Fitting the Cymarc Windscreen Brace to a BMW R1250GS Adventure
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- 00:00 Intro
00:59 Pre-Amble (and TFT Anti-Theft Follow-Up)
05:05 Unboxing
08:27 Fitting
16:02 Summary and Outro
Hot on the heels of the Cymarc TFT Anti-Theft Bracket, we have been sent the windscreen brace to for the GS. I takes away the screen wobble particularly on the GSA or many other aftermarket screens.
You can find it here:
www.cymarcbikeparts.co.uk/gs-...
Below are various links to kit I use or items referenced in this video.
These are amazon.co.uk (United Kingdom) links and clicking through and purchasing does earn me a small commission and costs you nothing extra.
I'd be really grateful if you are buying any of these if you used the links and help support the channel.
Thank you
Nick
Accessories on (or used for) My R1250GSA
Motorcycle Dryer
Bruhl MD1400 1400W Motorcycle Dryer - amzn.to/33NGA79
Horn
Denali Soundbomb Horn - amzn.to/2qUA4Ni
Battery Charger (Dual Standard Connect and Canbus - Fits Din Socket to charge)
Optimate 4 - BMW Canbus Edition - amzn.to/2phUAXN
Din/USB Twin Outlet Adapter
Optimate Dual USB Charger - 3300mA DIN Plug - amzn.to/2CJEl99
Tank Bag
Givi ST602 Sport Tanklock Bag - amzn.to/2CGK13G
Tanklock Ring for above (R1200/1250GS) - amzn.to/2QmYXvR
Protection
ACF50 Rust Protector (with buddy bottle, aerosols are poor) - amzn.to/2NKL5tJ
Clothing I wear
Crash Helmet
Shoei Neotec II - amzn.to/2rKw8zk
Waterproof Jacket (Over Rukka Textile)
Tucano Urbano Nano Rain Jackket - amzn.to/2NNCnLe
Waterproof Trousers (Over Rukka Textile)
Tucano Urbano Nano Rain Trousers - amzn.to/33ZCed6
Equipment I use to film videos
Main Helmet Camera
Go Pro Hero 7 Black - amzn.to/2CKUmvo
Mirror Mounted (rear-facing) Camera
SJ Cam SJ4000 - amzn.to/377slwc
Fixed Front and Rear Cameras (supplementary footage)
Innovv K2 Dual Camera Kit - amzn.to/2CJAngU
Adapter needed to add supplimentary mics to GoPro Hero 5/6/7/8
GoPro Microphone Adapter - amzn.to/378aSU8
Case for mounting GoPro and Mic Adapter
Ulanzi Multi-purpose GoPro Case - amzn.to/32JIkgA
BOTH MICS below have leads for Mobile Phone (to use GoPro Adapter with these you need a TRS to TRRS Adapter)
Rode Phone Accessory (TRS to TRRS Adapter) - amzn.to/2CHKJh1
Helmet Microphone (needs GoPro Adapter) and Tie-pin mic Indoors
Aufgeld Lavalier Microphone - amzn.to/375WVpX
Indoor Microphone (GoPro and Phone Cameras)
Rode Micro Compact - amzn.to/2KlXUZn - Auta a dopravní prostředky
As a mechanical numpty myself, I really enjoy your instructional videos. Great production and clear explanation 👏
Totally agree with your sentiments Nick with regard to the criticism that you received following your video on the TFT screen security bracket fitment.
Hi Roger. Thanks. I think the 2nd point bordered on valid but sometimes if you don’t shoe people they feel fitment is above them. Criminals want it easy and if you’re that worried then buy different sized fasteners! 👍🏻
Lovely
Glad you liked it 👍🏻
Brilliant product. Extremely well designed and made, fits perfectly.
