Had a night to sleep on it and decided we are going to just stick with our current battery system. It works great, is rock solid reliable, and probably will meet our needs. I get in a mode where I hate to see wasted solar power, but sun is a lot cheaper than lithium.
Another downside to the lithium I had forgotten about is they don't like colder temperatures and can't be stored below 0 degrees F. Might not be a great idea for the unheated garage pod.
On the motorcycle issue, we read that the vapor lock is a common problem with the WR250R in really hot weather and is likely what happened to us. The solution is to pour water on the fuel pump :D
Our batteries on the motorcycles are brand new 2015, reading 12.8V resting voltage.
