1974 BMW R60 New Battery

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Has anyone used Mottobatt on their BMW R60. Can someone tell me from experience if this is compatible and safe to use.

Obviously its the match battery according to Mottobatt but is it according to BMW? Will it cause issues ? Should I stick with old school batteries ?

[weh8127]

I'm sure it would work just fine but its a little pricey, don't you think? In my R75 (small battery box) I use a sealed AGM 12v 18ah battery that cost about $65 at Batteries Unlimited and it works just fine. Its the same battery that I used to use in my K1100 and it was fine there, too.

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I agree with pricey. They are very durable batteries and worth every penny but I was worried the bike might not like it for technology reasons

[schrader7032]

It's common to use sealed batteries in the early /5/6/7 bikes. However, the charging system specs are not a perfect match to that required for the sealed battery. The bike will charge the battery, but the life may be compromised. I'm sure there are examples where these batteries work fine. I've always had a slosh-lead acid battery in my /7...that is what the bike's system was designed for. The sealed batteries will work fine until they don't...most of the time on my lead acid batteries for the /7 I get some kind of warning that the battery is on the way out. YMMV

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very helpful thank you. Do you happen to have a link to a good batt you use

[schrader7032]

I've always bought my /7 battery from my dealer.

[sblaylock]

I put Motobatt's in most of my customers /6 bikes and haven't had an issue with any of them coming back. The one I use is the MBTX20UHD with ~400cca. It comes with 4 posts so you can have dedicated posts for the bike and another set for all your accessories.. including a trickle charger.

It's black with orange print, but I also use a flat black spay paint on them to cover the orange print so the battery is all flat black. The battery is a bit taller, which means you need to turn the holding bar upside-down to get the nuts back on, but other than that it fits fine.

Scott.

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Did you charge them upon receiving them ? Or just plug and play ?

I put Motobatt's in most of my customers /6 bikes and haven't had an issue with any of them coming back. The one I use is the MBTX20UHD with ~400cca. It comes with 4 posts so you can have dedicated posts for the bike and another set for all your accessories.. including a trickle charger.

It's black with orange print, but I also use a flat black spay paint on them to cover the orange print so the battery is all flat black. The battery is a bit taller, which means you need to turn the holding bar upside-down to get the nuts back on, but other than that it fits fine.

Scott.

[sblaylock]

I check them on arrival and they're usually close to full, but once installed I always put them on a charger to be sure they go out to the customer fully charged.

I have a small shop and work on one or two bikes at a time, so anytime a customer bike is on a lift, I connect a trickle charger to the battery.

Scott.

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Do the Mottobatt as they claim need special trickle charger ? They claim you should purchase theirs.

I have the multi charger that has 4 different options and one of them is the AGM