KeithQ
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It was miraculous, amazing and altogether fantastical that I figured out how to mount and route my new Garmin GPS to the battery without removing more than the single large side panel. I know, many of you wizardous adventurers have likely already sorted this one out, but I was happy to have completed the job over the Christmas holidays.
Already had one of the phone mounts installed so there was already a ball ready for the Garmin mounting gear they include with the kit. Sort of surprised they have just replicated most of all the RAM designed mounting hardware but hey, it was included! My thing was, I didn't want to have to remove all the plastic around the steering column. Sitting next to the bike in the garage, I was at eye level with the handlebars and turned them all the way to the left (I was on the right side) and saw more of a gap than I had noticed before, just under the cowl, leaving just enough room I thought to push the cable through. Sorry I didn't take pix. Glad to note that BMW made getting to the battery relatively straight forward, unlike many other Hondas and Yamahas I have owned. Four T25 screws and it pops right off.
Loosened the holding strap and scooched the battery outward some. After I had snaked the cable over using a bent wire coat hanger, I crimped on round contacts to the red/black wires, clipping enough out of the way to make the resemble U shaped prongs. By just unscrewing the terminal screws a little, I was able to slide the respective leads on the post and tighten it all back down. Kept me from having to reset everyth8ing by losing power.
In any case, works great now, except it *is* unswitched so one has to remember to turn it on and off manually or suffer the consequences, and believe me, I have done that too!
Lastly, can someone advise clockwise or anti-clockwise to loosen the T50 end fastener on the handlebars? Can not find any indication of what direction to turn anywhere in any manual. I did locate a video of a guy changing out his end weights but the guy sped up the part of the video where he was wrenching them off and it was pretty impossible to tell, though I *think* it was clockwise. Just want to make sure before I break my Torq wrench!
Already had one of the phone mounts installed so there was already a ball ready for the Garmin mounting gear they include with the kit. Sort of surprised they have just replicated most of all the RAM designed mounting hardware but hey, it was included! My thing was, I didn't want to have to remove all the plastic around the steering column. Sitting next to the bike in the garage, I was at eye level with the handlebars and turned them all the way to the left (I was on the right side) and saw more of a gap than I had noticed before, just under the cowl, leaving just enough room I thought to push the cable through. Sorry I didn't take pix. Glad to note that BMW made getting to the battery relatively straight forward, unlike many other Hondas and Yamahas I have owned. Four T25 screws and it pops right off.
Loosened the holding strap and scooched the battery outward some. After I had snaked the cable over using a bent wire coat hanger, I crimped on round contacts to the red/black wires, clipping enough out of the way to make the resemble U shaped prongs. By just unscrewing the terminal screws a little, I was able to slide the respective leads on the post and tighten it all back down. Kept me from having to reset everyth8ing by losing power.
In any case, works great now, except it *is* unswitched so one has to remember to turn it on and off manually or suffer the consequences, and believe me, I have done that too!
Lastly, can someone advise clockwise or anti-clockwise to loosen the T50 end fastener on the handlebars? Can not find any indication of what direction to turn anywhere in any manual. I did locate a video of a guy changing out his end weights but the guy sped up the part of the video where he was wrenching them off and it was pretty impossible to tell, though I *think* it was clockwise. Just want to make sure before I break my Torq wrench!
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