NOCO Lithium NLP14: Ultra-Light 12V Lithium Powersport Battery – Group 14 – 4Ah – 500A Start Power – Intelligent BMS – UL Certified

Why did you pick this product vs others?:This is the first lithium battery I have ever put in my motorcycle and I'm extremely satisfied. It's lighter than regular batteries and no setup required. Easy to install and it came with different size spacers so it would fit in the battery box.

Seemed like a good battery but I got new bike and I let it sit for a good piece 2 or 3 months and shes deader than a doornail. Wont come off the first blinky light on the charger... says 12v on my DVM but it wont crank a wristwatch. Im calling it operator error my bad, and buying another one. It was strong and Im starting up a 650 thumper thats a carburetor and needs a good amount of choke and crank sometimes. Its a good battery, Ill just keep it tended this time.

This battery was unusable in an application that it advertises being a direct-fit replacement. I installed one of these in my KTM 1290 Super Adventure S, replacing a YTZ14S. Open circuit voltage was 13.3V, and it could crank the motor easily to start the bike. However, I suspect the internal safety circuitry is faulty, or far too conservative at the very least. As I said, the bike would start just fine and run normally for a few minutes. After a short time, the headlight would start flickering, and eventually the engine would cut out. This happened to me while riding, but it is reproducible at idle as well. I think that after a short time the battery is essentially disconnecting itself from the bike. After this experience I had no faith in this particular model of battery so I bought a lead acid battery locally which is working flawlessly. I cannot say for certain whether the unit I got was faulty, or if it simply cannot replace a YTZ14S as advertised, but either way it has damaged my opinion of the NOCO brand. It's been 3+ weeks since returning this unit and I'm still waiting on some sort of refund, which may not be for the full value, depending on what the people evaluating it determine. Buyer beware.

These batteries are awesome. I used this battery to replace a Yuasa that just wasn't cutting it. I have a Honda Fury motorcycle. They are known to be hard on batteries. It takes a lot of amps to crank the big motor, and batteries die quick. I charged this battery up, and installed it. When I did the bike fired right up. Hopefully, this will solve the problems I've been having with lead acid batteries. A lot of guys who own that particular bike suggested switching to Lithium batteries. I've been thinking about it for a while, and finally made the jump. Awesome product !

If you're like me, you're probably researching all of your options for a replacement battery but no matter where you go it's almost impossible to get any honest feedback because everyone has something to say about it leaving you more confused than when you first set out to research it.My BMW 1250RS was having this strange starting issue that only seemed to present itself after I had been riding for a while, shutting down for a short time (ex. getting fuel) and then trying to restart again. It always seemed like the battery was underpowered and struggling to crank the engine over. Apparently, a well-known issue with these boxer engines and probably others as well. This makes for an awkward exit from the gas pumps...After diagnosing it was determined that I needed to replace the battery as mine was likely worn out. So off I went to look for a battery... I must have spent days trying to figure out if I should just go to BMW and drop the cash for the same underpowered battery that I already had OR try out one of these lithium batteries I keep reading about. Let me tell you... similar to other highly controversial automotive maintenance debates on the internet such as "which engine oil should you use" people have many opinions on these, good and bad. So bad in fact I might have almost just caved and went to BMW or ordered some cheap AGM battery locally worrying I might explode on the highway or something if I use a lithium battery.In the end though I purchased this NOCO NLP14, and so far, I am very happy with it. Install was the same, aside from having to use spacers to make this battery as tall as the original to take up the proper space. The various terminal mounting points that are fixed to the battery top are a huge plus. If you've ever had to juggle those little threaded nuts and terminal bolts on a powersport battery before you know what I mean.I immediately notice a difference when starting the bike now. No longer does it feel like its struggling to turn the engine. I even tried starting after refueling just to replicate any conditions from before and without skipping a beat it started right back up. I was worried that the R1250RS's onboard electronics might be too much for the battery, but so far, I haven't had any problems with lower power in the mornings. I did be sure to purchase the NOCO Genius 1 charger and NCO X-Connect hardwire kit to charge the battery with a proper lithium charger for when the bike isn't ridden for a while. All together it was less than a new BWM AGM battery at the local dealer.TLDR; Bad battery? Slow to no start? Give lithium battery (and charger) a chance. Just might surprise you.