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  • 2bjr
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    06/12/2006 at 6:48 am
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    #1850

    Time replace battery on bike. 😥Which one do I buy?  1* gel 2* normal (old type)?Or go big and buy a original gel from BMW?Price 😕 Cheers.

    Dave Ross
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    06/12/2006 at 7:56 am
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    #6536

    If you are planning to drop your bike a lot the gel battery is better, otherwise the ordinary one should be fine. Has your one given up the ghost?

    Anonymous
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    06/12/2006 at 8:12 am
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    #6537

    I don't like having to check any thing so go for the gel or buy a battery charger/tender and get some more milage out of the old battery. This would be a better poll. 😉

    2bjr
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    06/12/2006 at 8:20 am
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    #6538

    Mmmmmm…………… 👿

    janejohnstewart
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    11/12/2006 at 12:21 am
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    #6539

    I've just replaced the battery on the 80, and after a lot of reading and phoning, I've gone for a Panasonic LC-X1220P.At $140 for the Panasonic, compared with $400 for the Odyssey it seemed like a no-brainer to me.+ 1 for the Gel battery

    peter.trub
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    09/03/2007 at 8:52 pm
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    #6540

    I replaced the battery in my RS 9 months ago with a dry cell battery avaliable from exide, not sure of the numbers etc but it is the one they sell to fit roadside booster kits. Cost 40 bucks and apart from the terminal size was an exact fit. So far no probs

    2bjr
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    10/03/2007 at 5:14 am
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    #6541

    Thank you for the information. 😀

    Anonymous
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    10/03/2007 at 9:49 am
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    #6542

    Just replaced the battery on the R1100S after it failed to fire on the old one – got the prices from Experience, and it is a no-brainer. Gel, not Bee-Em: buy almost three of them for the cost of a Bee-Em Battery.Battery and tender, 800 bucks, vs 120 bucks. No contest.

    Dave Ross
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    11/03/2007 at 7:19 am
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    #6543

    So how long do these batteries last? Mine has been going for four years now.

    janejohnstewart
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    11/03/2007 at 11:56 pm
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    #6544

    So how long do these batteries last? …

    I was talking to Sebastian at Experience on Friday about this very subject.He seemed to think that a gel battery with a tender could last anything up to 8 years in balmy North Island conditions, but 4 years is good going after European (or Otago) cold winter starts.

    2bjr
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    12/03/2007 at 7:06 am
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    #6545

    Not bad life for the battery. With the price you just have to look after it.  THX. 😉

    Richard Kuysten
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    12/03/2007 at 8:07 am
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    #6546

    Richard I have had 4 BMW bikes and have never needed a battery tender and most owners I know don't need it as well.

    Is this change of mind recent Dean  🙂 

    Jim Young
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    12/03/2007 at 3:11 pm
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    #6547

    My original gel battery on the 1150Gs lasted about 18 months when it was replaced under warranty,

    2bjr
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    13/03/2007 at 8:12 am
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    #6548

    Looks like it just in th battery to work or not. 😐 and costing us money.

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