Can anyone who has recieved this option on the pannier luggage please confirm something?
Is the lock matching something that a dealer can do - or MUST it be done in Germany at the factory??
I have been told two different things by two different dealerships, one believes that it's a dealer issue - the other believes that it is a factory issue.
I'm confused.
What happens if it IS a Factory issue and yet you buy panniers after you've received the bike?? Does the whole bike have to be shipped back to the factory??? I can't believe BMW would make the system that difficult to operate...
Matching Locks for Panniers on K1200R & S
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I did them myself and truth be told I had a brain fart and screwed one up, but it is easy if you have a Dremel tool, or a lot a patience and a good file.
You just put your bike's key into the cylinder, file down any of the eight or so detents that pop up until smooth (EXCEPT! the last one, which holds the cylinder in place), apply a little grease, then twist the cylinder into its receptical. Walla! It works.
It is obviously very important that it be perfectly smooth, because once it is locked into its plastic tunnel it ain't never coming out intact. To get it smooth you have to hold up on the underside and key because the detents are spring loaded and bounce away from you as you are filing. I didn't have it perfect on one and had to forcibly pry the whole cylinder out because it would release the bag but not open it. That sort of wrecked it and I have another on order for $30. ugh. The first side worked fine, and I was just impatient and careless.
It's really no problem if you are meticulous.
Putting the rest of the mount and bags together is also straitforward. I think the dealer wanted over an hour of labor. I ordered the bags with the bike and should have bargained for the labor as part of the deal, but didn't. I remember getting the install for free on my RR four years ago.
Gook luck.
I did them myself and truth be told I had a brain fart and screwed one up, but it is easy if you have a Dremel tool, or a lot a patience and a good file.
You just put your bike's key into the cylinder, file down any of the eight or so detents that pop up until smooth (EXCEPT! the last one, which holds the cylinder in place), apply a little grease, then twist the cylinder into its receptical. Walla! It works.
It is obviously very important that it be perfectly smooth, because once it is locked into its plastic tunnel it ain't never coming out intact. To get it smooth you have to hold up on the underside and key because the detents are spring loaded and bounce away from you as you are filing. I didn't have it perfect on one and had to forcibly pry the whole cylinder out because it would release the bag but not open it. That sort of wrecked it and I have another on order for $30. ugh. The first side worked fine, and I was just impatient and careless.
It's really no problem if you are meticulous.
Putting the rest of the mount and bags together is also straitforward. I think the dealer wanted over an hour of labor. I ordered the bags with the bike and should have bargained for the labor as part of the deal, but didn't. I remember getting the install for free on my RR four years ago.
Gook luck.
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