I have been riding since almost a year with a Lithium Battery. I have to upgrade it. I choose antigravity ATX12-HD which as a restart mechanism. I didn’t know better. Restart is useless in a PAS since the top of the battery can’t be accessed without taking the battery out.

Due to the upgrade, I put the HD Battery back in. I forgot about it.

Then, today, I went for a ride before the rain.

I thought I would crash. The steering is so heavy, the feeling on angle is so abrupt. There’s this angle when you feel the bike is going down. I check the tire pressure. It was fine. I check the steering damper. No cable or retainer or any difference in the movement.

I cannot wait to put the lithium battery back in. The difference is tremendous.

I understand that if you’re off-roading you might be concerned by a lithium battery. I do lots of roads and I have the steel skid plate. The PanAM is a different bike when the weight at the bottom is lighter.

As anyone gotten the same experience when swapping the battery for a lighter one?

 

I felt no difference in bike performance going to the Li-Ion. For the jump start feature you need the remote ( ). It connects to your SAE charge port and will activate the feature.

 

ZERO need for Lithium battery! I'm 21,000 mile in on my 22, with stock original battery. Never had a problem!

 

Normally more weight lower on the bike is best. I don't think the difference 5 lbs? makes a difference.

 

HS......

 

I’m packing an extra 6 lbs compared to last summer on my a$$. So loosing a few lbs on the batter is something I wouldn’t even notice.