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Offline dziadzu42

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Size of battery tray
« 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???
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Re: Size of battery tray
« Reply #1 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
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Re: Size of battery tray
« Reply #2 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.

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Re: Size of battery tray
« Reply #3 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.
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