Planet Minis

ducatilover

If you are, what brand is it? where and how did you mount it?

I want to run a battery on my 75z with crf50 motor (wrapped stator) and am looking for the smallest battery out there.

Post pics if you have any.

Z

I'm running one in my 1976.

1976 Z50A '76_11

It's a $15 battery.

UB-1213 - Universal SLA-VRLA Batteries - 877-746-2288 Live Help

if you want thinner, go with this:

Power-Sonic PS-1208

ducatilover

How do you like the battery? How long have you had it? Did you fab your own battery holder? What amp fuse are you running?

Z

Battery has lasted over 2 years, much better then the OEM Honda batteries and they are cheap!

I used a Honda monkey battery holder and had mounts welded on the frame.

10A fuse.

Adam z50+R

whats your experience with battery eliminators guys
just finishing a road project and dont really have the excess room???

cdoublejj

I just bought the first link dan suggested i'll have to figure out away to mount it with out welding. i'll guess i'll have better idea of it's size once i get it.

Adam z50+R

any ideas if this 'posh' unit is any good?? ,
it replaces battery and clips into the z50jp wiring harness where the battery should go ???

any help much appreciated

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cdoublejj

how about mounts for the battery what are the options?

DuckBoy

what exactly does the battery do? Sorry this prolly a dumb question i removed mine to get rid of weight an everything worked fine without

Monkeytom

I have used an Electrolitic Capacitor in place of a 12 volt battery in my 12 volt monkey bike, it has a lifan 124cc engine and i use a chinese regulator rectifier, and the capacitor connects where the battery would normally connect neg to neg pos to pos, the results are good its much smaller and lighter than a battery, it smooths the charge out and my blinkers flash nicely with it, The only draw back is... There is no power when the engine is not running,
otherwise bright lights at idle and i have no complaints at all... Mtom

cdoublejj

oh great i bought a 15 dollar paper weight oh well maybe it help with traction. so with a batt we can run lights with out the engine running? i wanna do that.

Adam z50+R

Awesome just what i wanted to hear
cheers tom

sorry for a slight thread jack cdoublejj

Z

I have a neutral lamp switch on my bike and when I turn the key on, the neutral lamp illuminates. I also can activate my brake lamp and horn with the key on and the bike off. I consider all three of these things important and thus the reason why I run a battery. It's my personal preference to have everything work as the factory intended when I build a bike. If your bike dies (for some unknown reason) at a light, I want the blinkers to continue to blink if needed and alert some fool using the horn if needed.

If you don't care about these things, a batteryless kit will be just fine. The Honda Monkey OEM battery is a hunk of crap and expensive. The cheaper $15 batteries work just as good at 20% of the cost. You merely need to switch the connectors to work with the aftermarket battery.

cdoublejj

Ok then i figured there was a reason for the battery. i'm gonna end up starting yet another thread on how to wire it up but, this time all 12v.

110streetlegal

old thead i know but i had a question for "z" when i converted i used a YTX4L-BS
kinda big but it was the smallest 12v i could find locally
do think its to much battery for the bike?

Z

The battery will work fine, but that's a big friggen battery. I run that battery on my ZB and CT70, but that's what they came stock with.

ducatilover

Does the ZB and CT share the same battery dimensions? Any suggestions on a battery for a CT70 12v conversion?

ishi

COuld you please repost the links to the batteries from the second post. They dont seem to be working. Thank you.

c

110streetlegal

links worked just fine for me

thanks "z" it almost didnt fit behind my cover i think i may end up getting one of those small batterys anyway i found one on ebay for 20 shipped