jacro
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Called local bm dealer. 09 1200 gs battery £126. Creightons auto store,Lisburn road, Belfast. Exact same battery £48. Well, exactly the same apart from the £78 Bmw stamp.
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How do you know it's the same battery? Cheap battery's arnt worth the hassle. Now if it's a good battery at a discount.... I worked in a motor factors and it was a long time ago but cheap battery's are cheap for a good reason. The number of times I've heard "it's the exact same". Big boxer engines are hard on battery's. It's the same in real terms as starting a 2.4 litre high performance car with 1/4 the size battery. JJH
patzx12
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Halfords or Youasa works great. I also use the same battery as the GS in my CBX's. Some GS use a short expensive battery with a plastic spacer. Take it out and use, YTX14BS
jacro
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It is identical to the original in every way, ie the same apart from Bmw stamp.
Galactic Greyhound
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After using BMW Exide Gel batteries in my 1996 R1100RT for many years I have now moved over to using a Motobatt AGM battery.
The problem with the BMW Exide Gel on the R1100RT us that the ABS2 Controller battery sensing circuit is designed to trip out at too high a voltage.
This causes the ABS lights to go into 'fail' mode (alternate flashing) when cranking over on the Starter Motor when the gel battery has aged a bit even though the battery is still able to provide good cranking ability.
The BMW Exide Gel was replaced when this happened too frequently.
I have now changed to the Motobatt AGM to see if it will outlast the BMW Exide Gel and if the Motobatt is better at holding a higher voltage when cranking over after aging.
Battery voltage can NORMALLY drop to 9 volts when cranking and as long as it does not go below this voltage then starting should not be a problem.
The ABS2 system controller does not accept this low voltage as OK however and registers an ABS fail when it occurs.
I am hoping that the Motobatt AGM battery will sustain a higher cranking voltage for longer than the Exide Gel and thus save me from replacing a good battery prematurely.
Time will tell......
The problem with the BMW Exide Gel on the R1100RT us that the ABS2 Controller battery sensing circuit is designed to trip out at too high a voltage.
This causes the ABS lights to go into 'fail' mode (alternate flashing) when cranking over on the Starter Motor when the gel battery has aged a bit even though the battery is still able to provide good cranking ability.
The BMW Exide Gel was replaced when this happened too frequently.
I have now changed to the Motobatt AGM to see if it will outlast the BMW Exide Gel and if the Motobatt is better at holding a higher voltage when cranking over after aging.
Battery voltage can NORMALLY drop to 9 volts when cranking and as long as it does not go below this voltage then starting should not be a problem.
The ABS2 system controller does not accept this low voltage as OK however and registers an ABS fail when it occurs.
I am hoping that the Motobatt AGM battery will sustain a higher cranking voltage for longer than the Exide Gel and thus save me from replacing a good battery prematurely.
Time will tell......
Michaelk
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Odyssey batteries
Changed my battery to the Odyssey
version some years ago. The battery was cheaper that the BMW offering, which was known to be rubbish , and put out way more cranking power without upsetting the ABS on my old RS1100.
I'm contemplating changing to another for my 1200GSA.
Changed my battery to the Odyssey
version some years ago. The battery was cheaper that the BMW offering, which was known to be rubbish , and put out way more cranking power without upsetting the ABS on my old RS1100.I'm contemplating changing to another for my 1200GSA.
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