LiFE vs AGM batteries in motorcycle

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The Duracell agm gave up the ghost in my bagger. Anyone running a lithium ion battery and care to comment on its performance and reliability?
20# lighter than agm but I’m not too terribly concerned with the weight advantage.
Can you use a standard battery tender for it? Do they take tenders well?
 

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I have a Lithium Ion in my bike (this one https://amzn.to/2O7uf8m) and it is the best thing ever. I have never put it on a tender and it has been in my bike almost 2 years now. My bike starts up every single time without issue. Of course, the one caveat to that is that I rarely ever ride my bike these days. But, with the previous lead acid batteries I had, sitting as long as my bike does before I ride it, the battery would be long dead by now.
 

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Bought an OEM agm. The one thing that stopped me from going LiFE was that it’s not as forgiving with parasitic draws and there’s a few lights and bits on the bike.
 

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I use a LiFe Antigravity in my Fiat 500 Sport part of the year. You do have to watch for parasitic draws and can't use it in below freezing temps. It drop 30 pds. off the car. It did quit me last summer on a long hot drive. I've moved it inside the car to keep it cooler. It has a restart feature.
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I’m currently looking at a Throttle X. MX20L. Supposed to have 500 cold cranking amps. I have a 2004 fat boy with some engine work so that part doesn’t hurt. I think I may end up ordering it on Amazon. Has pretty good reviews
 

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