I decided it was time to buy a new battery for the C5. Hunting about the web i read several excellent reports on this AGM MB12U model.
if interested then read this lengthy and ion depth article"Texas Toast Battery Cook-Off"
anyway to sum it all up it's almost the same as the norm - a few mm shorter in height -same in other directions.
old v new.
top view.
positive and neg terminals on both sides. good i suppose if one wanted to add additional accessories
factory battery -was without a doubt a very tight fit. really a pain to remove and replace
not so with the Motorbatt AGM. there is now quite a bit of room from the fuel line to the battery and the cover plate is easy to fit.
cover back on the bike
how does it work. so far pretty good. instructions said - no need to charge,so i gave it a quick hit of the electric starter and it purred away first belt.
turned it off and repeated the same again - no problem. turned the headlights and indicators on............kicked straight away again.
if you read the above tests - it will tell you how its bigger brother started a V10 car motor about 50 times in total.
hope this is interesting to all who read.