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Yep, just put one in my '09.
YOU WILL NEED TO SHIM IT A BIT TO GET IT TO FIT TIGHTLY.
I used reinforced plastic hosing and cut some pieces the width of the battery and placed them under the hold bar on the top and this tightened it right up. I think rubber fuel line hosing is what many have used!
This brings up a good question I've wondered about myself. If AGM batteries like the Odyssey want a little higher charging voltage, and gel batteries like BMW's Exide gel OEM battery have to have a little lower voltage, are we doing the right thing making the switch to an Odyssey?
Empirically, I can attest the Odyssey works great in my K12RS and my son's R1150R. I'm on my 3rd gel in my R12RT, all thanks to the original owner and BMW warranty replacement, but the bike also came with the special BMW float charger and advice from the PO to "always" keep the bike connected to the charger. With my 03 K12RS and Odyssey, I plug in my good Battery Minder charger every few weeks and find that the battery is always in good shape and the charger promptly goes to float / maintenance mode.
So if there are differences between a gel, wet cell, and AGM for charging voltages, how come we can swap them one for the other and have good results in most vehicles?
And how can one determine that his Odyssey is only 67% charged? (Yet it cranks great.)
I'm a believer in Odyssey batteries, having read on numerous forums about all kinds of experiences with various batteries in various BMW models. If the RT needs another battery, you can be sure it'll be an Odyssey. But, if that happens, I wonder whether I should get rid of the expensive BMW canbus-fluent gel charger and just use a Battery Minder with leads connected directly to the Odyssey replacement?
Jim
.still curious about what charger to use. http://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread...t-battery-charger-to-bike-or-not-2005-R1200ST
Bob in Statesboro, GA
'08 R12RT