battery size for electric start

[stargazer7467]

just got my engine put together recently with electric start now i need a minibike friendly battery. I had the Billet flywheel machined to accept the ring gear and everything works nicely now i just need a small power source, wasnt sure if anyone had experience with this.

 

[JKautoFab]

dont need much of a battery. the smallest size atv battery will probably be fine. i had a long skinny battery with blade connectors on one of my bikes was only like 20 25 bucks and worked great

 

[Sixpac440]

Ron Kimball at Heald sent this to me ...

"The battery for the VT10 bike is a 12N14 3 AMP. The dimensions are
5 5/16 X 3 1/2 X 6 9/16 tall."

The bike is a 10 hp.
Hope that helps.

 

[Full Throttle]

Might want to think about this. I'm gonna try one of those sealed gel batteries out of one of those battery booster packs for jump starting your car. It's sorta a small battery and should fit after i weld on a tray for it to fit in. Gonna try this on a baja heat bike i am restoring.

 

[stargazer7467]

i just bought a sealed gel battery from Oreilly, an ES5-12 battery works nicely and is very compact.

 

[stargazer7467]

Super Start Fleet & Heavy Duty ES5-12 - Sealed Battery | O'Reilly Auto Parts

 

[delray]

what i did to make sure i had the right battery was to put a load test on the starter and see what amp's it would draw. this way i would be good to go.........:thumbsup:

http://www.oldminibikes.com/forum/project-logs/12275-project-build-rear-springs-9.html

 

[Triple A Arsenal]

I see the clone is suppose to use a battery with 18AH, what do you guys think ?

 

[bdomit01]

I see the clone is suppose to use a battery with 18AH, what do you guys think ?

I use an 18AH battery on mine, starts the stroker fine, could probably get away with a smaller battery.

 

[Triple A Arsenal]

I use an 18AH battery on mine, starts the stroker fine, could probably get away with a smaller battery.

Who makes it and how much ? Any pics of it mounted?
Do you run lights?

 

[bdomit01]

Grabbed it for cheap at Walmart, I think it's called everstart or whatever the cheap brand is. I'll grab the part number off the battery for you. Its just a lawn and garden lead acid battery, nothing special. I have it on one of my karts, but it's probably a little too big and bulky for a bike. I would look at one of the sealed gel batteries, they're much smaller. Walmart also had those in 18AH but it cost twice as much.

 

[bdomit01]

UPG UBCD5745 Sealed Lead Acid Batteries https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001DL7D1O/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_mNDfwbVZZ46H6

Here we go found a sealed one. I'll probably grab one of these when I put a starter on my bike.

 

[bdomit01]

This is the battery I have on my yard kart
EverStar Lawn and Garden Battery, Group Size U1-7 - Walmart.com

Here's the same thing from Walmart but the smaller sealed version, it's cheaper on Amazon though.
EverStart PowerSport Battery, Group Size ES20LBS - Walmart.com

 

[Triple A Arsenal]

This is the battery I have on my yard kart
EverStar Lawn and Garden Battery, Group Size U1-7 - Walmart.com

Here's the same thing from Walmart but the smaller sealed version, it's cheaper on Amazon though.
EverStart PowerSport Battery, Group Size ES20LBS - Walmart.com

Thanks so much for your help! I like the small one and it's cheap . I am worried with the 3amp coil if the battery should be a deep discharge one.
Cause if the mini bike charges at 2.whatever amps, that's trickle charging which is a good thing but takes a few hours to charge. So short runs on the bike means no charging.