"Hit the starter and the earth stalled for a moment. Didja feel it? It was about 8:35pm EDT...that little "stutter" in the earth's rotation was my bike firing up!"
So that's what I felt!
Since this is a battery thread, I'll add this about my 3 year old Shorai lithium-iron battery I use in my track bike: Ran it down last summer trying to start my SV, cranked the dead beast (burnt valve) for quite a while 'till no more juice, placed it on a standard 2amp charger and brought it back to 13.5 v. Just checked the voltage of it after sitting for 9 mo... 13.5 volts! Impressed to say the least. I understand they aren't good for cold weather but if I lived in FLA...
So that's what I felt!
Since this is a battery thread, I'll add this about my 3 year old Shorai lithium-iron battery I use in my track bike: Ran it down last summer trying to start my SV, cranked the dead beast (burnt valve) for quite a while 'till no more juice, placed it on a standard 2amp charger and brought it back to 13.5 v. Just checked the voltage of it after sitting for 9 mo... 13.5 volts! Impressed to say the least. I understand they aren't good for cold weather but if I lived in FLA...
