BMW R Nine T - Battery Replacement (How to video) 

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I did it yesterday for my 2019 Scrambler and it was easier than I thought. The only challenge was to pull up the fuel tank high enough, put the wooden piece under it, then extract the battery and swap it. Turned out it wasn't too difficult it took me 30minutes.

You have done a lot of people a BIG favor by making this video! Thanks!

Such an idiotic spot to place the battery, Might as well placed it inside the engine

Always disconnect negative first then positive. Reconnect positive first then negative.. Tip: positive must positively be connected the longest.

Excellent how to video...not particularly easy but definitely something every owner should learn to do! Cheers, Steve

Thanks, so helpful I now know how my Saturday is going to be spent !

Great video, well put together! Straight forward enough. A 30min job for those handy with a spanner.

Finally somebody doing it without removing the tank completely. This way I am also able to access the air filter while im at it!!!! Thanks, great tutorial !

My god! The ingeniers of bmw are amazing

Thanks a lot Michael, I did this morning battery exchange according to your tutos. It was really EASY. ✌️

Done it, thanks for the tutorial and thanks to BMW to make easy thing difficolt 😄

A much needed video. Thanks!

Thank you! Very useful video

Thanks man, that really helped

I had a 2004 R1200C, and BMW has managed to make this even more difficult! Thanks for the video.

I love this bike. But I hate how BMW never thinks about maintenance when designing.

Thanks for a helpful video. One thing strikes me when you try to start the engine up at the end of the clip though. It's a brand new battery but the starter motor still seemed and sounded like it's struggling to crank it up.

Hello, thanks for this video. I am a owner of the 2018 r nine T racer and i think is not very easy to remove the batterie on the r nine T. Change the batterie on my previous Japan bikes was much easlier.

Nice video, very informative.

The ONE part I need. Pulling the battery out. I’ve been trying for the last 15 minutes. It’s freaking tough.

Very usefull, thanks

I'm glad I watched this. I am staying with my GSA. What a terrible design.

MY GOD Reminds me of replacing the air filter on my Aprilia Shiver.

Have u tried using an upgraded Ytx16 BS with dimension of 150x87x161 mm. Not sure if it will fit in.

I have R9T scrambler with dead battery. Had many bikes but this level of retardation in engineering I didn't see before. Germans quickly slide in idiotic solutions like that BMW with refueling cap beside the back portion of the seat or passenger seat. Thanks for video. I kind of expected something like delivering baby labour when I saw the battery position.

I like my old Harley Davidson’s even more.

Thanks for the video. Is it possible to lift the tank from the back and hinge it up towards the front of the bike to access the battery?

Brilliant video - it helped me a lot, thanks a bunch. When I learned how difficult it is to replace the battery, it gave me the creeps. Do you have, by any chance, a list of the tightening torque rates? (I love your accent :-) )

For as long as motorcycles have had batteries, companies have been simply putting them under the seat, readily accessible for service or replacement. BMW decided to bury theirs in the bowels if the motorcycle, requiring you to spend 45 minutes disassembling your bike just to get to it. Why was this necessary when they could have just as easily mounted it right up top behind the air box? Or at least make it so the gas tank can be lifted up with the battery right underneath it. They almost had it, but then they decided to mount a bunch of decorative pieces in the way to prevent you from doing that.

Hi do you have the measures of the battery? I´looking for a battery thats not original and save some money thou the original is very expensive" Or if you have an article number for the battery? Thanks for a good video!

Now there is a SA Accent :). thanks for the post and now i hope my battery last a ;lifetime as that seemed a lot of work ! how am i going to put her on trickle charge !!!

Awesome video and awesome accent, it reminds me of that sci-fi movie with prawns :-) I do have an accent myself so not making fun. Question: you answered the OEM BMW Motorrad super pricey (as expected from BMW) thanks for that Living in New Zealand I have seen these two alternatives as far as the R9T goes, yours seems different what is it? > Yuasa YTX14-BS (200CCA 12.6AH) > Motobatt MBTX12U (200CCA 14.0AH) Also, the BMW manual states the OEM is 14.0AH but some riders have claimed it is actually 12.0AH and only a way for BMW to scare riders to buy the OEM. Not sure what your view is on this. Last but not least, my R9T has been in the garage for a good month without running due to me being away and I hear you should normally connect the battery to a FLOAT CHARGER when the bike is not being used for 2 weeks and more. I am waiting for BMW to send me their retail price on that one but my guess is my eyeballs will bleed out of their orbits. So any advice or recommendation on this so the new battery last a bit longer this time (3 years) Thanks mate, great video.

Makes me cringe all the time when motorcycle companies put the batteries underneath the tank. Although this isn’t as bad as my MV Agusta F3 where the battery is under the tank and much more work where you have to take the rear body and side panels off. Now I have two bikes that I have to do this with. 😡

Hello, ever consider a lithium upgrade? More cold amps and lighter. Many to choose from.

A number for the replacement battery would have been helpful so it can be ordered in advance.Good video.Just pointing that out. ;-)

Did that hard start go away ? Mine does the same thing even though I ride it for a long time go to start and same thing

Any idea what size that last little bolt is that holds on the bracket holding the battery down? Absolutely nothing I have will fit that thing.

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Totally different question, but what kind of luggage rack did mounted on the bike. It looks nice and small.

Sucks big time to have to pull off all of this . So many shit can go wrong . This shouldn’t be . Dealer will take you about 200€ for this .

Remove negative first Connect positive first, then negative

Wish I’d never got this bike. Any basic thing is a mega job access to a battery should be easy enough you shouldn’t have to remove parts of the bodywork and the fuel tank to get to the battery! Typical of BmW trying to get people to go in to them and spend a fortune on something which you should be able to do easily at home

Ugh...disgusting one has to do all this to take out the damn rninet battery!

makes me think of selling mine to a dump. they couldn't invent something more difficult to do

Ridiculous

for fuck sake. why is this so goddamn difficult