Glad it works for you David 👍🏻
Mine arrived this week…I installed it tonight and was very thankful for your video to aid with install as the directions were certainly lacking! Now that I’ve got this installed I’m going to add the touratech spoiler!!! Should be perfect now…
Good job. Stiffens it up pretty well doesn’t it? 👍🏻
THX Nick! Just ordered for my new GS with GSA screen here in Seattle! I’m not very mechanically inclined but this install looks super easy, even for me :-)
Hi Angus. You’re in for a treat. Enjoy the GS and ride safe 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK Thanks Nick!
Hi Nick, great video as always, full of detail and common sense. My TFT anti theft bracket came after 3 weeks due to order backlog, but great communications from Cymarc throughout, part fitted beautifully, sent a positive review to them. I too am looking forward to your tour videos, keep up the good work.
Thanks Ian. Whilst it’s a good problem I think MCN and my video gave Cymarc some production issues 🤣👍🏻
Thanks Nick. Was just sorting the order of the washers on the the thumb nut part of the set up (they'd been wrongly fitted prior to my acquisition of the bike) and I remembered you'd been there, done that, so was able to get it right!
Ha ha. Good to know it helped 👍🏻
You are such a great help to me !!! Thank you. You have helped me fit my 2022 r1250 GSA proper and I appreciate that more than you know. 🙂
Just happy it helps Kurt. Ride safe 👍🏻
Another Great Video Nick, Keep up the great work, and thank you.
Thanks a lot. Glad you liked it 👍🏻
Thanks Nick, saved me a fair bit of time installing mine. cheers
Glad it helped Ross 👍🏻
Much appreciated as always Nick. Have been looking at larger screens for my 1250GS, now just added another item to the shopping list.
Cheers Mark. The MRA with the adjustable top ‘blade’ is worth looking at I’ve heard but you’ll need the brace for it 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK Hi Nick, many thanks for video. I've had the MRA screen for 5 years and it's been moved from my original GS to a GSA and on to my current GSA; I've never felt the need to get it braced as I've not noticed that much movement. It's all personal of course and maybe I've been lucky in the way I've configured it. Cheers, Andy
@@andrewtofts7884 hi Andy. I get some flapping on motorway with crosswinds but you’re right. Each to their own and opinions may differ 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK Nick, Mark, I fitted the MRA on my r1250gs, I think it's called vario-touring screen. Works very well but you'll definetely need the brace to stiffen it up, when you ride behind or near a lorry or van, exposed to the slip-stream it tends to buffet. Other than that I can really recommend it for riders who, like me, have to endure a lot of motorway miles (or kms as we call them over here). Thank you for your very useful video. After seeing it, I see that it is really worth while installing those braces. Cheers
@@carlosalonso9866 thanks Carlos. I have the MRA here but never fitted it 👍🏻
Another great video Nick, good onya mate!
Cheers mate 👍🏻
Very helpful!! Thanks, Marco
No trouble Marco. Glad it helped 👍🏻
Perfect. Thank you. 😊
Pleasure Christopher 👍🏻
very nice work .
Thank you 👍🏻
Thanks for all your efforts. I got one from nippy Norman’s fits a treat. Ray
Perfect Raymond. Make quite a difference on the bigger screens for sure 👍🏻
Nice video as always great content keep them coming 👍
Thanks Dale. I’ll try 👍🏻
Hi nick, very informative video again.
Still waiting on my tft cover to arrive so I can fit it.
Been a long time coming over 2 weeks now 😫
Think I will have to get in touch with them.
Keep up the good work 👏
Hi Andy. One of those dilemmas. They got a bit flooded with orders and are frantically trying to catch up 👍🏻
Great rerview..I had gone with an EGRO screen from Wunderlich with a reinforced bracket....months...thumbs up for the lads at Cymarc for marketing...I am in Canada.
Cheers again Steve. I must review some screens if I can get hold on some. Seems it’s a very personal choice. I’ve only ever used the original firmest on my three but I do have an MRA (with deflector) destined for my GS, but then I bought the GSA with bigger screen anyhow 🤣
Thank goodness for rivnuts!
