MrTScot
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Can anyone recommend me a good battery for the 1100? Mine appears to be on its way out (at least according to my optimate).
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motobiker
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OEM Gel. more than a few still going strong after 8+ years.
are you sure the battery IS on its way out.. optimates tell fibs.
colder mornings for me mean the occasional ABS start up fault... this always fixes itself by the first junction I come to. other than that if your clock is regularly resetting.. that can be a symptom too. personally i dont use the optimate except maybe once or twice a year if the bikes been stood for more than a week or three.
are you sure the battery IS on its way out.. optimates tell fibs.
colder mornings for me mean the occasional ABS start up fault... this always fixes itself by the first junction I come to. other than that if your clock is regularly resetting.. that can be a symptom too. personally i dont use the optimate except maybe once or twice a year if the bikes been stood for more than a week or three.
Steady Eddie
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Andy is a mate of mine , and he knows his stuff , this is what he did for his 1150 RT
http://bmwsporttouring.com/ubbthrea...failure+Boffin&topic=0&Search=true#Post160005
Steve
http://bmwsporttouring.com/ubbthrea...failure+Boffin&topic=0&Search=true#Post160005
Steve
MrTScot
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Thanks for the replies folks. The battery is only a couple of years old, fitted just before I got the bike. The optimate has only started showing red since I fitted a set of Oxford heated grips to the bike. The bike starts perfectly (I'm well used to the ABS lights flashing but a quick turn on/off after half a mile and thats sorted).
I just dont want to end up stranded somewhere but the bike is starting perfectly and never missed a beat....yet.
Will wait and see over the next few months I think.
I just dont want to end up stranded somewhere but the bike is starting perfectly and never missed a beat....yet.
Will wait and see over the next few months I think.
That's amazing. It's not just a "how to" but an education - I feel like i've been around the world, learning of different countries resources and monetary systems and financial conversion rates and sourcing bits and bobs , and i've learnt the ancient art of bending small sections of brass plate.
And to cap it all and round the story off nicely we end with the obligatory polystyrene under the strap to pack it out a bit.
Steady Eddie
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Andy is very resourceful and practical too , with a sound engineering background .
He's also fitted new discs all round on my bike , and a new coil when that gave up the ghost .
He lives 90 miles from me , but still rode over on a bloody cold november saturday morning just to help me with the coil on the bike - my ineptitude with anything remotely practical is legendary , and we've had many laughs along the way .
He also took me all the way to Builth Wells last September when I went to look at buying the bike .
We've ridden many thousands of miles together , including several long single day rides , one up to the Lake district and back . [ I got some grief off my missus for that one , as she phoned me at 4.00 pm to tell me that tea would be at 6.00 pm ....... at the time I was sat on a bench by the side of Lake Windermere eating an ice cream , and therefore I " might be a little late " ]
He's also a very good rider .
Top bloke .
Steve
That's amazing. It's not just a "how to" but an education - I feel like i've been around the world, learning of different countries resources and monetary systems and financial conversion rates and sourcing bits and bobs , and i've learnt the ancient art of bending small sections of brass plate.
And to cap it all and round the story off nicely we end with the obligatory polystyrene under the strap to pack it out a bit.
Andy is very resourceful and practical too , with a sound engineering background .
He's also fitted new discs all round on my bike , and a new coil when that gave up the ghost .
He lives 90 miles from me , but still rode over on a bloody cold november saturday morning just to help me with the coil on the bike - my ineptitude with anything remotely practical is legendary , and we've had many laughs along the way .
He also took me all the way to Builth Wells last September when I went to look at buying the bike .
We've ridden many thousands of miles together , including several long single day rides , one up to the Lake district and back . [ I got some grief off my missus for that one , as she phoned me at 4.00 pm to tell me that tea would be at 6.00 pm ....... at the time I was sat on a bench by the side of Lake Windermere eating an ice cream , and therefore I " might be a little late " ]
He's also a very good rider .
Top bloke .
Steve
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