Great tip! Worked like a charm on my 2018 RT. This one is certainly not intuitive, never would have figured this out alone. Bought my bike used, it has some aftermarket battery connections on it which further complicate removing and replacing the battery. This tip extremely beneficial. Thank you!!
Just received a new YUASA battery for my '14 R1200RT and needed this video for a confidence builder. THANK YOU for the great tips! UPDATE - I changed out a 6 year old OEM with the new battery this morning. I took my time and everything went as planned. I'm going to keep the old battery as a back up since it still shows 12.6 volts. Thanks again!
Do you have a meter that tracks or records Max and Min. If so, clip leads on battery and press the starter switch. It should record the lowest Voltage under load. If you see a significant drop, you may want to discard. I have a R1200GS Adventure with a 3 year OEM battery, if I take off the charger at 13.7 volts and hit the starter, it drops to 7.9 volts. I only get one shot to start the bike.....it has to be replaced.
Thank you so much! I have a new to me 2018 RT and wanted to put it on the trickle charger for winter (in a heated garage). I could not get that dan cover off. I ended up running the leads to the negative and the positive terminal (behind the red cap). But now I know how to get the cover off without breaking it!
Yes it did help! Just bought a new GS1250, tried to verify the type of battery that was installed but coud never replace that weird cover !!! Thank you.
