The New And Improved Unofficial R65 Forum V2

Technical Discussion => BMW Technical Q&A, Primarily R65 => Topic started by: dziadzu42 on March 07, 2015, 08:39:15 AM

Title: Size of battery tray
Post by: dziadzu42 on March 07, 2015, 08:39:15 AM

Does the standard  R65 battery tray measure about 6 x 3.5 inches.  Bought a R65 and it has no tray!!!  Why would one remove it???

Title: Re: Size of battery tray
Post by: nhmaf on March 07, 2015, 09:46:35 AM

Some folks are going with the small lithium batteries that can be hidden in small places.    They battery tray is smaller than on the R80/R100 models of the same time period - unless the R65 you bought is a monolever frame bike - in which they are the all the same frame (after 1985) and battery tray

Title: Re: Size of battery tray
Post by: Barry on March 08, 2015, 04:28:46 AM

The standard small battery tray has internal dimensions:  6.7" High      7.3" wide 3.2" deep.

Title: Re: Size of battery tray
Post by: montmil on March 08, 2015, 11:11:33 AM

Check eBay as they are frequently offered. Not a lot of demand so prices are usually low. Be sure that it's an R65 tray as some vendors will post as "fits all Airheads" and that ain't necessarily true.