bevo1981

it's made by Alien Motion. http://www.alienmotion.com/html/batteries.html Application - Most vehicles up to 1000cc (4 cylinder), 850cc (2 cylinder) Dimensions 114MM (4.5”) W x 60MM (2.36”) L x 100MM (4”) H Weight - 820g (1lb 13oz) Capacity - 4.4 Amp Hours Amperage Output (< 3 Sec Pulse) - 250+ Amps Charge Time - 30 Minutes @ 14.4V & 10 A Maximum Charge Voltage & Current - 14.4V / 20 A Chemistry - LiFePO4 i wouldn't guess the battery is going out after just a year and a half. and while i have multiple things hooked up to it, none should be drawing any power other than the LEDs when the bike is off (HID headlight which actually draws less power than the halogen bulb i replaced, and a powerpoint that only draws when i'm charging something with it). and the bike has started right up every time since i jumped it last weekend. i ride every day, mostly just a few miles at a time between stops.

i like this idea. one of the main reasons for getting these underglow lights is to have them turned on when the bike is parked. but i do have several things hooked up to the battery and a few hours probably does draw a lot more than i realize. and it only recently started causing problems and i've had the lights for a year now.

my bike's battery went dead last night. i have an Alien Motion battery that is only about a year and a half old. i have 100+ LEDs as an underglow kit on my bike that i turn on when i ride at night. and if i park in some kind of public place, i leave them on, slow pulsating mode. this kit is supposed to just draw 0.2 amps. i've noticed over the past couple weeks that when i've left my bike parked with the LEDs on for more than a couple hours, they've been turned off when i return to the bike to leave. the bike has started up just fine though. last night i left my bike parked for about 4 hours. when i got back to it, no LEDs, no battery life whatsoever. do these LEDs drain more battery than i think? is this Alien Motion battery actually crap? are you not supposed to leave these LEDs on for extended periods of time? well i jumped the bike with no problem and it started right up twice more during the day after that. so the battery appears OK. is it possible the LEDs are drawing more power than advertized?

didn't know you guys had flashing traffic lights. that's a good idea. wish we had those in the states

only because it was playing on Pandora when the ocean came into view, and i wanted to do something different. i mostly use hard rock songs to my videos and wanted something a little more sprighty or uplifting for a change. this clip is one of the least edited videos i've done. from start to finish only took me a couple hours. you can check out my other riding videos here: https://www.youtube.com/user/whitedevil2

that looks like a win to me

i wear Shure earbuds so i can listen to music while i ride. music clarity is excellent and the noise cancellation blocks out a lot of wind and road noise. earplugs are almost mandatory for us if you're going to be spending hours on the road going 80mph.

i would love to answer you since i have a 950, but i have no idea what you're talking about. what the hell are panniers?

about 12 hours, probably 500 miles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVaW2oA7tAc day trip from Austin to Galveston this past weekend. reason for the song is because that's what was playing on Pandora the moment the ocean came into view. not sure why video quality suffers towards the end; could be combo of dust and salty air that collected on the camera case. tried to fix it in post as best as i could.

how do i upload photos into the member's gallery? i click on the gallery link, then click on the 'upload' link to the right, then i'm at step 1. it says "no album or category selected". and it give me a link to select a category. i select "member's rides" and then it takes me to the member's rides gallery. i click on the upload link on the right again and then i'm stuck in a loop.

get the handlebar type mounts. as you see in this pic, i have 2 gopro cases mounted on my passenger peg and my engine guard.

we're going to hit 100 degrees today for the first time this season

i steer with my dick. it already makes most of the decisions in my life anyway