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I have a 2002 R1150R. My battery died yesterday at work and as you all know, it is extremely difficult getting the jumper cable hooked up to the battery unless you remove the tank.

I know that the later RR's came with remote jumper posts. What do they look like and can they be fitted to my 2002? Are there also aftermarket ones available?

I have to buy a battery now also. Which one is the best?

Thank you in advance.

Yes, you can retro fit your bike with the jumping post. It is an easy fix. I did it to my '02 without a problem. If you do a search, you can get the part numbers, I don't have the list anymore, I don't think. I'll double check, and if I do, I'll post them. It costs somewhere around $50 for all of the parts. The hardest thing to do is making the hole in the alternator cover for the post to stick out thru, otherwise it is as simple as replacing a bolt.

Whoops!! I said alternator cover, meant to say starter cover!!!! Very different, I should think!

As an interim step, I believe that you can do a jump by connecting the + cable to the + terminal on the starter (or so I think I have heard). You have to remove the plastic cover over the starter, but that is a heck of a lot easier than trying to access the battery.

Just take the cover off and put the positive jumper cable here:

And put the negative cable on the exhaust clamp in front of the engine. I went to my dealer to get the parts for the mod and the parts guy talked me out of it.

Dauntless wrote:Just take the cover off and put the positive jumper cable here

And put the negative cable on the exhaust clamp in front of the engine. I went to my dealer to get the parts for the mod and the parts guy talked me out of it.

That's the way I jumped mine the one time it didn't want to start. Worked a treat.

Thanks guys!

Great advices as always!

Now what torture do we subject the Bavarian engineer who came up with this crazy battery placement?

Go get the parts - they're cheap! I did mine and have a few pics to show:

With the starter cover installed, positive lug sticking through with rubber boot removed:



Start cover removed, notice the metal bracket that come off of the upper solenoid terminal - that's where the lug screws in. It's one of the parts the dealer will give you.

R4R&R wrote:Go get the parts - they're cheap!

Is it a kit that is available at the dealer or do I need individual parts?

When I went in to my dealer and asked about it they said that they recently stocked the parts to install the positive lug - the most important. I think the parts consisted of the rubber boot, lug, and "L" bracket that mounts on the solenoid terminal. There wasn't a 'kit' part number but they knew all the parts needed.

I should have the receipt - I'll look through my folder this weekend and see if I can find the exact part numbers.

Thanks for all the answers; right now I have the cables that come with the battery-tender connected to the battery, can I use those to jump it? also, what do you guys think of the Panasonic LC-S1220P battery as a replacement to the expensive and crappy BMW Batt (didn't mean to rant). Thanks all.

I recently was told by someone with much knowledge that the battery tender junior terminals are not heavy enough for such endeavors. I think if you tried to jump start using that cable/wire - it would melt in short order.

Thanks again for this valuable info. I'll not be using the tender cables. On mOnday I'm going to the BMW dealer to buy the parts for the post in order to jump my rockster. thanks a lot.

Hi
I experienced the same problem with a dead battery. I also installed a jump start pole but at the same time I decided to also install an accessories plug as you have access to all the necessary wires under the cover of the starter motor. Just remember to install an inline fuse for the accessories plug as that saves you the time and trouble of having to splice into your harness.

Regards

Johan

Just installed the jumper-post to my Rockster and it works like a charm. Took the starter cover off (one screw) copper-nut off, remove the wire off, remove the cooper something and install the barcket with the nut at the end, replace the wire, washer and nut and, that was it. Now to the hardest part, to make the hole for the post on the starter cover and install the rubber boot. Thanks every one who posted all these ideas. Many thanks.

Flyboyaviator, when I installed the jumper post on my Rockster, I put the bike on the center stand, removed the cover, installed the "L" bracket on the proper post, then measured up from the floor to the center of the bracket. Backed off a few feet, stacked up a few bricks to app the same height,, then lined up one of those laser pointers on the top brick, reinstalled the cover. Now where the red dot is you make a mark with a Sharpie, or eqivalent, take the cover back off, drill a hole just big enough for the metal part of the "L" bracket to fit thru, then reinstall. When you put the rubber cover over the positive post, it will cover the opening if the hole you drilled is a little big. Took me 30 minutes or less, looks factory, and works great.

In case I forgot, when you stack spacers and line up the laser pointer, you want it to point at the center of the "L" bracket post. I imagine you would figure that out, but thought I ought to add this to my previous instructions.

Thanks rockstercliff; I did it just as you describe it, it's all done now. Many thanks.

If you don't have a LASER pointer or a clue of where to start, here's how I did it using a tried-n-true tradesman trick. Take a 6x1.00mm threaded bolt , cut off a 3/4" long threaded section. Mine looks shorter in the pic below and it was almost too short. Then chuck it in an electric drill, pull the trigger and use a running bench grinder wheel to create a sharpened point. Thread that into the installed and tightened (!HOT!?) terminal. Install the cover where it belongs and press it hard into the pointed bolt. Some adjustment of the pointed bolt will be necessary before that so it touches the plastic when the cover is installed. Be patient with that perfect alignment portion and it comes out perfect.

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I want purchase a Panasonic LC-X1220P to replace the xpensive and useless BMW gel battery to be installed in my 2004 Rockster, any thoughts on this; looks to me that in some quarters this is the way to go.

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