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Originally Posted by jjackstone
You could probably get by with NICads. I don't remember any really special conditions for charging them and they can pull a strong current for starting the bike. Their normal voltage /cell is 1.2V so you'd need to series up ten of them for 12 V. Looks like the standard lead acid for that bike is 12Ahrs. Don't know that you would absolutely need that much reserve, but probably ought to try to get close to that. The RC guys have some decent posts on how to solder cells together if that is the route you choose.
JJ
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Not awful worried about the electric starter, since once the bike is tuned, I'll primarily be kick starting it anyway.
I was thinking about doing 6-8 packs of 5 in series for a total of 6v per pack, then wiring those packs in parallel for now, then in series when I get the 12V stator coil I need.
The cool thing is that I can get NiCad and NiMH batteries from salvage electronics... things such as cordless phones often use a 3 cell pack of them, at 3.6V. Take the pack apart, and you've got 3 AAA batteries that will run your remotes and such, and you can recharge them easily.
For the bike, I'll probably buy new, though.
Thanks for the input, it's much appreciated, especially after hearing from my Father in Law all about how it's stupid to run both pipes into a collector, I'm making too much work of the bike, blah blah blah, as though it's any of his business, or trying to sound like he actually knows anything about how engines work. He's another one that thinks putting higher octane gas into an engine means it will fire up easier...