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BMW F800GT motorbike - main headlamp bulb change nightmare

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  • 29-08-2019 8:26pm
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    martco
    Registered Users Posts: 445 ✭✭


    grrrrrr. this is more a rant than anything really :)

    I would have classed myself as a reasonable mechanic capable of most things. clutches, engine work you name it I’ve had a good few projects all sorts of things. but the headlamp assembly on this bike is the worst & cheapest design I think I’ve ever seen. a H7 bulb held in with a simple pinch springclip. ok grand no problem done many of this style in cars. 2 min job. but the springclip pops out because it’s held in by a tiny notch + a flimsy phillips head screw. ok so I cant get it back in without getting at the lamp plastics to undo the little phillips, clip in & new bulb, grand I thought. well holy sht. it took me 2+ hours to pull the whole front fairing assembly apart to get at the job & reassemble. UNREAL.

    BMW hang your head in shame!!!!!!


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    zubair
    Registered Users Posts: 2,459 ✭✭✭zubair


    Ugh, I used to hate changing the bulb on the vfr and cbf, it used to always take way longer than it should. The owners manual actually said to take off the fairings and the nose, but f that, I did it the lazy man's way.


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,878 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    Took me a full on 90 minutes of grunting, cursing and kicking anything in sight to change a bulb on my R1200GS, guess its a BMW thing


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    Emmersonn
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,128 ✭✭✭Emmersonn


    Until you change a headlight bulb in an FJR you have not been in hell. :eek:


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    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    Heh, the MSX doesn't even have a bulb in the headlight, High or low beam.
    The whole thing is one sealed LED unit.
    Maybe that's the future? Until then I can get my share of skinned and bleeding knuckles with the NT and NX bulbs..


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    Max Headroom
    Registered Users Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    This......stop whinging..........:D

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sTry_ZhVqI


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    macplaxton
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 2,957 Mod ✭✭✭✭macplaxton


    Freya High Blackberry wrote: »
    ]guess its a BMW thing

    Nah, I can change a R1100RT headlamp bulb in minutes.:pac:


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    H_Lime
    Registered Users Posts: 1,713 ✭✭✭H_Lime


    martco wrote: »
    grrrrrr. this is more a rant than anything really :)

    I would have classed myself as a reasonable mechanic capable of most things. clutches, engine work you name it I’ve had a good few projects all sorts of things. but the headlamp assembly on this bike is the worst & cheapest design I think I’ve ever seen. a H7 bulb held in with a simple pinch springclip. ok grand no problem done many of this style in cars. 2 min job. but the springclip pops out because it’s held in by a tiny notch + a flimsy phillips head screw. ok so I cant get it back in without getting at the lamp plastics to undo the little phillips, clip in & new bulb, grand I thought. well holy sht. it took me 2+ hours to pull the whole front fairing assembly apart to get at the job & reassemble. UNREAL.

    BMW hang your head in shame!!!!!!
    Ah yes, that would be "character"!;)


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