Noob question of the day: How to take battery out

[jhpr6]

I am planning on taking out the battery on my 07 r6s once my battery tender comes in the mail. For now I have done the following:

1) Took seat off
2) Took rubber strap off
3) can take both positive and negative screw off.


Is this all that needs to be done? Because it doesn't look like the battery has room to come out after that??

Thanks in advance!

[Ryan5544]

Can't remember for sure, but I think you need to take the four screws out of that metal arch dealy over top of the battery.

If you don't, it sure makes it a lot easier.

[hector113]

Originally Posted by jhpr6

I am planning on taking out the battery on my 07 r6s once my battery tender comes in the mail. For now I have done the following:

1) Took seat off
2) Took rubber strap off
3) can take both positive and negative screw off.


Is this all that needs to be done? Because it doesn't look like the battery has room to come out after that??

Thanks in advance!

Take off the positive and negative cables. The battery is a tight fit so it will be hard to pull out. Where the battery posts are start to pull up on the battery and then you can pull it out.

[babymilo36]

Originally Posted by Ryan5544

Can't remember for sure, but I think you need to take the four screws out of that metal arch dealy over top of the battery.

If you don't, it sure makes it a lot easier.

Yep, Ryan is right. You can loosen those four screws that attaches to the gas tank assembly or whatever, flip it up, and the battery will come out easily.

[HIS OWN 6]

Since this is a noob question, I just want to make sure and add in that you should always remove the cable to the negative terminal first, and install it last.

[mac7504]

Interesting, why?

[Ryan5544]

Originally Posted by mac7504

Interesting, why?

No chance of shorting the anything out.

[HIS OWN 6]

Yup. With the negative connected, the entire chassis is in the loop and attaching the positive closes the loop. You will see sparks that way as it makes contact and if you are tightening the positive terminal and accidentally touch the frame at the same time you get a nice fat short circuit path. With the negative terminal disconnected the entire chassis is isolated, so it doesn't matter if the positive is shorted to it.

[mac7504]

Originally Posted by Ryan5544

No chance of shorting the anything out.

I was mostly playing along...

Originally Posted by HIS OWN 6

Yup. With the negative connected, the entire chassis is in the loop and attaching the positive closes the loop. You will see sparks that way as it makes contact and if you are tightening the positive terminal and accidentally touch the frame at the same time you get a nice fat short circuit path. With the negative terminal disconnected the entire chassis is isolated, so it doesn't matter if the positive is shorted to it.

Good thing I've always personally felt black should go last...:look:

I keed!!! For all the sensitive types.

[StockBiker]

Dynamite.