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I just finished upgrading the lights on the RT to a three-lamp HID setup from 1 Off Motorsports. Nice kit and should really improve driving at night.
=========================MEMO to BMW Engineers=================
What idiot designed the headlight mounting and replacement setup for the RT ? That mess is a perfect example of why any engineer should be required to do field maintenance of whatever kind of vehicle they intend to try and design. If you re-design the headlamp system on the water cooled RT, fix that mess, please.
============================ END MEMO ========================
Only good news is that I have ended up with a great lighting setup, and whole bunch of special tools I made to access and reset the clips for the lamps.
Since I needed to install the RT-P fan, I needed to remove the right side fairing too, and that made accessing the right lamp hole a lot easier, but still required my special tools. as I do not have tiny hands.
For those considering the BMW fan kit, you will have to dismount the cruise control servo if you have one, to put the clip nut and screw the fan shroud onto the mounting tab. Without moving the servo, the right side screw cannot be accessed. It also helps to move the charcoal canister out of the way.
=========================MEMO to BMW Engineers=================
What idiot designed the headlight mounting and replacement setup for the RT ? That mess is a perfect example of why any engineer should be required to do field maintenance of whatever kind of vehicle they intend to try and design. If you re-design the headlamp system on the water cooled RT, fix that mess, please.
============================ END MEMO ========================
Only good news is that I have ended up with a great lighting setup, and whole bunch of special tools I made to access and reset the clips for the lamps.
Since I needed to install the RT-P fan, I needed to remove the right side fairing too, and that made accessing the right lamp hole a lot easier, but still required my special tools. as I do not have tiny hands.
For those considering the BMW fan kit, you will have to dismount the cruise control servo if you have one, to put the clip nut and screw the fan shroud onto the mounting tab. Without moving the servo, the right side screw cannot be accessed. It also helps to move the charcoal canister out of the way.