Well, actually, based on that quote, we CORRECTLY read what you wrote. You incorrectly wrote what you meant.

 

Well, we can't all be perfect..

 

Same applies here, I just took advantage of a warmer than average day with clear roads for the move...

I do however regularily run the dualsport on winter tires all year...

 

It's not me - those are RB Batteries. I know Dan (owner of RB Batteries) personally so I try to promote his stuff whenever I can. I run them in my own bikes, for whatever that is worth!

 

ahhh, you have updated your page.... last time I looked, it did not list those batterys as a "brand"

I see now they are.

Credit where credit is due.



And here I thought "RB" was another new manufacture coming to market...

I see the 8 cell is not available,,,, thats too bad.. I need another one next week...

 

I purchased my batter when they were listed as unavailable. Contacted by email that I was looking for a replacement battery for the VTR 1000 and RB handled it from there.

 

Thank you

I'll give a call on monday.

I just made a bid on a lot of 100 cells...if it goes though.. I'll build some more packs, but if not, the buy in and hassle is just not worth the marginal savings from buying at a place like RB...

 

Well, they are a manufacturer. I wouldn't call them "new" though, they have been making batteries for a few years now.

 

Got ya, my mistake....

I thought you were making them..

and then RB started here in a thread and it was the first I had heard of this brand.

Thanks for clearing that up.

erik

 

Not true, lots of false information floating around about this topic. Anyone who has ever taken the time to measure the pack imbalance will tell you that in a ~12V setup (4 cells in series) you cannot measure any difference. Dan has even tried to purposely throw a pack out of balance by manually charging just one cell (or pair of a parallel cells). He found the pack to still perform with the same current output and after a couple of similated "starts" the pack actually rebalanced itself. Try it and I think you will find the same the results.

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Which is what I keep saying as well... So, I don't want my name quoted like that...

You can throw the pack out of balance, and while it is unbalanced it is possible to get cell reversal, killing that specific cell... But if you keep using it normally, and don't abuse, it self balances... Part of why it selfbalances is down to a high ampere draw during starting a bike... Low ampere discharge on a pack such as this doesn't self balance...

 

LOL and to pile on, I never stated you needed a charger for this type of battery in the application we use it in.. I said IF your going to charge it or balance it, you needed a specific type of charger.

 

Thanks for clearing that up guys!