Motorcycle Batteries - Motorcycle Battery Chargers: Information on where to purchase your motorcycle battery or motorcycle battery charger;Sony laptop battery how to maintain a motorcycle battery and more!

Gel & AGM Batteries: What are gel batteries (also known as "gell" or "gell cell") batteries? Gel batteries use a thickener in the liquid electrolyte rather than water in the cells. They're similar to AGM, or absorbed glass mat batteries. Gel batteries must be charged on a trickle charger rather than a fast automotive charger.VGP-BPS10 Battery, PCG-R505 Battery, PCG-V505 Battery, PCG-Z505 Battery In my experience, the trickle chargers like the Battery Tender work fine for gel or AGM batteries.

Both gel and AGM batteries work much better in a motorcycle application because they can withstand vibration better than water filled batteries. It's my understanding that they also hold up better under a deep discharge.

Make sure you check with your battery manufacturer before you use a Battery Tender or other charger; certain types of trickle chargers are not recommended for use in some gel batteries,VGP-BPS10 Battery, although we've been using three separate Battery Tender Plus units continuously for over 7 years and have never experienced a problem, either with the battery or the Battery Tender.

Motorcycle Battery Chargers, Maintenance and Replacement: wBW Reviews: see the right-hand column for a list of our motorcycle battery charger reviews | wBW review of Permatex Battery Cleaner and Permatex Battery Protector & Sealer | See more technical articles about motorcycle batteries and more on the wBW Technical Articles page | wBW Technical Article - Installing a Sealed Battery on a Triumph Thunderbird Sport

Motorcycle Batteries - Motorcycle Battery Retailers: Apex Battery has Westco sealed motorcycle batteries;PCG-R505 Battery, free shipping on orders over $50.00 | Motorcycle Batteries USA carries sealed batteries for many brands; also battery chargers and accessories | The Battery Mart carries Hawker Odyssey batteries for motorcycles; also various models of Deltran Battery Tenders and many other types of batteries and battery related products | The

Buying Motorcycle Batteries on the Web?

Tip From "D.M.": "Something for consumers to consider when mail ordering a battery. I ordered a Yuasa because the local dealers did not carry what I needed. It was promptly shipped with a container of electrolyte. Added electrolyte, sealed caps, and charged using approved charger.

Battery lasted 1 month, then wouldn't hold a charge.

Yuasa was contacted and my options were: return it to where you purchased it. VGP-BPS10 Battery, PCG-R505 Battery, PCG-V505 Battery, PCG-Z505 Battery The company I ordered it from would not accept batteries that had electrolyte installed. No local dealer, rightfully so, would take it back on Yuasa's behalf.PCG-V505 Battery, So I was left with a bad battery with no warranty options.

Something for others to consider when mail ordering a battery."

Battery Web sells all types of batteries for many applications, including motorcycles; they also sell battery chargers | Westco Batteries sealed batteries by Westco | eBatteries to Go has several different brands of motorcycle sealed batteries, including Panasonic, Universal, Westco and others for many different makes and models of motorcycles | SVR makes sealed batteries, mostly for cruisers | Batteries Galore has motorcycle batteries, but no cross-reference listing their part numbers by bike make/model | Odyssey dry cell batteries for several makes of motorcycles

Motorcycle Batteries - UK and Europe: Speedline Moto carries SVR batteries and they also claim to be Europe's largest supplier of pin grips for attaching badges to motorcycle jackets and clothing

How a Motorcycle Battery Works - How to Maintain a Motorcycle Battery: PCG-Z505 Battery The Yuasa Technical Manual (.pdf) is a comprehensive document describing motorcycle batteries and how they work, with drawings and illustrations, charts and more | The Battery University is an online resource with technical papers and information about batteries | Everything you never wanted to know about batteries | All sorts of tips in the "Car and Deep Cycle Battery FAQ" by Bill Darden, including usage, storage, testing and more | Activating a new motorcycle battery from the Battery Web | Here's a pretty exhaustive listing of battery numbers/types with battery numbers and info like amp hours, volts, cold cranking amps (CCA) and length, width, height by BCI Battery Group Numbers |VGP-BPS10 Battery, PCG-R505 Battery, PCG-V505 Battery, PCG-Z505 Battery A Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) list with lots of information about batteries | Westco battery observations and product review by master BMW Airhead and expert mechanic "Snowbum" | U.S.A. and Canadian shipping information and regulations covering batteries | Care and Feeding of Your Pet Battery (motorcycle) by David Searle at Motorcycle Consumer News | Sealed Lead-Acid Batteries Handbook (a .pdf file) has some good information on sealed batteries (Thanks to Murray R.!) | Charging sealed lead acid batteries | How Batteries Work is a good basic description in the BBC "Rough Science" guide | The Lead-Acid Battery: Its Voltage in Theory and in Practice; by Richard S. Treptow is a more detailed scientific discussion | Battery tutorial at Battery Stuff | "Charging or Not" is an article about troubleshooting motorcycle charging problems | "Understanding Motorcycle Batteries" article by Stu Oltman, Technical Editor, Wing World Magazine | Cutaway drawings of Yuasa batteries