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Dropped BMW, is battery fried?

I have dropped my r850r, 2000 model on the doorstep after a 1100km trip with no problems?????|||||******
The battery did not have the strap on and the pos terminal has touched the tank underneath, there is a black mark there, the battery now has absolutely zero power, gone to borrow a battery charger, ( my two ex-wives have the last two), has anyone else had this......damn, always something...!
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Have you checked the battery ??

Maybe you just blew the main fuse if you shorted the terminals if the bike has no power..

A battery doesn't discharge if you short it or knock it (unless you actually broke a terminal etc.
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Hello Ted,
I have removed the battery from the bike, the fuses are all ok, the battery will not even light up a 12v tester, it is completely discharged....no charger till tomorrow sometime, just wondered if anyone else has had this and gotten away with recharging, it is a gel battery, by the way....
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Hmm. Looks like you have done mechanical damage it to it. Maybe broken an internal contact. Do check it with a volt metre before binning it though.

As they are non maintenance, the only thing to do is replace it !!!

If it shows 0V then a contact is fried..

I just can't see a battery going completely flat by sparking it on the frame. They just don't work like that.
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The battery is fried.....make sure yours has the strap on, better still if the terminals are covered with plastic or rubber protectors.....
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