Cheap battery on ebay

[nambduke]

Evening

Havent posted in a long while.....

Just paid £28.72 for a new battery for the monster. It has a 12month warranty so for the price whats the down side??

Here's the linkie....

Dynavolt YT12B-BS YT12BBS Motorcycle Battery Ducati Monster 1000 03-05
( 332007390542 )

Going to change the belts myself so any tips?

Regards
Mark

Interesting. How's the performance of your battery so far?

[Dirty]

I only paid £44 for a band new Motobatt for the naughty bike a week ago.

Of course since it arrived the old battery has upped it's game and started on the button everytime!

[utopia]

If you haven't already .. study the Ducatitech/Chris Kelley video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vzPZ84ZRjU

Ideally, double check the belt tension using both the allen key method and the frequency method.

Check that the idler/tensioner bearings run smoothly before you fit the new belts.
A couple of club members have had these fail and the general feeling seems to be that after 25/30k miles its worth changing them.

[Albie]

Originally Posted by utopia

If you haven't already .. study the Ducatitech/Chris Kelley video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vzPZ84ZRjU

Ideally, double check the belt tension using both the allen key method and the frequency method.

Check that the idler/tensioner bearings run smoothly before you fit the new belts.
A couple of club members have had these fail and the general feeling seems to be that after 25/30k miles its worth changing them.

Tensioner bearings easy to change. I got mine from simply bearings and a set of 5 inc the clutch pressure plate same one for £20.16 inc post
SKF 6201-2RSH

Remove clip and gently punch pin through on a sturdy vice and replace . 10 mins job

Originally Posted by utopia

Ideally, double check the belt tension using both the allen key method and the frequency method.

The two methods will not agree because the much revered allen key method will leave the belts far too loose.

Yes, I do have a 1000ds engine and I've done the job three times so I'm talking from experience.

[Darren69]

Originally Posted by nambduke

Evening

Havent posted in a long while.....

Just paid £28.72 for a new battery for the monster. It has a 12month warranty so for the price whats the down side??

Here's the linkie....

Dynavolt YT12B-BS YT12BBS Motorcycle Battery Ducati Monster 1000 03-05
( 332007390542 )

Going to change the belts myself so any tips?

Regards
Mark

Downside is that its a sealed lead acid battery so could leak acid. Motobatt are AGM type and less likely too.