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    Wunderlich Windshield for C400GT

    Just for more completeness, as I noted (and pictured) in post 3 here I bought, and like, the Wunderlich windscreen with vent. Unlike @mzflorida, I don't have any issues with the vent, and largely keep it completely closed (and in my case, it does hold that closed position okay); it rarely gets...
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    TFT brace for C400GT

    Looks nice, and functional. A few questions for you: 1) That page (https://www.cymarcbikeparts.co.uk/bmw-c400x-tft-screen-security-brace-1608-p.asp) mentions "C400" and shows a picture of it mounted on a C400X. Am I correct that this will also fit a C 400 GT? 2) It looks like the security...
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    Has anyone put one of these one button parking brakes on their bike?

    D'oh! I meant ABS plastic, i.e., that they wouldn't be adjustable, work for different-sized grips, like the Wunderlich ratcheting parking brake gizmo.
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    Has anyone put one of these one button parking brakes on their bike?

    Probably it would, but these are a little more secure, i.e., less chance of their coming apart (which might happen with a hastily wrapped velcro strip). Also, the plastic ones -- either that fixed-size one from Walmart, or the sort of ratcheting-step one from Wunderlich -- seem easier (to me...
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    New owner questions.

    I'm confused, too: c. 112 mph out of the C 400, stock or modified, seems a bit much to me. This appears to be the same guy, or shop, or something, that is involved in adding internal (I think) TPMS sensors to the C 400, and then showing that info on the TFT...
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    Has anyone put one of these one button parking brakes on their bike?

    Being ABS, I'm not sure how it would handle different-sized grips, such as the foam Grip Puppies I have over my grips. By contrast, the very slightly more complicated BrakeFix -- https://www.wunderlichamerica.com/BMW-Motorcycle-BrakeFix -- that I have has no problem dealing with my situation...
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    Has anyone put one of these one button parking brakes on their bike?

    Have a pic of it or a link to the product, by any chance?
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    New owner questions.

    1) Welcome. 2) Looks different from the one in the USA, too (and I notice that you're in the UK). One of my minor complaints with the display here is that RPMs are available only on the Urban screen, but that screen doesn't display anything else except the speed. I think the version over here...
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    Navigation and Phone Hook Ups

    I'm kind of weak on this subject, so I'll just get the ball rolling, and hope that more knowledgeable folks chime in. You use the (free) BMW Motorrad Connected app; see https://www.bmwmotorcycles.com/en/engineering/detail/navigation-communication/connectivity.html#/section-navigation and...
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    New to BMW

    Welcome, from a two-time C 400 GT and a two-time Burgman Exec owner. I'm in the Albany, NY, area -- you? If you haven't already, you might find some useful info in these recent threads that discuss some of the aspects of the C 400 GT...
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    Adding a Luggage Box to my C400 GT

    No, you don't. I did -- the OEM rack and topcase -- because my wife, riding pillion during two five-day Edelweiss tours we took in 2022 on a C 400 X, liked the ergonomics so much that she suggested that I buy one (of course, the C 400 GT here in the USA). I'm talking about the seat width and...
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    Has anyone put one of these one button parking brakes on their bike?

    Well, it's only $6, so maybe you should just give it a shot -- what the heck? But if you get it, be prepared for some potential modification of the hole, watch out that you don't have to make the lever-holding bolt so tight that the lever can't move, and so forth. And I guess that you park more...
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    Wunderlich Windshield for C400GT

    Thanks for the update -- very useful report. I see from earlier in this thread that you're 5'10", while I'm 5'9" (with a 29" - 30" inseam). I've done testing with my left hand while at speed, to check out the airflow pattern over the Wunderlich. In my case, it's okay -- over my head -- but your...
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    Has anyone put one of these one button parking brakes on their bike?

    I tried to add something like that, when I first got my C 400 GT about two years ago. It couldn't fit alongside the lever properly, even after I enlarged the opening with some big drill bits, to try to remedy the situation. And even then, to only sort of, kind of, make it work, I would have had...
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    Wunderlich Windshield for C400GT

    @400GT Flyer & @mzflorida : Useful info from both of you, when, hopefully, both existing and prospective owners do some research on the forum on this topic. And I agree with both of you: very personal situations, just like seats. It depends on the torso, neck, and head sizes, how far back you...
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