New Battery - Which Shido one?

[orbits]

My OEM battery is finally on the way out after 4 years on my 2017 XR, so I’m going to join many others and try the Shido Lithium route.

Only Q is which model? The Shido selector suggests the LTX9-BS, but I’ve seen a few references on this site to folks fitting the LTZ10S.

Any pointers from those with Shido already? The 10 is £40 dearer than the 9 so I’m leaning towards the 9 for a start. Thanks.

[Mareng1]

Shido Battery LTX9-BS Lithium Ion (YTX9-BS).

That's the one I bought - fits and works perfectly

[Fumes]

I bought this battery: Shido Lithium Battery LTX14-BS , £69.99 on Ebay....works a treat.

[Winger]

Originally Posted by Mareng1

Shido Battery LTX9-BS Lithium Ion (YTX9-BS).

That's the one I bought - fits and works perfectly

Me too, and if you go into eBay and put s1000xr lithium you’ll get the same.

[PaulS1000XR]

I dont think any are an exact fit - I used some plywood underneath. I chose a LTZ 10S which has more power than the 9. Found that some of the sizes were not as stated in the Shido literature

[orbits]

Fab thanks all, I’ll probably go for the LTX9-BS then, partly as those of you with one are happy it does the job and partly because it’s cheapest.

I did sneak a hasty measure around under the seat earlier and a cross-check with sizes from the Shido catalogue... for anyone else interested, I think the following is about right:

- The LTX9-BS is Shido recommended, fits, and is 3Ah for about £60

- The LTZ10S is 4AH but actually smaller external dims than the LTX9 above. So less size more capacity... but £100

- The LTX14-BS is also 4AH but looks too tight height wise; wouldn’t fit my bike based on the catalogue declared dims. Interested how you got yours to fit @Fumes? It’s £72 so would be nice to have a few extra starts in reserve for an extra £12... perhaps this is as @Paul says about the dims not quite being what they say.

[Salem]

was checking the catalogue too. LTX14 is a 15mm higher (or longer on its side), thus a bit less room for that looong negative cable. To me the LTX12 looks perfect. Weird about that LTZ10.

I'm still thinking about getting a 'connect' version so one can easily check the condition of the battery thru the app

[Winger]

I’ll leave it you lot to sort out what battery... just remember to be kind to them during the winter you’ll either need a very old style battery charger of lithium option, I use an Optimate lith version, i’ve Got 5 bikes with lithium batteries and still waiting for one to go belly up and the oldest is 7 years old.

[Salem]

Originally Posted by Winger

I’ll leave it you lot to sort out what battery... just remember to be kind to them during the winter you’ll either need a very old style battery charger of lithium option, I use an Optimate lith version, i’ve Got 5 bikes with lithium batteries and still waiting for one to go belly up and the oldest is 7 years old.

We'll get there.. I have the Shido DC4.0 charger already. Wife left keys on the car a few times too many, had to buy a charger. This one will do 4 Amp, and has standard, AMG, and Li-Ion stettings. Was €60 with shipping. The guy who delivered it drove that day some 800km for just two deliveries, while it was extremely hot. Gave him an icecold coke.

[JTL]

Originally Posted by Mareng1

Shido Battery LTX9-BS Lithium Ion (YTX9-BS).

That's the one I bought - fits and works perfectly

I fitted the Shido Battery LTX9-BS Lithium Ion.  It's height is slightly smaller than the OEM battery, but fits fine.