be cos all I got was clickety-click.

Bought it two years ago (minus two weeks).

[JD-LincsUK]

Yup - last time it took all day to charge up (with my decent trickle charger, off the bike). Now 10 days later, and it had less 'oomph' than last time (but I didn't measure the voltage), within 6 hours it was showing as fully charged - the charger switches off automatically and comes back on when the voltage drops below a certain point.

At 'full charge' I checked the voltage and it was 12.45V. I think it's safe to say the battery is no good.

I'll check it in the morning and check the discharge over the next week. I'm going to buy Yuasa next, as it has a good rep and a higher CCA than the Motobatt.

This battery was great for 18 months, but after a 4 month lay-up with no riding but occasional charging and starting the bike, it's a goner. Next winter if I don't ride (due to amount of salt they chuck down) I will keep the battery in the house and charge it once a week.