6 Volt Motorcycle Battery Specs and Sizes

6v motorbike battery

6 Volt motorcycle battery specs (lead acid batteries)…

6 Volt Lead acid batteries (also known as conventional batteries) usually come with the acid in a separate pack and are filled through the stoppers in the top of the battery (3 stoppers in the top of a 6v battery, usually yellow in colour).
These type of battery have upper and lower level marks on the front and need to be checked and have the electrolyte level topped up with DISTLLED WATER occasionally.
6 Volt lead acid batteries usually start with the code 6N (e.g. 6N6-3B) or B (e.g. B39-6). Continue reading

12 Volt Lead Acid Motorcycle Battery Specs and Sizes

Conventional battery

12 Volt lead acid motorcycle battery specs…

Lead acid batteries (also known as conventional batteries) usually come with the acid in a separate pack and are filled through the stoppers in the top of the battery (6 stoppers in the top of a 12 volt battery, usually yellow in colour).
These type of battery have upper and lower level marks on the front and need to be checked and have the electrolyte level topped up with DISTLLED WATER occasionally.
Lead acid batteries usually start with the code CB or 12N (e.g. CB14L-A2 and 12N24-3). Continue reading

Maintenance Free Motorcycle Battery Specs and Sizes

Maintenance Free

Maintenance free motorcycle battery specs…

Maintenance free batteries (also known as sealed batteries) usually come with the acid in a separate pack.
Once the acid has been poured into the battery and the plastic top has been firmly pressed into place, the battery is completely sealed and shouldn’t require any more topping up or have the acid levels checked.
Maintenance free batteries usually start with the code CTX (e.g. CTX9-BS) and often have the letters ‘BS’ on the end of the battery part number (the ‘BS’ part is used by most manufacturers to indicate that the battery is supplied with an acid bottle). Continue reading

All you ever wanted to know about bike batteries but were afraid to ask :-)