Built a battery bracket
2012 September 4
Got the Shorai battery and luckily it fits under the tail section as I had hoped. It only weights about 3 lbs so it shouldn’t be a weight issue. It will just be a matter of running the wires in discreet places.
I bought some aluminum to make a cage and bracket for it.
I cut the two ‘L’ brackets to create bumpers from preventing the battery from moving forward or backward.Then started bending the aluminum strip to make a srtap like bracket to hold the battery from moving left/right or uo/down.
I marked the footing and drilled some holes. I purposely offset the bracket to not interfere with the outlet on the battery for the Shorai battery tender.
Done
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Hello, Nice battery. I also tried to install LiFePO4 battery (ordered plain cells from China – quite cheap solution) to my R80 caferacer. Unfortunately temporary charging failure drained and killed that battery after 2nd test ride.
Now I doubt if I should buy another, because I found that there is another problem – my charging gives usually 13.7 V. This is not sufficient voltage to charge that battery and there is high chance that cell balance will be ruined quickly causing battery failure
Are you aware of this charging problem and how did you solved it?