[penner]

anti-seize...i put that $h!t on everything!

x2

seriously though i do.. and it really pays off for you the next time around

 

[U22]

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I think with taxes and shipping, I'm gonna be looking at $80 or so.

Thanks Karamazov! I will get that for the rainy days! By the way, that screw (thanks for the idea path!) fits perfectly and sticks out just enough to allow easy access. As if it were made for this bike. I am sure that another online retailer will get it to you sooner, google is your friend...

 

[Max]

Another tool-less solution

Thanks for the awesome idea. I found this on Amazon. It works perfectly. Get the 25mm length.


https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/6482211/51a5Ct9jEhL._SL1500_.jpg

 

[jpalamaro]

went t0 the hardware store and purchased a 6mm plastic knob ($4.60 US). here it is next to the stock bolt:

clamped the new knob in my bicycle repair vice to cut it:

here it is cut down:

and installed:

no more torx required for removal!

Great job Path, and for the naysayers and stealing seats to that I say BS. When your battery is dead, and it's dark outside, and you have to remove the seat to get to the jump terminals, with the stupid security key (which was a leftover from something as the pinned Torx not needed) Torx, the knob will be appreciated. For the more security minded, hey, go out and purchase the security Torx bolt so that you're safe from the people floating around with a set of standard Torx that can remove the seat.

 

[Bose]

Jpalamaro
Great for you but when they take your seats, and your ECU and your nice alloy tank ,what ya gunna do then apart from cry

 

[Bonkorama]

Bose, not sure if that one little tamper proof screw is a real theft deterrent.
The wrench to remove it costs only 2 bucks!

If someone wants our tanks and ECU etc, they are surely gonna have it.
Thumbscrew or tamper proof screw. No different.

 

[path]

Apparently there are roving bands of thieving BMW parts specialists in the EU. Not so much of a problem in the US. ; )

 

[Bose]

Apparently there are roving bands of thieving BMW parts specialists in the EU. Not so much of a problem in the US. ; )

Tis very true this is why my dog gaurds my bike
I'm only playing ,don't take it so seriously ,I may just get this thief helping bolt for my 9T ,just to oblige, and make it easier for them Ay

 

[Bonkorama]

I DID read a pretty lengthy article last month about EU motorcycle theft. Way way worse than the USA. Sorry my overseas mates. BUT I did read that BMW was at the bottom of the list of theft brands.

 

[gerry]

..BUT I did read that BMW was at the bottom of the list of theft brands...

This may change with the nineT

...and the GS(A) is in the top 10 btw....

 

[path]

much more likely to have a complete bike stolen in the US than parts. parts theft just doesn't happen much (with the exception of bicycles).

anecdotally, i have travelled a lot, and it seems to me that petty theft happens more frequently in europe than it does in the states...you don't see gypsies targeting tourists on street corners.

true to reputation, americans are more likely to "go big" so to speak when it comes to taking something that belongs to others.

 

[Bose]

I DID read a pretty lengthy article last month about EU motorcycle theft. Way way worse than the USA. Sorry my overseas mates. BUT I did read that BMW was at the bottom of the list of theft brands.

Tis very true in the EU it's full of thieving fekers
Most bikes nicked in the UK are all taken for parts as there's a huge market for this ,track day bikes are now checked to make sure there not just stolen to ride on circuits ,and if found with stolen parts on them there confiscated apparently and rightly so
Let's hope no one on this forum has there 9T thrown in the back of a van

 

[BlueBrick]

I made it to Ace hardware and bought a metric clamping knob 6mm. $2.99
Now you know what to call the part. It wasn't in the metric section , but next to the English measure clamping knobs.

I could have cut it off, but I found that it would be a lot easier to use if it protruded a little so I made two spacers from plexiglass that I cut using a hole saw.

I also chamferred the hole at the base of the seat so that insertion of the knob would be easier.

My picture doesn't show it, but I epoxied the spacers onto the knob so they wouldn't fall off.

 

[rkevwill]

I got the Black anodized knurled knob from Amazon. Isn't it amazing how something so simple, can be such an improvement! Thanks for the great idea Path. (yes yes, grease. Forgot to put that on, headed to the garage to do that now)

 

[Bose]

I made it to Ace hardware and bought a metric clamping knob 6mm. $2.99
Now you know what to call the part. It wasn't in the metric section , but next to the English measure clamping knobs.

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I could have cut it off, but I found that it would be a lot easier to use if it protruded a little so I made two spacers from plexiglass that I cut using a hole saw.

I also chamferred the hole at the base of the seat so that insertion of the knob would be easier.

My picture doesn't show it, but I epoxied the spacers onto the knob so they wouldn't fall off.

Ere, there's only one knob making himself one here
Don't be disrespectful or personal ,people may take offence

 

[BlueBrick]

Ere, there's only one knob making himself one here
Don't be disrespectful or personal ,people may take offence

Personal or disrespectful? I don't know what is being referenced.
If it was "Now you know what to call it" (Metric Clamping Knob)
That wasn't personal and certainly not meant as disrespectful.

I didn't know what it was called and I spent a lot of time trying to find the part.

If one goes into a hardware store and isn't sure of the exact name, and only has a description of the part, it may be very difficult to find. Especially when the part is in the section for English (American) sized parts.

 

[path]

BB- that is a great mod.

i think Bose is just taking the piss...he can't help himself. mention a "knob" to him and he blushes and twitters like a school girl.

 

[Bose]

Personal or disrespectful? I don't know what is being referenced.
If it was "Now you know what to call it" (Metric Clamping Knob)
That wasn't personal and certainly not meant as disrespectful.

I didn't know what it was called and I spent a lot of time trying to find the part.

If one goes into a hardware store and isn't sure of the exact name, and only has a description of the part, it may be very difficult to find. Especially when the part is in the section for English (American) sized parts.

You call it an English clamping knob
An yes I have an English sense of humour ,Americans seem to have a vastly different one to us Brits no offence intended but a true fact

 

[Bose]

BB- that is a great mod.

i think Bose is just taking the piss...he can't help himself. mention a "knob" to him and he blushes and twitters like a school girl.

I didn't comment on the mod just the name phrase Some take life far to seriously , now who could this be

 

[path]

English clamping knob

you said knob...