BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

My 2006 RT has been in the garage since I brought it back in November, summer riding only for me too. But finally rode it for the first time today as it went in for service. Will stick another 150 miles on tomorrow to discover her full potential. Weather looks good, so can't wait.

Wow, what a great looking bike, colour is spot on 8)

Garmin cradle installed and 660 working as expected. Happy days  8)


Regarding the V cradle, just one of those things I guess. Trying to put a square pin in a round hole never did work.

RTman10 wrote: Might just be your 660 that won't work with it.  Find somebody with a IV or a V to test the cradle.

No, wasted too much time on this, time to move on!

Ok, I'm going to say it now. The Garmin 660 is not compatable with the Navogator V cradle. Whilst I do not have the ability to be 100% sure, no access to a Navogator V satnav, I base this opinion on the following investigation: The standard Garmin 660 cradle connected to the aux socket under the hea...

Found this on the GPS City website, http://www.gpscity.com/questions?qid=51399 "Garmin Zumo 660 and 665 Motorcycle Cradle with Integrated Power Cable: Compatable with the BMW (Garmin) Navigator V?" It appears that the BMW Nav V can be powered from the Garmin Zumo 660 & 665 Cradle, the...

Looks nice, I've got these on my RT, but will be fitting Wunderlich front and rear crash bars, just in case....... 

Or least mileage on an RT, 16k on a 2006 bike ; )

I was troubled by the 'sparking' when testing the headstock plug wiring yesterday, pin 1 (+12v) to earth and across Pins 1&3. There is no way this should happen when using a DVM. Guess what, tested the DVM against a car battery and got a shower of sparks, so the DVM is shot! Mate is bringing his...

Money no object I would go for a Ducati 959 Panigale, which it certainly everything your RT isn't 

How about cutting the headstock socket off & replacing it with a Repair Plug, might be worth a go for a Fiver, or just hardwire the +ve & -ve. If all else fails & it's Plan B, a switched live +ve can be taken from the Rear Aux. Socket, mine is like that. Leaving this now until Friday wh...

Thanks a lot for the continued info. If the headstock socket is indeed Faulty I will use the Garmin cradle/loom and wire directly to the battary. It has a built in-line fuse and as the 660 will not be left on the bike there won't be any drain on the battery. Will need to take a few more panels off t...

So after reading through the posts again I'm going to make a final call on the power connector under the headstock. With a DVM in hand I will connect across the red/white (v+) and brown (v-) and: With the ignition off I should read 0v With the ignition on and I should see 12v On turning off the igni...

How about getting a male version of the power connector (like the one under the headstock),attaching it to the Nav V Cradle & take an ignition switched power supply from the Aux. Socket on the left-hand front side panel. Oh, the small socket used for charging the battary, may be worth a try. Pr...

Just been out and re-checked the wiring: RT Socket        V cradle socket Red / white  -  Red Black          -  Brown Purple        -  Blue The V c...