Electronics » How do you remove the Nav holder?

I understand that its simple screws holding it in, but where does the wire lead? Do I need to just snip the wire and cap it off or something? Or, is there a disconnect for the wire behind the fairing? Can I use that wire as a power source for something else, like a socket?

Don't cut the wire, there's a connector under the right side fairing.
BMW sells a repair cable with a matching connector to power other items.
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Zitat von hyperm3 im Beitrag #1

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I understand that its simple screws holding it in, but where does the wire lead? Do I need to just snip the wire and cap it off or something? Or, is there a disconnect for the wire behind the fairing? Can I use that wire as a power source for something else, like a socket?

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Zitat von fred_jb im Beitrag #3

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Zitat von hyperm3 im Beitrag #1

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I understand that its simple screws holding it in, but where does the wire lead? Do I need to just snip the wire and cap it off or something? Or, is there a disconnect for the wire behind the fairing? Can I use that wire as a power source for something else, like a socket?

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If your bike was built like mine, the other connector, a three pin one that connects to the bike's loom and provides 12V, ground and a data feed to the Nav mount is further down and very difficult to get at, but you need to cut the cable tie holding this socket before you can remove the whole cable. I ended up taking some panels off to get better access, but still couldn't quite get my wire cutters into position to cut the cable tie. What I eventually resorted to was using the tip of my soldering iron to melt through the tie. If you do this make sure you don't damage anything else, in particular the rubber pipe coming off the radiator. I shielded it with a piece of metal before doing this.

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https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php...ighlight=cradle

Good luck.

Useful link above, though the 1250 panels may be slightly different. This video may be a helpful guide to removing the 1250 panels.

https://youtu.be/vHrC1-w42KQ?t=149

You can see the connector with the hard to cut tie above the rubber radiator overflow pipe at this point in the video: https://youtu.be/vHrC1-w42KQ?t=387

Here is a useful guide to wiring this up as a power source: http://www.motorcycleinfo.co.uk/index173...r&pageId=167512

When I said snip off any cable ties - only snip the plastic ties, not the rubber straps. These can be undone to get the satnav cable out and then refastened to hold the other cables to the brake line.

Related question: If I remove the GPS cradle, does anyone know if there's a RAM ball that is the right thread to fit in one of the bolts the GPS cradle used to screw into? I'd like to be able to mount my phone and power it off the plug the GPS formerly used.

I made up an aluminum plate that mounts in place of the stock nav mount. I added a RAM ball mount and have room for other stuff.
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Chris