accessories » new R1200RS need some advice

There is an accessory socket under your right thigh - uses a DIN/Hella style plug. This is connected to the canbus system so switched off with the ignition. Also, current limited to 5amps. I use this in winter for heated clothing - my waistcoat and insoles only draw 2.5 amps.

Under the rider seat there are 2 real fuses in a small capsule that looks a bit like a 35mm film canister. I have fitted a piggy back fuse to one of these fuses - the one that is only live when the ignition is live. You can't get this back into the capsule but I have wrapped it in self amalgamating tape - the stuff used on outdoor TV cables from satellite dishes etc.

I have then run the wires along the left side of the bike under the tank panel to a standard 12V socket. This is on the end of a flying lead which I can then insert inside my tank bag to charge a phone or leave it outside to plug in the power supply for my Garmin Zumo 390. I also have an adapter that I can plug in to give 5V USB for a phone & a 12V socket, but rarely needed as my Moto G5 has an extraordinary battery life.

This is a simple job - the biggest faff is getting the tank panel loose - as ever, BMW don't like to make things easy and it would be easy to snap off a lug if you do not get all of the fasteners out or work out how to push before pulling...