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Tranberg


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As good a thread as any to continue.

On my K75 RT, the battery hold down bracket also holds the coolant overflow container in place, and it fits exactly with the 175mm tall (once) 24AH battery.

If I were to fit a lower battery, the coolant overflow container would be squashed, unless I place a spacer under the battery. Is that the way to do it?

    

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Rick G wrote:I have had several Motobatt and all have given good service. The 30Ah one in my K100 went for 7 years then got transferred to the K1100 and I got a further year from it.  If you decide on a Motobatt have a look around the Jetski and lawn tractor sections they are often cheaper there for the same one.
Been eyeballing the Motobatt MBC30HL, ill have to check on the cross-reference battery!

    

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Golf cart and lawnmower batteries work fine.

Using them for years!


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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles. 
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 48,061 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 61,190 miles

Past:
1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
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Dai

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Keedo wrote:
Been eyeballing the Motobatt MBC30HL, ill have to check on the cross-reference battery!
The MotoBatt you quote is 15mm taller than OEM (I have three of them, two on K100s and one on a Guzzi). My solution was to make a spacer to fit between the tiedown and the coolant header tank. I drilled a hole to glue the rubber spacer into (the glue isn't a necessity) and tapped a 6mm thread on the other side to about 10mm deep. A penny washer (you call them mudguard washers I think) over the original hole in the tiedown and a short 6mm allen bolt finished the job.



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Dai

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Tranberg wrote:If I were to fit a lower battery, the coolant overflow container would be squashed, unless I place a spacer under the battery. Is that the way to do it?
That, I think, will be your only option, Back to the good old days of stuffing a piece of plywood into the battery tray to make any old battery fit on whichever bike was giving me grief at the time!


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1983 K100 naked upgraded to K100LT spec after spending time as an RS and an RT
1987 K100RT
Others...
1978 Moto Guzzi 850-T3, 1979 Moto Guzzi 850-T3 California,1993 Moto Guzzi 1100ie California
2020 Royal Enfield Bullet 500
    

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Tranberg, you might be interested in post number 19 in the thread that I have linked below which details my approach to using narrow batteries that fit in the recess in the centre of the battery tray while also being able to clamp the coolant bottle independent of the battery height.

https://www.k100-forum.com/t17570-51913-battery-in-8v-k100

Cheers


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Dai

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Doh! The strap is exactly the approach I took about a year ago when wiring up a new-build Triton and needed to pin the battery down in the tray.


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1987 K100RT
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1978 Moto Guzzi 850-T3, 1979 Moto Guzzi 850-T3 California,1993 Moto Guzzi 1100ie California
2020 Royal Enfield Bullet 500
    

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Tranberg

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Gaz wrote:Tranberg, you might be interested in post number 19 in the thread that I have linked below which details my approach to using narrow batteries that fit in the recess in the centre of the battery tray while also being able to clamp the coolant bottle independent of the battery height.

https://www.k100-forum.com/t17570-51913-battery-in-8v-k100

Cheers

Thanks. BTW you get the direct link to a specific post by clicking on the date on it (on other forums it's (also) the number next to the post.
Another thing missing is the little arrow next to a quote, which take you to the quoted post.

https://www.k100-forum.com/t17570-51913-battery-in-8v-k100#202800

    

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