I'm nearly ready

for the road.   Most of the maintenence I have done to my Nu2Me BMW R1200R I would have done anyway, even if I were not planning a trip.   I believe that if you take care of your valuable possessions, then they will take care of you.  Small items turn into big repair headaches.   Before I purchased my BMW I visited many Beemer specific forums.  I have read about ABS brake failures,  Spline failures and fuel strip failures and most of these can be attributed to Owner neglect.   I had been looking for a BMW for a couple of years and when this one showed up I asked the owner for the maintenance file and he said he would give it to me, but eventually he admitted that he didn't have one.

As part of the purchase transaction he gave me a special BMW battery charger which plugs into the Canbus powerlet.   When I am not riding my bike(s) they are usually plugged into a battery maintainer.  I do this all year round; summer or winter so the first thing I did when I got delivery of my Nu2me BMW was to plug this special charger into my bike and it took several days before I got close to a full charge LED light showing.   Most of the time the LEDs show yellow which is one notch below a healthy battery.   I seldom get a green LED light so I knew that my battery needed to be replaced

I have now had all my maintenance items completed and most of the major items such as the transmission flush, brake fluid flush, spline lube and rear diff flush are now up to spec and I don't have to do it again for 2 years.   The only other consumables I splurged on was a set of Michelin Road2 tires, spark plugs (4) and my new battery arrived on Saturday

According to my manual my bike uses a 12 Amp battery so that is what I ordered but when I removed the
original one from my bike, it was a 14 Amp AGM type.  Well, I guess it's too late now as the cells have already been "charged" so now the cells are full of acid.  If it were dry then I could most likely have exchanged it

The original battery is also physically larger than my 12 Amp Interstate so now there is a problem with the battery strap being too high to hold it in place.    I used a piece of wood to make up the difference in height

I placed the wood below the battery, out of sight

The other wires are for two additional power ports; one for my Nuvi GPS and the other for charging my electronics whilst I am riding.    I have not used the powerlet outlet

I don't have a lot of space under my seat but there are things that I must take with me

I removed all of my valuables when I took my bike to the dealer for the front brake line recall so now I can start my packing process

These are only some of the things hiding under there.  I took apart a cheap air compressor to make it smaller.  I have a screwdriver set, small ratchet, crescent wrench, spark plug coil remover and axel adapater, plus the under seat tools which were originally supplied with the bike

I have a small Torx bit set, metric allen keys and a couple of socket extensions.   I also have tire worms and a few other things I forgot to photograph but they are in the following photo

Between the body panel and the bike frame I have a larger 3/8" drive telescoping ratchet with 3/8" to 1/4" drive adapter

Oh, almost forgot.   I also had  Ride-on installed into my tires (link here) .   Just one more thing to give me peace of mind and a sense of security while riding alone