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Tue Jun 12, 2018 3:29 pm
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Richard, I've had a rash of battery replacements in the last 6 months or so. I know my RS sat on the dealer floor for at least a year before I bought it and I got a low battery indication a month after that. Over the winter, into this spring, I started getting the red kiss of death as well. I replaced the battery once again and now all seems fine. I've removed the fob from my workbench in the garage to see if it will last longer. I'm wondering if it pings the ignition being in relative proximity? Stick.
2016 Granite Gray R1200RS
Haymarket, Va. USA |
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Zitat von Stick Rockwell im Beitrag #17 I never thought about that, but I guess it is possible. When I am not riding my RS, I keep my fob about 15 feet, as the crow flies, away from my bike. I just hope that the battery in the wheel air pressure sensors last a lot longer than the one in the fob.
Current motorcycle collection: 2002 Yamaha FZ1; 2005 Triumph Bonneville T-100; 2011 Royal Enfield Bullet 500; 2009 BMW F650GS; 2016 BMW R1200RS; 2011 Zero S 16.6 kWh
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Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #4 Careful - there are batteries and batteries........do not go cheap Chinese. I would recommend the Renata (Swiss) Battery. Lasts a lot longer. |
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Zitat von Bikepirate im Beitrag #19Zitat von Richard230 im Beitrag #4 it's such a simple process to change the battery and the Chinese Panasonic branded (which is exactly what BMW fit) are ubiquitous in the poundshops of the UK that anything else is overkill. You get a strip of 3 or 4 for a quid so I have 1 in the topbox and another under the seat. The original is still going strong. I bought the bike 22 months ago and it was built late 2015 so cheap batteries can last a long time. |
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I have an extra fob key, a cut key which will fit the luggage, the plastic key, and a strip of key fob batteries under the seat. How's that for paranoia? And yes, changing the key battery without a tool is a B%4#@ch. |
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