How do these batteries respond to jumpstarting, either with a jumperpack or another vehicle? Does the manual with the Shorai/Mirai battery have any insght to this?

 

I have jumpstarted mine. It still works. Both off another car and using normal car charger.

 

Both rhouck and I have jumpstarted our Shorais from being completely dead, and it seems to be just fine afterwards.

In fact, my Shorai was able to start the car after idling for less than 5 minutes. Go figure.

 

I have these exact ones on my deka ex14 that I'll take off and use for this battery!

we can safely lay this battery on it's side correct?
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Did you get the recommended charger as well? I was hoping the usual Battery Tender would work, but it seems these require a proprietary charger.
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The usual battery tender works. I've been using this one without problems:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

That is very good to know....thanks!

 

Anyone have any followup reviews of any of the following lithium iron batteries:

Shorai
Ballistic EVO2 (12 or 16 cell?)
Mirai

I seem to recall some issues with the Ballistic batteries a while back, but maybe those were a previous version? My Odyssey PC680 died after being deep cycled on accident too many times, so I'm in the market for a new battery.

 

I'm now running the Shorai LFX36A3-BS12, though it's only been in the car since last Friday. It spins the starter faster than my Deka ETX12, and seemed to work great through last weekend's two-day event, including keeping the datalogger and shiftlight powered up between runs.

 

This is off of the Shorai web site
While standard lead-acid chargers can be used with Shorai LFX when needed, the BMS01 is specifically designed to charge, store, maintain, balance, and diagnose your LFX battery.

This is off of
http://www.atbatt.com/product/24415.asp

• Recharge using conventional lead-acid battery chargers*
*Must only be used with a lead-acid battery charger without desulfation (recovery) feature

So if you have a Battery Tender your good to go. What they can't have is a charger that prevent's sulfation(in a lead acid battery), that will destroy a Lithium Iron battery.
My Battery Tender Jr's don't have the desulfation (recovery) feature.

I use Shorai on my dirt bike(two years now) and my street bike(1 week) and on the dirt bike I don't put a float charger on it all winter long and it starts right up no matter how long its been sitting in the garage or how cold it is(Sacramento).

ROD

 

I am planning to order 3 of the Mirai batteries and their charger.
Has anyone had any issue with them so far?

Thanks

 

been commuting daily on the 600rr. no issues.
They're now sold by Evasive Motorsports