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OptiMate 7 Select – 12 V , 10 A ‘ Ampmatic ’
A lot of people think 10 amps is too much for motorcycle batteries , but with the average touring motorcycle engine headed towards 1900cc ( 115 c . i .) and increased demand for power from accessories ( such as entertainment , route finding , routing , heating , seat and screen adjustment etc ), battery sizes have already been creeping up to 20Ah and over . Modern AGM lead-acid technology has advanced rapidly , making it possible to accept high current charge . The OptiMate 7 Select is the ideal companion for those larger batteries as well as the entire range of smaller batteries . “ OptiMate 7 Select has a number of features that make it one of the smartest chargers out there ,” says TecMate CEO Martin Human . “ Starting with the Ampmatic charge control that adjusts charge current
to match the condition and size of the connected battery , so a small battery gets less amps than a large one . It also adjusts output voltage according to ambient temperature - a lesser known fact is that in hot weather a battery should be charged at a lower voltage , otherwise you risk losing that power giving electrolyte acid that cannot be replaced in modern AGM batteries .” There are , of course , high-power AGM batteries now available that can deliver more than the stock battery , but they demand a higher charge voltage of 14.7 V to get the most out of them – “ so the OptiMate 7 Select has an additional hi-performance 14.7 V charge mode . “ Then there ’ s the diagnostic power supply mode that provides a stable 13.6 V with 8 amps of power available , ideal for modern motorcycles that cannot be tuned without special diagnostic tools – and those tools need a fully charged battery to diagnose and update without interruption .” Martin reckons that the battery save mode on the OptiMate 7 “ has the best one out there , as it can save a ‘ dead ’ lead-acid battery from as low as ½ a volt ( 0.5 volt ). One characteristic of many chargers is that the more powerful and feature-rich they get , with faster charge rates , the greater becomes their own power requirement . “ In fact , the OptiMate 7 has efficient conversion technology not typically found in battery chargers – technology such as its on-board power factor correction and synchronous rectifying , reducing power consumption to less than half than that of
LeoVince LV-10 for Ninja 400
LeoVince has launched a new line of LV-10 exhaust systems for the 2018 Kawasaki Ninja 400 – new slip-ons that were developed in collaboration with the Moto2 and Moto3 teams that the company works with and that come directly from their experience in MotoGP and SBK racing . “ We designed an exhaust system with extremely compact dimensions to grant maximum lightness , the best performance and the unmistakable LeoVince racing sound ”, the company says . Manufactured entirely from AISI 304 stainless steel , the LV-10 body sports a matt titanium look finish and a laser-etched
LeoVince logo ; for those who love the dark tones , they have the ‘ LV-10 Black Edition ’ with its matt black finish . The rear stainless steel mesh embellishes the sandblasted end cap for an “ extreme racing look ”. Inside , high thermal resistance ( 900 ° C ) fibreglass wool is applied through the use of a single proprietary and volumeoptimised yarn to allow the sound-absorbing material to expand freely without the fibres losing integrity , which is
other 10 amp chargers , and also less than many 5 amp chargers . “ Also , always check into the versatility of any charger you are considering – the OptiMate 7 runs on any voltage from 100 V to 240 V . Plus , available OptiMate 7 models for modern AGM motorcycle batteries come with different plugs - TM-250 ( EU ), TM-251 ( NA ), TM-252 ( UK ).”
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said to greatly increase the durability . The LV-10 comes with a laser-cut bracket .
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