Reply To: wiring the K7 to BMW r1250 RT

[treborbmw]

Hi Antonio,

It is safe to remove the terminals, but you must removed the negative terminal first to avoid accidently shorting the positive terminal to the chassis either through yourself or the tools you are using.

The advice in any good manual is to:

To safely disconnect a car (or motorcycle) battery, first, turn off the ignition and remove the key. Then, locate the battery terminals, which are typically marked with + (positive) and – (negative) symbols. Always disconnect the negative terminal first, followed by the positive terminal. This sequence helps prevent electrical shorts. When reconnecting, reverse the process, connecting the positive terminal first, then the negative.

You will find that as you disconnect the negative terminal it may spark slightly, and it’ll do the same when you reconnect it. This due to there being some very low current devices that are live on the bike even when the ignition is off.

I have done this loads of times and not had any problems.

If you are still unsure then I strongly advice taking your bike to a good mechanic or auto electrician and get them to do it.

• This reply was modified 2 weeks ago by  treborbmw.