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What did you do to your BMW GS/GSA Today?

I was going to order from "amazon or Revzilla" but, mrs. callisto reminded me that the weather is going to turn crappy in a couple days right when the shipment would show up.

The local Cycle Gear store didn't have any in stock but, the Batteries + Bulbs store had a Duracell (I didn't realize Duracell made motorcycle batteries).

It's a bit of a rats nest under the seat but, I was able to get the old one out and the new one installed in short order.

Afterwards, I went for a nice 100+ mile ride just to test it out!

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FLrider said:
I went with Antigravity lithium after 3 batteries in 4 years.. So far a year in it has been great but it is $$$ YMMV
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I bought my antigravity in '19 as well when I still lived in Florida. The prevailing consensus is that they don't work well in cold weather and I had some reservations when I retired to Vermont in '20 but so far so good. I don't ride in subfreezing temps though.

Also the lithium ion batteries require a special charger.
 
^ Yes they do, and also if you go to the dealer, let them know you have a lithium battery in the bike as they should have the proper charger , at least my dealer does.
I had an Energizer battery last 7 years in my truck. It was the best battery I ever had in anything I owned. I almost don't want to bring up boat batteries as that is a different ball game. Every 2 years a new starting battery as the loads them are high, think bait well, bilge, nav lights, electronics and starting...
 
Callisto224 said:
I was going to order from "amazon or Revzilla" but, mrs. callisto reminded me that the weather is going to turn crappy in a couple days right when the shipment would show up.

The local Cycle Gear store didn't have any in stock but, the Batteries + Bulbs store had a Duracell (I didn't realize Duracell made motorcycle batteries).

It's a bit of a rats nest under the seat but, I was able to get the old one out and the new one installed in short order.

Afterwards, I went for a nice 100+ mile ride just to test it out!

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I bought one of those six years ago, and the charger by the same name from Batteries + Bulbs, in a pinch. Still going strong in my ‘07 GSA. Which is FOUR years longer than ANY other battery I have ever used. That will have probably ‘jinxed me’. Also put one in the 7K generator, that sits unused 99.99% of the time. I just plug the charger into one or the other periodically.
 
Been busy changing the coolant in mine and my brother unit's GSA's... Actually quite easy to do just a mess on the floor 😬
With 5 years and 62K miles, it was time to flush the "lifetime" coolant out of the bike. Bro's bike has 45K or so but time is ticking along....
 
Gwiz said:
Ah, spindle bearing failure season!
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Nahh, cams, followers, and stator.

All found on good intentions of doing some maintenance over the Winter. The spindle bearing is found when you button up after the stator repair.
 
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Ultane said:
I bought one of those six years ago, and the charger by the same name from Batteries + Bulbs, in a pinch. Still going strong in my ‘07 GSA. Which is FOUR years longer than ANY other battery I have ever used. That will have probably ‘jinxed me’. Also put one in the 7K generator, that sits unused 99.99% of the time. I just plug the charger into one or the other periodically.
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Yeeup. I jinxed myself. Went out and tried to start Gretchen. She rolled over once then stopped. Took it in for a load test, and it didn’t fair so well. So I bought another Duracell AGM from the same store. I definately got my money’s worth out of it.
 
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