First Bolt to fall off

[990]

I check all the bolts on my bike for tightness before a long ride but I think I might have missed the ones that hold the wind screen to the mud guard. Its a small back L shaped bracket just to the left and right of the speedo. The right hand side one must have popped out and the left hand side one was loose. Luckily a mate of mine with a 1200 had a spare I'm not sure if this would have been covered under the warranty but probably not...... Bike has just had its 10 k service

[Reaver]

So you're saying you just lost one screw? No biggie. A 10K service doesn't require removing the bodywork so unless there was another reason the Dealer removed your panels, it's not warranty. It is cheap tho.

Windscreens seem to always have loose screws. You can't really tighten them with the rubber well nuts they use. The other thing that always comes loose is the front sprocket cover, check that also. As a mech I used to spend a few minutes checking body and misc screws on a customer's bike just to cover my own ass. You just know the customer will lose something and say "didn't you catch that on the service? I just paid you $xxx to look at it!" Or the famous "it wasn't like that BEFORE service."

[Hamish71]

Sorry if this is a hi-jack, but it is kind of related. With KTM Bikes, you can buy "bolt packs" that have a couple of all the common bolts, screws, nuts washers etc.

Does something like that exist for the standard BMW torx bolts, nuts, s crews etc? I found on my 2009 that I ended up with an ever increasing number of allen key bolts, meaning more tools to carry. Handy ones are the body work, wind shield, fork clamps etc.

[Reaver]

That's my problem as well. Metric allen screws starting to spread. I haven't seen any kits for these bikes. I've heard reports of the Ebay kits for other bikes having soft hardware and the heads getting stripped. BMW bikes require most of the tools in my box even for the simplest tasks so why not add allens to the mix as well? Or you can pay $2 a screw at the Dealer. My exhaust bolt was $5 Can cause Fastenal would only sell me a 50 pack.

[sorebutt]

My windshield bolts were always coming loose and I lost a few. The last time I put some silicone sealer on the end of the treads and that solved the problem.

[gbtw]

Either it was never there or my first bolt to go missing was the axle end bolt on the front wheel. Didn't notice it till the hyperpro guy put in the new springs, 9000 km into owning it ;)

[andreig]

Maybe you'll find here what you need: http://www.ascycles.com/Illustrated_...indCat=46_1170

[Zeke Markham]

Could be worse, my dash fell off a while back.

[runnin4melife]

Just go online and buy the bolts you need, I have a hand full of spares I keep of assorted types. Also Loctite ;-)

[Hamish71]

Originally Posted by runnin4melife

Just go online and buy the bolts you need, I have a hand full of spares I keep of assorted types. Also Loctite ;-)

Thats precisely what I am asking?....where?

[runnin4melife]

The goolger has the answers. I just type M8 30mm torx or something like that and get what I want/need from whomever carries it. Also many hardware stores sell comparable allen/hex bolts

[CheckerdD]

The only ones on the 800 I ever lost were on the splash guard covering the front sprocket. I started out on BSA. If you forgot to tighten everything every couple of weeks they would rattle apart. Dave

[990]

The bike does not come with tools to tighten these bolts (6mm) and those torx heads are pain. If it was an allen key you could carry one small tool (like the one you use on a bicycle) and problem solved. We get things called button caps(sounds like some kind of drug) that have allen keys with a washer built into the head, like the torx. If the head diameters are the same i might switch to them.

[sorebutt]

I had to buy new tools to work on my 800 because of all the torx heads.

You can get torx sets just like the hex sets like you use on a bike. That doesn't solve the problem of the external hex heads. Sears has wrenches that work with every time of head: torx, hex, square.

[dirtysouthjacket]

I've tried the universal kobalt sockets from Lowes and they didn't work on the external torx bolts. I just ordered a set of torx wrenches from amazon. I would prefer if everything was socket head. I swapped all the bolts on my KLR to SHCS. Don't know if it is worth it to do it on the F800GS. Bolts don't fall off nearly as much compared to the klr.