Aliant YLP14 - read first…
This is the first negative review I've written and, truth be told, I'd rather not be writing it. I'm doing it because every fact below can be checked, and because the next person searching this battery deserves to find them.
The good news first: Superbike Unlimited ships fast, and the Aliant YLP14 is a beautifully made little battery while it works.
The bad news: mine lasted six months. Bought February 2026 ($245), installed in a garaged bike, kept on a charger in LiFePO4 mode between rides, dead in September at 6.97 volts.
I asked for a warranty claim on September 16 with two plain questions: does this battery have a low-voltage cutoff, and when was mine built? For four weeks the answer was "awaiting the manufacturer." On October 12, SBU wrote: "Aliant does not promise, nor do we, that this battery/BMS serves as some sort of self-shutdown/disconnect should the voltage drop below any threshold." Earlier, SBU had written that in fifteen years it has no documented YLP failure "that was not induced by customer discharge or improper use." Suffice it to say those two sentences describe one thing: a battery with no protection against discharge, whose every failure is therefore filed under the customer.
SBU offered to test the battery if I'd agree to pay all testing costs "if the battery is found to have been discharged, incorrectly charged or misused in any way." It reads 6.97 volts; any test will find it discharged. When I asked for a cause-based protocol instead, I was told the discussion was inappropriate, referred to Aliant, and informed SBU is "not responsible for warranty management or decisions from manufacturers."
Aliant's own published terms (General Conditions of Supply, go-aliant.com) are business-to-business, run twelve months, and exclude "deep discharge ... (UNDERVOLTAGE ERROR)." SBU's product page states no warranty period at all. In fairness, it does recommend disconnecting any lithium battery not in use for more than seven days; I kept mine on a maintainer instead, which I'd argue is the better practice, but you should know the line is there.
I'm not accusing anyone of anything. I'm reporting that a $245 starter battery with no low-voltage protection, sold under terms that exclude low voltage, failed at six months, and that the seller's position is that this is never the product. If you're a serious person about what goes in your bike, you would be well served to read that last sentence twice before you order.








