New one here too, also with an unexpected gift

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Dollygray
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New one here too, also with an unexpected gift

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Picked up my 2010 RT from Edinburgh last weekend and found this in the pannier when I started looking around. Not even sure if it is part of the bike, any clues gratefully received, and before I get a raft of answers it's the item on the left, not the phone on the right.
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Re: New one here too, also with an unexpected gift

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Gonna guess battery hold down strap
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Many thanks, spent ages looking through the parts list but must have got bored by the time I got to the battery!
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Just had a look at Real OEM and can't see anything quite that shape to do with the battery compartment..  Doesn't mean its not though.  Maybe its a free gift from Berlin.
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T6pilot wrote:Gonna guess battery hold down strap.
Looks like a good guess, see item No. 13, http://www.realoem.com/bmw/enUS/showpar ... Id=61_2311
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Your right. Missed the 2010 bit.
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Quite pleased with myself, I guessed it just from the photo.
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So, that begs the question....what's the battery held down with, or was that just a rogue 'spare' in the pannier courtesy of BMW Edinburgh?? ;) :)
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It probably means some other unsusspecting owner has a battery floating around waiting for the cables to break.
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Good possibility a replacement battery of a different size has been installed, by all means if it fits current battery reinstall ASAP
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Re: New one here too, also with an unexpected gift

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No it was the battery hold down strap which has now been refitted :-) Bike had been sitting at a dealers (non BMW) for a while so I imagine they would have had the battery in for a charge and forgot to refit i before I picked it up.
Thanks for all the help..
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