Quite a clever invention although oft overlooked
Thanks Nick!! Very useful information. I am rather short, so no use for me to have an extra support on my black coloured Touratech windscreen. Ride safe and hopefully you will he released soon from this very restrictive lockdown!
Here’s hoping Kim. Nearly booked my vaccine 70 miles from home today as that would be essential travel 😂 ride safe ! 👍🏻
Another good video. Thanks. I broached the subject of these thefts with BMW UK and asked if they were doing anything themselves to prevent these thefts by fitting the braces as a standard fitting, or in fact doing a recall and fitting them for folks who had already made a purchase. Unfortunately they just showed very little interest and said it was our problem and our insurers and not there problem. Oh well can’t help trying!!
Martin. It’s a common response to an existing issue but hopefully some publicity will make future design think of the issue? 👍🏻
Thousands of miles on 1200/1250GS and never noticed any problem with the screen. Seems like another solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
Ian. You are correct on the GS as the screen is significantly smaller but the GSA and many aftermarket screens (which can also be fitted to GSs as the fitting is identical) do have an issue. The MRA with blade deflector is a great screen but suffers badly 👍🏻
Let me further nuance that by saying the larger screens are only problematical when nearing upper adjustment. In lower settings there is no real issue 👍🏻
My 1250 had a large Slipscreen screen and an MRA touring deflector. As I said, never had a problem.
@@MillfieldWheels that happens if you just ride in the city & never experience the wind on an open road.
Nice one Nick. I have these fitted to my GSA, and they do make a big difference. The only criticism I have with them are the cheap SS bolts, which have heads as durable as cheese, especially the small screen bolts and the fact that the adjusting bolts come lose over time and one of mine dropped out on my last tour. For less than a £7, I replaced all the fixings with better quality torx head bolts and longer adjusting bolts, which allow a lock nut to be placed on the end.
I used my standard BMW bolts to fit the mushroom brackets as they were plenty long enough. I’ll keep an eye on the thumbscrews 👍🏻
Great Video thanks for this. I'm going to see if I can order this in the states. In all of my videos, you can see that I seem to get a rattle from the vibration at certain RPMs.
I’m sure they’ll try to get it to you. It’s fairly small so postage may be ok. Ride safe 👍🏻
Greet blog I tend to use a little blue thread lock gust a habit I picked up especially when I work on my Harley keep safe.
Yep I generally do and maybe should have. Thanks for watching 👍🏻
Great Video Nick I’ve got the GS with the smaller screen and ride with it in the lower position unless on motorways so this is not for me. But I certainly would get one to stop that screen flapping about 🤙 I got the tft brace though. Brilliant. Take care.
Thanks Stuart. Certainly the TFT protection trumps screen braces. Ride safe 👍🏻
Nice video although I was hoping for a more detailed before/after comparison of the screen flex.
Sorry Rob. It certainly braces it and stops wobble. Get into the comments as you may find others noting 👍🏻
Givi brackets still allow you to adjust the screen without having to loosen anything.
Good job 👍🏻
It took me 3 hours to fit the screen brace - very fiddly if you've got fat fingers and a Cymarc TFT anti-theft bracket fitted - eventually completed the fitment, but the brackets slightly scratched my MRA screen whilst I was trying to get them in the correct position.
You need to be pretty dexterous. I have fat fingers too. Dropping fasteners to awkward places is my failing 👍🏻
Mine arrived today, a quick look at your vid and hey presto! Still slightly annoys me that the washers in the set are not reduced for the near side fixings to fit in the recess. I had to use the smaller ones that I fortunately had available when I put on when I put my TFT protector on.
I’ve been out in rain today in Northern Ireland and another benefit I notice is without screen resonance not so much get splashed on my visor 👍🏻
Got to get these. My screen flaps like a really flappy thing.
That’ll stiffen it up Dave and that’s always a good thing 👍🏻
Great Video and nice product! I have fitted Puig 7566N Symmetric Reinforcement Support for Windscreen, do you know if Cymarc's brace is compatible with it?
