New Battery

[AyJay]

Yes, but you could also blow a normal battery up by mis-use too. Retrofitting is perhaps not the best idea, but I suspect manufacturers are only a couple of years away from fitting them as standard. The price is going down and there's a hell of a lot of electric and hybrid cars using them now, they're small and lighter and that makes a big difference on a bike. We might even get back some of that fuel tank capacity we've lost over the years. (vain hope!)


But at present, they're a bit of a pose. Just like fake carbon fibre....