Since Thursday you've ridden 600 miles, hung out with an out of work comedian, met up with two members from the forum, performed your 600 mile service, installed multiple luggage configurations for demonstration purposes, wired a GPS, heated clothing connection and controller, USB recharging connection and a multi-function electrical connection, taken photos of all of it and posted it all here.

Get busy man. Life is short. Don't want to waste it.

 

This is why Joe is such a great resource. Nice trailblazing and sharing, as usual.

 

I have four things I wired into the bike to get it ready for getting Lost, first would be the GPS. BMW did indeed include the factory GPS plug, zip tied to the frame under the tank under the left side.
Since I don't run a BMW rebranded Garmin unit I just cut the plug and soldered a standard SAE plug that I have on all our bikes so I can move things around easily.

Here's the OEM GPS plug and the finished product, mine just tucks away after making the connection behind the steering head. It's switched on with the ignition and no fuses needed! Thank you CANBUS.

I mounted the Garmin Montana 600 using a

, with a 1" RAM arm, putting it centered and not obstructing the view of the gauges. All removable in 1 minute for days I don't need the GPS.

Next up is power for my HPRC hard case on the tail. I removed the BMW accessory outlet, cut the plug off and ran some new wire to the back to another SAE plug which plugs into a panel mount SAE receptacle on my box. Again, switched and fused thanks to BMW.

Here you can see the SAE plug coming from the accessory circuit.

Next up, Gerbings variable heat controller.
This one I wired directly into the battery using the Gerbings harness which has an inline fuse. I routed the harness so the fuse is hanging down in between the battery and the shock to give me access without taking the tank off.
I mounted the controller to the bracket that was used for the BMW outlet, seems to be a good out of the way yet easily reachable position for it. It's attached with 3M Dual lock.

The lead going into the jacket lives in between the tank and seat and can be pulled up when needed.

And finally I installed a standard SAE plug going directly to the battery for charging or jumping the battery ( we carry a 6' SAE to SAE wire with us to jump start if needed). It's also for my Slime Top Up mini air compressor which has a SAE plug soldered on it. (seeing a pattern here?).
I have the tail hanging down on the left side frame, zip tied in place.

I think that's about it for now, so what are YOU going to wire up to your bike.

 

BMW did indeed include the factory GPS plug,

Hi Lost Rider, could you please clarify a couple of things for me.
I spoke to my BMW mechanic about this power outlet.
He scoured all of his literature and advised the following;

• He is not aware of this plug
• The schematics only show one accessories outlet, but doesn't differentiate this GPS one from the socket mounted on the LHS
• He says the one shown on the diagram is only rated at 5v
• The wiring colours shown are not the ones he remembers on earlier GPS plugs (GS bikes?)
• He said there was a problem on previous bikes where the power outlet did not automatically shut down after a few minutes; only until the battery was almost drained!
• The current BMW Garmin units use the automotive lighter socket style plug, not a 'hardwired' plug like you have shown
• I did want to get a compatible male plug for this outlet so I could keep the wiring stock (I can change to SAE connectors if required)
• He has known BMW to change items between models and not provide sufficient technical detail

I will be mounting a standard Garmin GPS. It has the lighter socket on the end of the lead, I will change this so I can wire directly in to a controlled outlet such as the one you have shown.


Thanks for your help on this.

 

I got this from my dealer, USB charger, it replaces the DIN plug and it is waterproof.

Part number : 61341598766

 

I got this from my dealer, USB charger, it replaces the DIN plug and it is waterproof.

Part number : 61341598766

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do you have any photos of it looks after installation? From what I can tell, it doesn’t seem like it would waterproof/resistant once a usb cable is plugged in. Or am I missing somethung

 

Installed this Quad Lock wireless phone charger/mount today.

My bike came with the Ram mount handle bar clamp adapter and a short female-female mounting arm. I ordered the Quad Lock motorcycle wireless charging kit and a ball mount adapter, plus the case for my phone, direct from Quad Lock. I used an old Powerlet to USB adapter I had from a previous bike. Eventually I'll shorten up the cable to eliminate the coil of wiring by the socket.

Had to choose some careful routing to make sure I had slack for full lock to the right and no pinching on full lock to the left. So far, so good...

What's really nice about the Quad Lock mount is you can mount your phone in portrait or landscape, and it doesn't have the tendency to vibrate around and rotate like it did in my old Ram X-mount. The hardware I used left it in just the right position - I can still read everything on the gauges and easily reach under it for the key.

 

Installed this Quad Lock wireless phone charger/mount today.

