V7C Lithium Battery Options

SSB Lithium Battery

Brief report from Mal in Australia about his battery replacement on his V7C. Sounds like an interesting, albeit expensive option. A Wopping $ 274.30 (Australian $ I think)! That gets me about 4 regular batteries, which multiplied by a fair 3 years per battery, amounts to alot of battery years.

Here’s Mal’s report:

After having to push-start the V7C one cold morning (on a trip) a couple of months back, I replaced the original battery (after 2.5 years & 68,000k) with an SSB Powersport lithium (model LH14-BS). A bit expensive, but 425 CCA, longer lasting, rechargeable with standard chargers, 1.1kg & about half the size – comes with feet to lift it up, but thinking about making a shelf underneath to store stuff. So happy, have them on all my bikes now. Supposed to be able to leave them for a year without loosing charge. I no longer check the battery & recharge after leaving a bike for a couple of weeks. Plug & play.

I’m in Sydney & get them from Batteries Direct.

Mal