HP2 Sport - Odyssey battery

Motostratos · Post by **Motostratos** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 4:56 pm

Any of you clever chaps know what model Odyssey battery would fit an HP2 sport ?

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:13 pm

PC545 - exact same size as the original but you'll have to reverse the poles. A guy on Pelican fitted one with no problems at all.

Blackal · Post by **Blackal** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:50 pm

Gromit wrote:PC545 - exact same size as the original but you'll have to reverse the poles. A guy on Pelican fitted one with no problems at all.

Won't that make it run backwards?

Al

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:56 pm

Blackal wrote:
Gromit wrote:PC545 - exact same size as the original but you'll have to reverse the poles. A guy on Pelican fitted one with no problems at all.
Won't that make it run backwards?

Al

Only if it's left hand drive.

Blackal · Post by **Blackal** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:57 pm

Gromit wrote:
Blackal wrote:
Gromit wrote:PC545 - exact same size as the original but you'll have to reverse the poles. A guy on Pelican fitted one with no problems at all.
Won't that make it run backwards?

Al
Only if it's left hand drive.

Is that why the LH cylinder is further forward then the RH one?

Al

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 5:58 pm

Blackal wrote:
Gromit wrote:
Blackal wrote: Won't that make it run backwards?

Al
Only if it's left hand drive.
Is that why the LH cylinder is further forward then the RH one?

Al

In the Northern Hemisphere, yes.

Blackal · Post by **Blackal** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:08 pm

Gromit wrote: In the Northern Hemisphere, yes.

"That is illogical, Captain"

Al

Gromit · Post by **Gromit** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:10 pm

Blackal wrote:
Gromit wrote: In the Northern Hemisphere, yes.
"That is illogical, Captain"

Al

Aye...<cue Twilight Zone music>

dave the german · Post by **dave the german** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 6:18 pm

keep it going - it gave me a laff!!!

el-nicko · Post by **el-nicko** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 1:49 am

Well I've just replaced my tank with modified (more fuel) one and had to replace the standard battery with a PC545 because it's not as 'tall' as the OE. It's also slightly fatter so you need to file the 'ribs' off the battery or modify the carrier. I don't know anything about reverse polarity, I just connected it as normal

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Blackal · Post by **Blackal** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 2:01 am

You've not got an HP2s.......

You're up late?

Al

dave1100s · Post by **dave1100s** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 11:26 am

Blackal wrote:You've not got an HP2s.......

You're up late?

Al

Not as late as you

sandbar · Post by **sandbar** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:03 pm

Gromit wrote:PC545 - exact same size as the original

IIRC I don't think that that is correct! The HP2 Sport has a smaller battery than previous R bikes. I think that the battery is the same as on the S1000RR.

IMHO the OE battery is too small! Occasionally it would not restart (30 secs or so) after a short break when hot. 5 or 10 minutes wait was normally sufficient to solve the problem.

The Odyssey 545 is much larger ( an inch or so taller ) and I went for the smaller one that is (I think) recommended for the F800. It is the PC310!

At first glance it should not be man enough, but so far I have not had a problem. However, it is not plug and play. The terminals are the wrong way round and are the small screw type

Mind you - once they solve the problems with the Lithium ones (both technical and cost) that will be the way to go. Yes - there are a number of downsides as detailed on here recently, but there are now a lot of them out there and so far I have not heard much in the way of problems.

sandbar

el-nicko · Post by **el-nicko** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 12:12 pm

Blackal wrote:You've not got an HP2s.......

You're up late?

Al

Too late. Obviously.

Motostratos · Post by **Motostratos** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 4:06 pm

So, not an easy blinking job then

Nige is, of course, correct. The cranking ability of the standard battery with a hot engine is not great. In the early days of ownership, i had a problem with the bike cutting out regularly - when hot - and then of course, was a bugger to re-start. Thumbing the starter would only return the sound of a clicking solenoid. Had the bike from new and used 3 OEM batteries in that time, hence the reason for looking for an alternative solution.

Thanks for all the useful comments thus far and the not so useful, but amusing contributions