Gel Battery Installation Help

BRADFORDBENN

Slowpoke & Proud of It!

• Jul 12, 2006

• #1

Hello All-

Well my battery is acting wonky, so I purchased a new Odyssey gel cell. So tonight I started to install it and I found a problem. It does not seem to have any lugs. I checked the box, and it comes with bolts but they bolt in flush to the top. No biggie I thought.

Here is the challenge, the ground wire (-) on the RT has the stud/bolt as part of the crimp on. So there is no way to bolt it down. Do I just cut off the bolt stud and drill a hole in the crimp; then bolt it down to the new battery.

Seems to be a little drastic to me. I went to the local auto parts store and they did not seem to have an adapter.

Here is a picture of the basic problem:

Is there something I am missing

 

mcohen

New member

• Jul 12, 2006

• #2

Here's an adapter that A&S Cycles sells for the Odyssey battery: http://www.ascycles.com/detail.aspx?ID=1356

Michael Cohen

 

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dbrick

rabid reader

• Jul 12, 2006

• #3

Or you can go to your junk barrel or hardware store for a 1/2" x 4" galv angle bracket, enlarge one hole, drill another, and cut it with a hacksaw to an appropriate length. Then put it in a vise, and hit it a few times with a hammer to bend it a bit less than a right angle. Bolt it right up.

Been on there since 1999, now on Odyssey #2.

 

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easy

Active member

• Jul 13, 2006

• #4

What was Odyssey's explanation for not sending you the adaptor?

Easy

 

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sportridertex

Guest

• Jul 13, 2006

• #5

My Odyssey is all orange, why not yours?

 

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MCOLLECT

New member

• Jul 13, 2006

• #6

I just did the mod. I took a short piece of copper pipe, flattened it in a vise, bent it, and drilled the holes. Ten minutes.

 

lkchris

Active member

• Jul 13, 2006

• #7

BradfordBenn said:

Is there something I am missing

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Buying a battery made for your motorcycle.

 

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RGVILLA

New member

• Jul 13, 2006

• #8

I just installed an Odyssey AGM in my R1100R, they sent me the adaptor and bolts that you bolt into the top of the battery so you can attach your positive and negative cables. I'm surprised they didn't send you the same package. Came in a little plastic sandwhich bag type container, sure you didn't miss it in your shipping box? If not call them they should send it to you.

 

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MCOLLECT

New member

• Jul 13, 2006

• #9

It depends who you buy the battery from, the Ebay folks are around $40.00 cheaper then dealers and don't send the adapters. Only a few places send adapters along without asking for them and some don't even have them.

 

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pcsof8

Guest

• Jul 13, 2006

• #10

shuda gota yuasa, they have the best hook up I've seen.

 

norton

Unregistered user

• Jul 13, 2006

• #11

You really don't need adaptors for the battery. Mount it sideways facing to the left with the + on top. Use the bolts you have or received and capture the correct wire in the correct lug. The battery doesn't care if it's mounted sideways and it works fine that way. It does make it easier to jump start another vehicle this way.

 

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davidsharpe

Guest

• Jul 13, 2006

• #12

I had the same problem with the battery when I installed my last Christmas. I took out my trusty pliers and modified the existing battery terminal until it fit on the new battery. It's still working.

 

burnszilla

New member

• Jul 13, 2006

• #13

sportridertex said:

My Odyssey is all orange, why not yours?

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Motoryclists complained about the ugly all orange battery so, they started making a black based battery.

 

burnszilla

New member

• Jul 13, 2006

• #14

bmw posts: http://www.odysseybatteries.com/accessories/bmwposts.htm

 

BRADFORDBENN

Slowpoke & Proud of It!

• Jul 13, 2006

• #15

I did a little modification at the office on some copper buss we had for the amplifiers. Figure if it can handle 200V 4000W it should handle the motorcycle no problem, and then decided to order the ones from A&S.

I called 'Stich and they did not know about the adaptors. They were not in the box. I am real careful about that.

And it is the battery called out as the BMW Battery in their catalog. There is no local dealer that has the battery, or a similiar one that would fit.

I have a Yuasa in the VFR but wanted to go gel for the RT since it is such a pain to do battery checks on it.