My bike came with the Ram mount handle bar clamp adapter and a short female-female mounting arm. I ordered the Quad Lock motorcycle wireless charging kit and a ball mount adapter, plus the case for my phone, direct from Quad Lock. I used an old Powerlet to USB adapter I had from a previous bike. Eventually I'll shorten up the cable to eliminate the coil of wiring by the socket.

Had to choose some careful routing to make sure I had slack for full lock to the right and no pinching on full lock to the left. So far, so good...

What's really nice about the Quad Lock mount is you can mount your phone in portrait or landscape, and it doesn't have the tendency to vibrate around and rotate like it did in my old Ram X-mount. The hardware I used left it in just the right position - I can still read everything on the gauges and easily reach under it for the key.

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Thank you for a very helpful post. Do you know if the vibration damper will fit, and what was you determination that you don’t need one. Many thanks.

 

Sat Nav connector

See Piccy for connector that is located near the left side of headstock, it’s taped up but no need to remove fuel tank.
You can use this 12v feed to power up anything up to 5amps & goes on/off with the ignition with a 60 second delay (powers down after 60 seconds after ignition KEY is turned off)

 

Hey Finn, great post and it was great meeting you and Bonkorama at the Rockstore!
Let's make sure to schedule a ride soon. I just finished my 600 miles today and will schedule the first service with my dealer tomorrow.

As for the electrics... First off, thanks for showing BMW's GPS connector, I had no idea this exists.
I went a slightly simpler route in that I wired Garmin's fused harness directly to the battery for my zümo 550 and another SAE connector also directly to the battery (fused as well). As I use my GPS mainly as my on-board stereo, I also routed a shielded headphone cable extension from the GPS to a location closer to the seat to plug in my headphones.

I am using the wireless HeatTroller for my Gerbing heated gear and I plug the jacket via round-to-SAE adapter into that pigtail. Less cables, cleaner bike was my goal so I did not add the additional cable for the Gerbing harness.

 

For anyone wiring something to the R9T, the screws to the left and right of the positive connection bolts, right behind the tank and under the front of the front seat are screwed into the frame and easy to use as negative connections. You can slide the terminal/crimp/wire under the black plastic seat brackets.

 

I was a little confused about wiring up aux lights, and a little more confused by the answers provided in this thread (message board quote format hurts my brain).

I found Wunderlich's instructions for their fog light to be helpful with where to splice:
http://www.wunderlichamerica.com/instructions/20107-13522.pdf

Hope its helpful for others who are message-board dyslexic like me =)

 

Lawrence I have moved your post into this existing thread that may be of interest to read through.
In regards to the above plug, have a look at my post no.130 above which shows the plugs that are compatible with this socket.
You'd probably find one at the local auto parts store that would suffice.

I have run some tiny LED lights off that plug successfully. You would need to be aware/cautious of the power drawer of the lights you intend to use.

Cheers

 

@rNineTOwner I have moved your post to this stickied thread that should answer what you need to know.
Please have a read back through the posts for ideas to get the job done.

 

Thanks for the tank off steps. I could get to the battery terminal by just tilting the rear of the tank up after removing the rear bolts and loosening the front bolts. Just wanted to attach a ground wire.

Have the Rizoma universal plate holder and aftermarket LED turn signals done. Break time is over so I will now do the P3 lights, ledrider driving lights to a second Skene controller, direct to battery powerlet plug, flash to pass garage door opener and the rear hugger. The only advantage to the miserable continuation of winter; time to tinker without missing out on riding.

 

Battery Charger Advice & Accessory Socket Type?

So I'm leaping 42y into the future from a 1972 R75/5 to a nineT and I need to buy a CAN-BUS friendly battery charger.
BMW's chargers are priced a bit high for my taste - so I'm looking at a TecMate TM-141DUAL Optimate 4DUAL unit. If I don't attach their pigtail, I'll need an extra lead/plug to plug it into the nineT's accessory socket. Can anyone tell me whether this is an SAE-79 socket or an SAE-72??
Thanks Guys.

 

So I'm leaping 42y into the future from a 1972 R75/5 to a nineT and I need to buy a CAN-BUS friendly battery charger.
BMW's chargers are priced a bit high for my taste - so I'm looking at a TecMate TM-141DUAL Optimate 4DUAL unit. If I don't attach their pigtail, I'll need an extra lead/plug to plug it into the nineT's accessory socket. Can anyone tell me whether this is an SAE-79 socket or an SAE-72??
Thanks Guys.

