beemermyke
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Any of you Wethead owners have to replace the stock battery at a relatively early age? My 18,500 mile / ridden 2.5 years 2016 R1200GSA wouldn't crank this morning (it would power up, and the starter would engage for only a split second). Seems kind of soon for it to go out, but I think the stock BMW battery on my old R1150RS suffered a similar early fate years ago. I'm hoping it's just the battery; I have a bike trip to the NC/TN mountains in less than two weeks!
Early last year I had a similar starting issue on this bike and while the tech at the dealer did detect an above limits parasitic draw, he was never able to actually find the culprit. He did a software update on it (only because he noticed it was due one), and that fixed the problem. I'd much rather it be a dead battery than another electrical gremlin issue.
Early last year I had a similar starting issue on this bike and while the tech at the dealer did detect an above limits parasitic draw, he was never able to actually find the culprit. He did a software update on it (only because he noticed it was due one), and that fixed the problem. I'd much rather it be a dead battery than another electrical gremlin issue.