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copacetic said:
I am based in Cape Town, and I would very much appreciate some help, as I'm a bit at sea to be honest.
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Seriously...before you take the bike to a mechanic, go and have the battery tested. Your problem sounds exactly like what happened with my S10.
I know it is a bit of expense, but if you don't know how old the battery is in the bike, it is always a good idea to just replace with something decent. Find out what battery the bike uses then do a bit of research on a gel replacement with the best CCA (cold crank amp) rating at the the right price
Do the job yourself. At the same time, it is probably a good idea to clean up the cable terminals and you will learn something about your bike by getting to where the battery is
 
McSack said:
Seriously...before you take the bike to a mechanic, go and have the battery tested. Your problem sounds exactly like what happened with my S10.
I know it is a bit of expense, but if you don't know how old the battery is in the bike, it is always a good idea to just replace with something decent. Find out what battery the bike uses then do a bit of research on a gel replacement with the best CCA (cold crank amp) rating at the the right price
Do the job yourself. At the same time, it is probably a good idea to clean up the cable terminals and you will learn something about your bike by getting to where the battery is
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Happy to do this - The mechanic visit I mention, is pretty much just a chat at this point, as he worked on the bike with the previous owner and I'd like a bit of history. Not getting work done quite yet. Just gathering as much info as I can, so I end up making the most sensible choice.
 
copacetic said:
I have now without a doubt killed the battery - Just tried now, and after a couple tries it is dead. Will get the AA to assist this afternoon, so I can at least go for a drive, charge the battery and get the bike home to fiddle with over the weekend.

That said, I think the general problem is more than a battery issue (unless the mechanic who was dealing with the bike most recently is incompetent, and having spoken to him, I did not get that impression at all), and I will get a better history after chatting to him on Monday.
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If it were a dead short or something drawing a massive amount of current the bike would not even crank, and if it did the battery would be out of charge really quickly.
 
If you're in Cape Town, take it to Chris at flying brick, or the guys at tracmac, both are in Paarden Eiland, a bblock apart from each other, let them do a check on the batt there and then, and you can see where it is etc. If you've bought the bike with the intention of keeping it for a while, then I'd invest in a replacement battery as mentioned earlier. The BM's do require slightly higher Amp batteries, but let them have a look and get it replaced bud. That'll eliminate many of your issues straight away, and it's something you won't need to worry about for a while once done.
 
Just scrolled back to see it's a K122RS you bought, nice bike. it uses an 18aH battery, approx 650 to 700 bucks.. But see what Chris has, the Powerbatts are more expensive, but smaller and lighter.. Im convinced the new battery will help solve the issues..
 
Seems like fate.

"The K1200RS is the last evolution of the BMW four-cylinder longitudinal engine, often referred to as the flying brick "

I'll do so, thanks!
 
copacetic said:
I have now without a doubt killed the battery - Just tried now, and after a couple tries it is dead. Will get the AA to assist this afternoon, so I can at least go for a drive, charge the battery and get the bike home to fiddle with over the weekend.

That said, I think the general problem is more than a battery issue (unless the mechanic who was dealing with the bike most recently is incompetent, and having spoken to him, I did not get that impression at all), and I will get a better history after chatting to him on Monday.
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Maybe time to learn to push start, but then the weight has bothered you so far so probably not ideal for you.

That being said I'm starting to think that the fact that the heated grips aren't working could possibly relate to the battery dying (if indeed that is the problem).

To me it sounds more like it's just not getting fuel/air mix but I'm no mechanic. It's cranking happily enough to tell me the battery is happy.

Of course you could simply jumper it from the CBR. If it starts instantly then you know it's the battery.
 
I've definitely killed the battery now, as after two days of trying to start it, it's definitely flat. I'd jump it from the CBR happily if I had cables on hand here at work, but I pay the AA in any event, so let them help me out.

