Guide to Selecting the Right Motorcycle Battery for Your Vehicle

Motorcycle battery is a device that provides electrical power to start the engine, lighting system, and more. Therefore, choosing a quality battery is extremely important. In today's article, Huynh Chau would like to share some guidelines to help you find the most suitable battery for your beloved vehicle.

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Motorcycle battery is an important component that affects the engine's starting capability

1. Basic information about batteries

What is a battery?

A motorcycle battery (also known as a power cell, storage battery, etc.) is a device responsible for storing and supplying electrical power to various components such as: lighting systems, turn signals, horn, starter, etc. The battery operates on the principle of converting chemical energy into electrical energy. Therefore, this device can be reused multiple times by recharging it.

Types of motorcycle batteries

Currently, there are 2 popular types of motorcycle batteries on the market: dry batteries and wet batteries.

• Wet batteries (also known as open lead batteries): This type of battery has been around for quite some time and is typically used for manual transmission motorcycles. Wet batteries for motorcycles are mainly 12V type with a structure consisting of 6 cells. Each cell contains multiple lead plates and metals immersed alternately in diluted H2SO4 solution. If using a wet battery, you will need to charge it periodically (approximately once every 3 months).
• Dry batteries (also known as sealed lead batteries): This is a newer type of battery with many improved features compared to wet batteries. Dry batteries have a sealed design and use gel-form acid solution as the electrolyte conductor. Due to this structure, dry batteries do not require regular maintenance or water topping up.

Battery is a device that stores and supplies power to motorcycles

2. Factors to consider when choosing a motorcycle battery

To purchase a good motorcycle battery that suits your vehicle model, you should pay attention to the following factors:

Battery brand

To ensure quality and safety when using, you should choose batteries from reputable and well-known brands such as: Yuasa (imported from Taiwan), Globe (Vietnamese battery using Taiwan technology), ABS (manufactured in Vietnam with Thai technology), etc. Among these, ABS batteries have