Thank you!
I don’t I’m afraid but email and ask on their website. They may know 👍🏻
Sounds to me bmw needs to do better job from the factory on this issue. Thanks for sharing😎🏍💨💨💨💨💨👍🏻🇨🇦
Hi John. Some have said 🤣👍🏻
For those who are saying this lets crooks know how to steal the TFT please keep in mind that any alarm/security system is not about preventing something from being stolen, it's about making it harder TO steal. If a pro wants your TFT he's taking it, period, this is about making it take longer to remove so that a thief will ignore it and go for the easier to steal stuff on another vehicle :)
That’s my point I guess Marc. If they really want it….. they’ll have it 👍🏻
Hi Nick, Another great informative step by step video 👍……. May I just ask what make/brand is your torx screwdriver set. I’ve been out of the mechanical/engineering trade for the past 20 years and I’m not too au-fait with the new modern tools ie Burgen, American pro ect I did recently buy some Draper tools but thought the quality has gone downhill on them, Your set look of good quality….. thanks Mark
Hi Mark. They are Wera out of Germany. Probably amongst the best screwdrivers in the World. The set I thing you speak of is a green handle with swappable blades?? It comes with a pouch too although I keep the handle in my tool roll and the bits in a case with all my other bits 👍🏻
Good Morning Nick 😊 thanks for your prompt reply 👍 I thought they looked of good quality I know of the brand,
Not cheap but you pay for you get…… thanks Mark
Thanks....After several years how has this held up? Still pleased?
Yes I was pleased until the bike was sold for sure. 👍🏻
Interesting! Haven't experienced any particular screen wobble or vibration, but have had trouble with screen slip (or slump), which is to say my screen begins to slip down from the height I've selected, down to where IT wants to be. I can actually watch this happen at speed--I raise it up, it slides slowly back down again. Well it's my bike isn't it?! I should be the one to decide where the damn screen should be and where it should stay, shouldn't I?! I think you may have the answer.
It’ll certainly fix that Ray 👍🏻
Hey Nick…have you done a review of this brace when you’ve been riding? Does it help at highway speeds or off road in keeping that screen from wobbling?
I’m very happy with it. It really stabilises the screen in my opinion and any additional fixings must make it hang in better in really harsh terrain I would say? 👍🏻
I ordered from them on 11th February and I’m still waiting for it to turn up mark needs to pull his finger out and send it
Ha ha. I’ll tell Mark. I think we put him under some pressure 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK he has now responded today
@@SmileyoureonTV he’s reading the comments probably although I doubt you ordered it as you’re CZcams name 🤣 glad it’s sorted though 👍🏻
Hi nick hurry up with the tour videos of your trip around the uk please 👍
Bated breath 🤣👍🏻
Hi Nick
Just trying to fit the screen stabiliser and find the angles of the brace above the lower two fixings impede the screen adjustment e.g. the silver bar that rotates and connects to the rear of the screen hits the new brace. Therefore full adjustment is unattainable. Did you have straighten your Cymarc stabiliser brackets? (I also have the Cymarc TFT security bracket mounted)
Hi there. No they fitted great all brackets should ‘look’ straight barring obvious angles.if that helps? Obviously with the rivnuts you can only get brackets bolted one way but you have them correct sides and also threaded correctly?? Send me images if you like (email on channel) but let me know as I don’t routinely check that account as it’s mainly just spam 👍🏻
Hi Nick
Emailed you as suggested.
Belt and braces or excessive to put a bit of Loctite on the screws that go into the rivnuts?
I thought that Robert (after the event) just not too sure about stainless and aluminium with loctite but reckon it’ll be OK 👍🏻
Hi Nick, Would like to know were you got your perspex headlight protector from. Thank you.
