Oh dear…..not the best start to a tour.
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Check battery connections are tight
There are a couple of threads on this issue....pretty well known
He needs to rev it a bit more 
That's a lot of white, blue, red, bags, boxes and gadgets.
A comedic element to the whole scenario me thinks.
I thought he had a mate as pillion due to the gravelly voice in the intercom , until she took her helmet off and revealed long hair 
Maybe the bike is too embarrassed to start?!
It’s a nightmare. You expect it to start and it doesn’t.
I thought that ofr a bloke from Leeds area, he showed amazing restraint...
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Exactly this happened to me, sat by the A40 for 45 mins and then it was fine. 'They all do that, Sir, it's character'.
Bmw lost their way me thinks.
They flew on the 90/2000s dream of a bike that could go the distance and take a lot stick without failing.
Now it's a lot of bling, gadgets, matching suits and 400kg of pointless crap to get you where a vespa could.
They flew on the 90/2000s dream of a bike that could go the distance and take a lot stick without failing.
Now it's a lot of bling, gadgets, matching suits and 400kg of pointless crap to get you where a vespa could.
Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.
His problems are only just beginning. The common 1250 restarting issue.
New battery required.
His problems are only just beginning. The common 1250 restarting issue.
New battery required.
Why oh why did I trade my hex head for a 1250. Currently sat at my local Sainsburys petrol forecourt with a bike that yet again won’t restart, awaiting BMW assist to message me with a time to attend. I’ve only ridden the bloody thing twelve miles home, I wish I hadn’t stopped to get petrol. Got a euro trip planned next month, I have zero faith in this turd.
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Most of my 1250 starting problems were caused by the Stealth tracker draining the battery over 3 days - dumped the tracker, all good, but then battery failed a year later giving exactly the symptoms this guy experienced - new Yuasa battery from Halfords all good again. A year and a half of the new battery and sometimes there is a 'hiccup' when starting in cold weather.
The 1250 starter does seem to be pretty hard on batteries, even with the automatic valve decompressor.
I always keep the bike on the maintenance charger when not used for a week or so in the Winter.
The 1250 starter does seem to be pretty hard on batteries, even with the automatic valve decompressor.
I always keep the bike on the maintenance charger when not used for a week or so in the Winter.
Do what many of us on here have done and buy a Motobatt hybrid, mine currently holds a charge of 13.4v after two weeks, complete with my BikeTrac connected. After another two weeks it will drop down by a further 0.2v. Whereas my 16ah, supa dupa Yuasa would never sit at more than 12.7 overnight, regardless of temp outside.
Bike is a 2019 1250 GS
Bike is a 2019 1250 GS
I bet the battery has reached the end of it's tether, no longer prepared to start the R,W& B monster with full on twat suits on board. Oh the embarrassment of it all.
Bet he doesn't use a battery tender, and being a 20 plate it would have had the Datatool stealth tracker fitted at the factory, so unless he's binned that POS ( mine went at the end of the free subscription) it's likely that's tipped the battery over the edge. Bin the tracker, fit a new battery and get an Optimate etc and it'll be all good again. All the extra lights, cameras etc draining power on start up wouldn't have helped either.
I did feel sorry for them though, you could hear the disappointment and panic in his voice, even over the revving engine..... Eeee buy gum....
Bet he doesn't use a battery tender, and being a 20 plate it would have had the Datatool stealth tracker fitted at the factory, so unless he's binned that POS ( mine went at the end of the free subscription) it's likely that's tipped the battery over the edge. Bin the tracker, fit a new battery and get an Optimate etc and it'll be all good again. All the extra lights, cameras etc draining power on start up wouldn't have helped either.
I did feel sorry for them though, you could hear the disappointment and panic in his voice, even over the revving engine..... Eeee buy gum....
Which exact battery model is that? - I think I'll get one.
BMW quality .
where did it go ?
where did it go ?
I thought he might have left the side stand down .
What was he waiting for when he attached the booster pack ?
For the electricity to fill the battery .
Very worrying for the bike to behave like this ,feel sorry for him though .
What was he waiting for when he attached the booster pack ?
For the electricity to fill the battery .
Very worrying for the bike to behave like this ,feel sorry for him though .
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