Pigtail fit direct to the battery
Just purchase the optimate 4 dual and connect the positive wire (red) with an eye fitted on the cable if it has one onto the positive jump starting pole on the left under the front seat on the plastic crossmember near the tank ,then the (black) negative wire again with an eye fitted under the bolt retainer clamp on the frame as it steel and not alloy ,to the middle bolt of the alloy finished seat holder and your all done ,and if you fit the optimate lead this way it will directly charge you battery without disturbing the can bus without any damage ,and you can also run an adapter off the battery pigtail to run other items on the fly through the lead extra adapters available from optimate .
If you don't understand I can post some piccies pointing out the contact points

 

Here's where I attached my pig tail end to the frame for easy plug in / remove

 

Today I wired y Montana GPS to be used on the nineT. Since I do not like the way the GPS looks, but I see the advantages of having one, I decided to make the system removable.

Not big deal but anyway I want to show the pictures.

First, I used a water proof ISO plug. This one you can build or punch with some special tool or just with some long nose pliers. The OEM plug is just too "German" , so to speak. To find its pairing plug in Colombia, where I live.... What a pain, I want to ride my bike so I decided to use an ISO plug..... Available everywhere.

I used a second male plug to make a water proof top, so when I am not using the GPS the bike's plug remains clean and dry, as the GPS will be disconected and off the bike. I filled the holes on the second plug with silicone to keep water out.

So, the female plug stays on the bike, and the male plug goes with the GPS. In that way, the female plug is less prone to have a short circuit so is safer on the bike.

The plug is tucked on its original location but is locked with a reusable plastic tie, so I can release anytime I need to hook the GPS to the power.

Finally, as explained above, I use the second cap, already sealed with silicone, to cover the bike's plug.

So the GPS and its cable goes with a male plug and can be stored until needed.

To attach the GPS base, I use an ordinary handlebar mount by RAM. I like to have the GPS on sight so when I am on a twisting road I can foresee the turns... To route the cable, just use some four to five reusable plastic ties... And that's all.

I hope this helps!





Saludos

Saludos from Bogotá, Colombia.

XT1200Z/2014
WR250F/2014
BMW 9T/2015

 

Well, I mounted the portable controller with some sticky Velcro so that I can easily remove it during the summer months. Will test tomorrow morning as it will be 30 degrees. I pointed it upward so I can still see the LEDs. I think it came out pretty discrete.

 

Yes, that's it.

 

Thanks again, mate.

 

Does the BMW part have posi lock connectors like Touratech, or bare wires at the ends? And if you add an SAE or Coax connector to it can it be used to power heated gear? I know the stock accessory socket can't.

Thanks

Joel

 

Got the answer to my own question. No, the CANBUS system won't allow the draw of heated gear. Need direct pigtail to battery.

 

does anyone make can bus controllers for our bikes?

 

Easy, and there and there is a lot more discussion of this in the battery tender thread.

From info in that thread here's what I did:

Under the front seat you see this at the front, near the tank:

Lift that cover off and you find the positive battery buss, one large terminal for jump starting, the other for accessory connection like you need. Both are positive You see my pigtail connection on the right:

Lastly, there are many suitable grounding points. I ended up using this point under the frame side supports, whatever they're called. I just used a small washer and sandwiched between the washer and the speed nut that is already there, snug it down and you're done. I charge through that as well.

Battery Charging/Tender Thread (Merged)

I tried charging my R9T battery using a cheap battery tender with a adaptor plug into the aux socket, it wouldn't work, I tried turn on the ignition and off, it worked for 5 min then off, then I found this charger on the website TecMate OptiMate 4 Dual Program Battery Charger for BMW CANbus -...

www.ninetowners.com

 

I'm going to fit some Givi S310 auxiliary lights, and I would like to wire them into the ignition so that they automatically turn off when the GPS connector on the left side just under the tank. From the plug, it looks like there are 3 pins. Does anyone know which pin I would need to hook up to the relay?

Speak to me like I'm 5 as I have not much clue when it comes to electrics.

 

@DannyBomBom I have moved your post to this thread which should give you some pointers.
Also have a read of this thread for more info: GPS on the Nine-T Thread

I just read through the GPS thread and only found this info: "No 3 (positive) ....No 1 (negative) and ignore No 2"
So if you have a look at the plug attached to your bike, do you see those numbers next to the corresponding socket holes?
It's been a while since I used that GPS plug so I don't remember which pin lines up with which socket.

Update: have a read of post #98 in this thread. Quite detailed describing the connections.

 

@Captain - Thanks!

 

Thanks! All blocked out now.

The Powerlet plug came from Amazon - this specific one is no longer available, but there are many just like it if you search for DIN Hella or Powerlet to USB adapter.

 

I sugest wiring it using a relays and a switch. There's enough posts here on the forum on how to hook up extra switched accessories to the R nine-T.

If you are not comfortable with wiring / soldering.. i would sugest taking it to a garage. It should not be too hard of a job.