I've managed to push start my CBR in the past, translating that to a bike this size makes me perspire just thinking about it.
 
copacetic said:
I've definitely killed the battery now, as after two days of trying to start it, it's definitely flat. I'd jump it from the CBR happily if I had cables on hand here at work, but I pay the AA in any event, so let them help me out.

I've managed to push start my CBR in the past, translating that to a bike this size makes me perspire just thinking about it.
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Well look at what the AA does.

If all they do is attach their mobile starter to the battery terminals and it fires first time...then it's most definitely your battery.
 
Well, ****.

AA man tested the battery (fine, aside from being a bit flat), charged the battery, took half an hour to get the thing started, revved the engine and the bike exploded.

 
copacetic said:
Well, ****.

AA man tested the battery (fine, aside from being a bit flat), charged the battery, took half an hour to get the thing started, revved the engine and the bike exploded.

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That looks like radiator fluid that boiled over, but it’s a pretty bad video.

That would be why it’s steaming and appears like an explosion.
 
SauRoNZA said:
That looks like radiator fluid that boiled over, but it’s a pretty bad video.

That would be why it’s steaming and appears like an explosion.
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I say exploded very much tongue in cheek. :laugh: I'm going to get it looked at by an expert, and decide what to do. That may well turn out to be a sword duel at dawn with the seller at this rate...
 
kombi-man said:
It blows my mind how a limited number of other road users in their cars perceive motorcyclists as lower, or inferior, or poor, whatever the adjective may be, to them. Most of the time my daily commute is relatively smooth-going, but, on the odd occasion when it's particularly thick, how drivers will purposely close a gap that you're about to come through, or, for that matter, passing vehicles along the line, and some of them steer further across onto the lines, forcing you stop and wait until there's a big enough gap to go around them.. I no longer make a fuss about this attitude, as it's just not worth my time or the C-cells, but, the fact that people perceive you to be "pushing in" on a motor cycle, or, they feel as they have to sit in that queue of cars, so must you.

I've been commuting to work and back for the past 11 years now, and I must say, it's a VERY small percentage of drivers who do this, but, they exist. Be careful out there.
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Where do you live? I've found the acceptance of sharing the road with motorcyclists is much better in Cape Town. even from taxi drivers LOL
McSack said:
Just accept that it is a privilege to be able to lane-split not a right and your problem goes away
Don't know where you okes are riding but in my experience the above-mentioned is a really-really-really small % of drivers. Think it might have happened to me like twice in 30 years of riding
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That is some good advise, an older rider told me about a year ago it's best not to lose your ****, and give everyone a bad name.

Talking about giving a bad name though, those ****ing delivery cowboys....
 
Tpex, there's a knob in Parklands, tableview, who drives a Bantam Bakkie, and has a serious anti-bike attitude. Coming towards me, while I'm filtering past standing traffic early in the morning, and I'm ON the lines, not over them or in his lane, this chop purposely moves over towards the center line and forces you into a gap in the traffic. He's done this to me twice, and I've seen him do it to a delivery guy on a bike.

I do agree the taxi's are very accomodating when we come past, well, 90% of them.. still a handful that are just blind.
 
copacetic said:
Well, ****.

AA man tested the battery (fine, aside from being a bit flat), charged the battery, took half an hour to get the thing started, revved the engine and the bike exploded.

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I almost want to gander a guess that you maybe bumped a cooling hose loose. Or the ride from the previous owner did something like that. Seeing as it was fine.
 
kombi-man said:
Tpex, there's a knob in Parklands, tableview, who drives a Bantam Bakkie, and has a serious anti-bike attitude. Coming towards me, while I'm filtering past standing traffic early in the morning, and I'm ON the lines, not over them or in his lane, this chop purposely moves over towards the center line and forces you into a gap in the traffic. He's done this to me twice, and I've seen him do it to a delivery guy on a bike.

I do agree the taxi's are very accomodating when we come past, well, 90% of them.. still a handful that are just blind.
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FML that is infuriating, sound slike the correct time to bring this guy out :mad:
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