I think it was here www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Headlight-Guard-LED-Screen-Cover-Lens-Protector-For-BMW-R1200GS-ADV-R1250GS-/373604048264?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0
How you getting on with connection issues. Still can’t decide which is best just cardo to helmet or incorporating the bike as well 🏍🏍
No progress Andrew as locked down but V3 of connected app came out last week so when I can get all TFT updates... 🤞🏻
@@nickhodgeUK will have to wait and see then. Can I ask what headlight protector you use. Is it removable without tools to clean the headlight
@@andrewbooth4341 it’s this one www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-R1200-R1250GS-GSA-LC-LED-2013-21-Headlight-Guard-Personalised-/332977437008?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292. No but the gap is enough to get a cloth under and around. He did email once to say he was going to do a tilting one. Not looked if he does
Thanks Nick 🏍🏍
Do you need to use now three points (bolts) to adjust the screen?
Jan. You need to loosen the two new thumbscrews to adjust the screen if that’s what you mean?
What brand headlight protector is that? Thanks
Hi Don. Search out my Fitting Ebay Accessories to a Gs1250 on my channel. The link is there 👍🏻
Nick, does CYMark sell their products in the states? All about supporting the video maker too.
I don’t think they do Gary but email them. They’ll sort something I’m sure. Ride safe 👍🏻
Wunderlich USA sell their own, original version. It has a rubberised knob and feels better quality. Left and right available.
I bought a screen support from Cymarc in 2016, so they did back then. Great product.
@@JoeS97756 cheers Eric. They have done it some time. Mark claims before Wunderlich who’s mechanism is very similar 👍🏻
I love my GSA, but the whole windshield needs a redesign. I wish BMW would take the financial hit and discontinue the Nav and make that space better suited for smartphones.
Can’t disagree about the Nav. There is now a ‘connected cradle’ from BMW that allows the smartphone to be mounted where the Nav is and operated by the wheel 👍🏻
You recorded your vid on mono!
I’m not the BBC.
It fit R1200GSA 2017??
It should do 👍🏻
Hi Nick
How can I get one in South Africa?
Email Mark at Cymarc from his website I’m sure he’ll quote reasonably. Say I sent you 👍🏻
Have a look too Tony if there’s anything else from him (eg TFT anti-theft brace) as shopping won’t increase much as his lines are mostly flat but it’ll help him with shipping 👍🏻
Am I the only one.... must be. How does it work??? I don't see any demonstration of effectiveness.
Not allowed to ride the bike here as not essential travel but hope it still shows improved rigidity? 👍🏻
@@nickhodgeUK Not allowed to ride??? What Fascist country is that. Please explain what riding your bike has to do with the Wu flu?
@@m111ark each to their own Mark but following my Dad’s example of turning off the light in the blackout. Maybe I’m right, maybe I’m wrong but if we open for ever I did my bit and will be delighted 👍🏻
No need for childish racist remarks here!
@@nikoscosmos I had decided to let it go... no point in stating the obvious..... that is until your latest. Seriously, 'did your bit'??? How, by sitting on your ass while your country burned. Winston would be rolling over in his grave if he knew what had become of his countrymen. did your bit my ass. How dare you compare actions taken to repel the Nazi hoard with bowing to the fascist rulers who decreed you must surrender your rights and accept your servitude. Doing your bit means standing up to the insanity of a system that throws out know remedies, known preventatives(vitamin D3, fermented mushrooms, vitamin C) for a needless and untested vaccine that you have no idea what it will do long term - betcha got the jab didn't ya. You did nothing but fall to your knees and exclaim, " Oh great leader, protect me from the scourge of the flu because I'm too stupid to know how to take care of myself."
There is one bright spot in all this, I've found a country made up of people even more moronic than my own. And finally, the term we all know is used by the mentally deficient when they can no longer put two word together that make sense in their addled brain - racist. I feel bad now knowing I'm conversing with a child who is quite incapable of rational thought and self-proclaims himself to be a member of the latest generation of moral and intellectual thugs.
Have a nice day.