- Location
- Edmonton, AB
What battery did you order?
Best Li-Fe battery I have seen so far
- Thread starter CARBONX2
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vitalikol
Jetski-Snowboard
- Location
- Pennington,NJ
lfx18a1-bs12
- Location
- Mountainburg, Arkansas
That is the ballistics 12 pack right?? Your running it in your envy with MSD T/L?? I cant wait to hear how it performs, this is the battery that I want to order but I held off because I picked up a MSD T/L and wanted to hear some feedback. So please let us know.
- Location
- Edmonton, AB
I tried out my 12 cell Ballistic this weekend and it seems like a great little battery. I didn't do any test to the battery, I just through it in and went ridding. I really dont care how it works as long as it keeps me on the what.
I rode a lot all weekend and it had no problem starting my SN. On sunday we had some pretty crazy winds on the lake and had some decent waves, I launched off a wave and landed ass breaking my steering nozzle. It took about half an hour to get back to shore, I was constantly starting it and riding for a few feet before the waves spun me around. Every time I would go to straighten it out my ski would die because my idle wasn't high enough for the 45 degree water. I must of started it about 20-25 times to get back to shore and had my bilge on the whole time.
The battery worked flawlessly, but we'll see how long it lasts. I seem to have to buy a new battery every year
My specs are
61x/62t bigbore
epic
lightened flywheel
Bilge
JSS just redid all my electronics
I rode a lot all weekend and it had no problem starting my SN. On sunday we had some pretty crazy winds on the lake and had some decent waves, I launched off a wave and landed ass breaking my steering nozzle. It took about half an hour to get back to shore, I was constantly starting it and riding for a few feet before the waves spun me around. Every time I would go to straighten it out my ski would die because my idle wasn't high enough for the 45 degree water. I must of started it about 20-25 times to get back to shore and had my bilge on the whole time.
The battery worked flawlessly, but we'll see how long it lasts. I seem to have to buy a new battery every year
My specs are
61x/62t bigbore
epic
lightened flywheel
Bilge
JSS just redid all my electronics
- Location
- Mountainburg, Arkansas
Great! Now Im curious how it works with total loss, I guess worst case, if it did not work well with my total loss then I could just put it in my rec ride ski.
my Shorai battery I have used 3 times so far with a XS1000 motor, MSD TL, 215psi compression, etc...it has been fine, no excessive starting though. Not sure how long it will last b4 it takes a crap, but we'll see. I ran 4.7 gallons of gas through it on my last ride. I still plan on going to a ETX14 Deka so mine might be for sale soon!...along with the charger. this battery has 270cca and is recommended for the sj on the Shorai website.
- Location
- Edmonton, AB
Why would you switch if its works fine and is lighter?
D-Roc
I forgot!
- Location
- Dirty River Rider
i tried my 270 shoria this weekend and alsow ass landed breaking off my steer nozzle, battery worked great. lol. i can feel the handling has changed.
I had the ski running most of the time...no excessive starting. I am nervous that if I suck some water creating a harder start it will not have enough juice to start. This makes me nervous for 2 reasons: 1) I ride in lake MI far away from shore (have to ride through a harbor) and 2) my ski takes on a lot of water. Maybe a larger one would make me feel better?
Yeah it's amazing how dropping that weight in the nose really changes the handling. You'd think you'd notice that same change between full and empty tank but I never did. I sure notice the batteries weight loss though. Still haven't figured out the best way to adjust my ski. Maybe I'll just add some extra material to the rideplate and hope that solves the problem.
How/why is your ski taking on so much water? Mine is pretty dry.
D-Roc
I forgot!
- Location
- Dirty River Rider
I am just going to keep riding with mine handling the way it does until i get used to it. It just feels more bouncy. I like it. I think that if my deka 270cc did the job for 4 years than this one should work for me. I would have to say also that the testing and finding out its weaknesses is the scary part a new style battery. going from something safe and tested to something that could konk out is risky. I am going to keep running mine until it fails.
I'm a lucky guy?:frown:
Finally took the rev out with the shorai I got from Matt_E, two and a half tanks through it, no problem starting it after I pulled it outta the water. Killed it plenty of times as I was attempting flips, but between the new kart tank an the tiny battery, the nose just wants to point up. So IMO, the shorai I got works flawlessly, it wasn't even at 100% when I left today either. Threw the charger on for maybe 5 min, buddy showed up an it was still charging and said screw it. Still going strong. Thanks Matt!!
Are you running a TL?
Aircraftsalz
Thrust built Dasa Power
- Location
- Off site
I canceled my battery order after waiting for 30 days... Then yesterday Solomoto calls & says we just got your battery in, would you like to re order...
In that case, I might just have to pick on of these up and see how it holds up. Right now I am running the Deka ETX9 and I have 2 of them one is on the charger while one is on my ski and I get about a 10 to 12 starts out of it. Interested to see how many starts I get out of the Shori battery.