akbeemer
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This is good news! It indicates that you are ever so close to getting your battery replacement times perfectly correct.
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Battery life
- Thread starter dbutterfield
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This is good news! It indicates that you are ever so close to getting your battery replacement times perfectly correct.
I’ve been using batteries from this ebay seller:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/YTX14-BS-C...:abAAAOSwHMJYNLl9:sc:USPSPriority!55414!US!-1
$47 for an R1200 battery.
... and replace them every 4 years or so regardless.
Never had a problem with them but have had 2 Yuasa’s fail suddenly due to open circuit.
Staab batteries in Chicago has the big batteries for Airheads at decent prices and also ship to your door.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/YTX14-BS-C...:abAAAOSwHMJYNLl9:sc:USPSPriority!55414!US!-1
$47 for an R1200 battery.
... and replace them every 4 years or so regardless.
Never had a problem with them but have had 2 Yuasa’s fail suddenly due to open circuit.
Staab batteries in Chicago has the big batteries for Airheads at decent prices and also ship to your door.
Pretty spot on
Speaking of batteries, y'alls heated gear and 310's behaving? My 690 Orange thumper got angry at me in Arkansas with gear on high ,phone charger in tailbag on,and GPS on...H's 390 was OK, but a year newer battery. She just shook her head watching be push it near Jasper to no avail...jumper cables (I did have) lit it up. It's my month for batteries
Spilled my coffee on that one!
dieselyoda
Active member
As I read this, I realize I'm reading a best oil thread or how to water proof my chaps or better yet, when is my tire too bald to ride on.
Modern battery technology has exceeded the ability to predict life. Throw our usual FLA into AGM/GEL and VRLA with a little mixture of LI-ION and LI-FE.
When you crack the manufacture date, not the build date or delivery date of a battery, you will find out that you bought, off the shelf, at least a three year old manufactured battery.
I use a battery/starter/charging system tester that requires frequent updating and it's worth 25 Odyssey batteries. It's wrong a great deal.
Guessing/gambling on needing a battery change is way less expensive than being wrong.
Modern battery technology has exceeded the ability to predict life. Throw our usual FLA into AGM/GEL and VRLA with a little mixture of LI-ION and LI-FE.
When you crack the manufacture date, not the build date or delivery date of a battery, you will find out that you bought, off the shelf, at least a three year old manufactured battery.
I use a battery/starter/charging system tester that requires frequent updating and it's worth 25 Odyssey batteries. It's wrong a great deal.
Guessing/gambling on needing a battery change is way less expensive than being wrong.
What year and model of BMW are you talking about?
I have never had the (group) work on power sports batteries
In the automotive world, group 24, 27, 31 and on meant case size and terminal location was pretty close to identical. I have always had to look up the specific battery for each bike, ATV or wave runner- sometimes that wasn’t close enough. Seems like a lot of variation once one gets away from the automotive battery series. OM
pglaves
#13338
Look for batteries designated "50N18L-A".
sailorlite
New member
You could call Beemer Boneyard and ask them to send you a good battery that fits your 2014 RT. You'll get one that fits properly and isn't too expensive (compared to OEM). You could at the same time get some service parts like filters, plugs and even oil if you're doing your own services.
