So after winters standstill in the garage, the bikes had dropped their battery levels beyond ability to start the bikes. Covid and general winter riding reasons...
Both mine and wife’s R9T have had their batteries topped up once every so often using REC battery charger. However, due to the fact that garage hasn’t got a permanent power supply running to it, I couldn’t leave extension lead running from the house up to it for the duration of the winter. Wife’s bike only took about 1 hour to trickle charge it and it started. My 1290 SAS had to be started with a portable booster, but it seem that it used the electronically adjustable rear shock, throwing up a warning of preload adjuster. Meaning the braking that operates it, gone into brain fart mode. Spoke to the dealer, and was advised to replace the battery to start with, then bring bike in, to connect it to a mothership in order to reset the shock parameters. Basically rear shocker got stuck in Rider and Luggage preload. Annoying but hey-ho. It is still more than rideable, and other than a warning message upon a startup and an amber warning triangle on the dash.
Now, I am to rectify power supply issue to the garage this year, before winter, so that both bikes can be tended to by optimate.
I was fortunate enough to be given some 50m of armoured cable from a building site that was coming to a completion. the cable lived outside for just over a year and naturally has got some outer damage on the outside in places. It was supplying a power to a 110v site transformer. A little bit of cosmetic repair and it’ll be just fine.
Question is, which optimate do I buy? I can see loads of different ones on their website, but it is all calligraphy to me.
I know BMW can charge via Din socket, and mine will need either a Din socket installing or running plug tail connected directly to the battery terminals. I would rather have a duo charger instead of independent for each bike, but happy to listen to what experts got to say before I purchase a wrong thing entirely.
Many thanks
EV
Both mine and wife’s R9T have had their batteries topped up once every so often using REC battery charger. However, due to the fact that garage hasn’t got a permanent power supply running to it, I couldn’t leave extension lead running from the house up to it for the duration of the winter. Wife’s bike only took about 1 hour to trickle charge it and it started. My 1290 SAS had to be started with a portable booster, but it seem that it used the electronically adjustable rear shock, throwing up a warning of preload adjuster. Meaning the braking that operates it, gone into brain fart mode. Spoke to the dealer, and was advised to replace the battery to start with, then bring bike in, to connect it to a mothership in order to reset the shock parameters. Basically rear shocker got stuck in Rider and Luggage preload. Annoying but hey-ho. It is still more than rideable, and other than a warning message upon a startup and an amber warning triangle on the dash.
Now, I am to rectify power supply issue to the garage this year, before winter, so that both bikes can be tended to by optimate.
I was fortunate enough to be given some 50m of armoured cable from a building site that was coming to a completion. the cable lived outside for just over a year and naturally has got some outer damage on the outside in places. It was supplying a power to a 110v site transformer. A little bit of cosmetic repair and it’ll be just fine.
Question is, which optimate do I buy? I can see loads of different ones on their website, but it is all calligraphy to me.
I know BMW can charge via Din socket, and mine will need either a Din socket installing or running plug tail connected directly to the battery terminals. I would rather have a duo charger instead of independent for each bike, but happy to listen to what experts got to say before I purchase a wrong thing entirely.
Many thanks
EV
but hey, I discovered those only recently.
