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Posted by chief
 - August 25, 2018, 10:27:25 AM

My battery bit the dust so I decided to give a lithium battery a try. I purchased one from WPS.

WPS Fire Power HJTX20CH-FP-IL Featherweight Lithium Battery For: 2002 Kawasaki VN1500R Vulcan 1500 Drifter
The width works, but it is a short battery so I had to add a base to raise it to the appropriate level. It came fully charged. It weighs practically nothing. I installed it last week and have used the bike a couple of times since then... between rains.

I had to buy a charger specifically for lithium batteries, my battery tender doesn't work for them. Apparently, if you are going to leave the bike sitting for a couple of months all you need to do is disconnect the negative terminal. These batteries don't discharge to any great extent when they are just sitting.

It cost $145, with free shipping and no sales tax, so it is about $30-40 higher than the standard good quality battery.

I will update this post a couple of times a year to let you know how it goes.

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