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I don't know if this is better than your suggestion, but I think those rubber nubbins are a prime candidate for plumber's grease. That is, a year or so ago I opined that I use plumber's grease to coat the outside of the metal spring clips that often hold bodywork in place, to make them slide...

Thanks for the additional information. 1) That connector certainly looks like all the other connectors on the bigger bikes, nine pairs of pins, top and bottom lips, etc. That is, yep, looks like a regular BMW nav prep. Maybe you'll be in business, with either a Chigee or Carpuride ... and the...

Ah, so that's how they do nav prep on a C 400! Thanks for the pic -- it really is the first I've seen on a C 400. (Edit addition: by the way, I'm not thrilled with that location. Compared to the location on the bigger Beemers, a display hooked up to the nav prep on the C 400: 1) rotates with...

As @Rugerbear stated above. he did not have wonderwheel support. And I haven't read of anyone else installing a CarPlay/AndroidAuto device that does, on a C 400. I installed a cheap Aoocci device on my Royal Enfield Meteor 350 a year or so ago ... ... just to dip my toe in the CarPlay...

A couple of rare nice days earlier this week, that were also free of doctor appointments, etc., so I took advantage of them. Monday, north in NY, then over to VT, then southeast, then back west: Near the start of the ride, going north in NY (16 minutes, 4K): Tuesday, staying in NY...

I happened to order this 150-piece assortment of "Flexible Rubber Plugs" the other day: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G4K9N4QQ It turns out that the 18mm plugs (which are interspersed with the 16mm ones, in the case they come in) ... ... fit snugly in the recesses in the brackets that the four...

Comments? Well, sure: 1) You are to be commended for thinking outside the box. I tried to do that -- I'm talking about boxes, not your TPMS mounting idea -- but eventually gave up. - I bought an extra valve-stem from Max BMW, just so I could examine one up close and personal (without taking a...

I am assuming that your C 400 X has a typical USB-A port in the glove box. If that's the case, and if I understand your question correctly, all you need is a short USB-A to USB-C cable, preferably MFi certified (which essentially means that it is guaranteed to work with Apple products, although...

I did my first ride of the season yesterday afternoon (aside from a short dr. appt. ride the day before). Potential early-evening rain was heading in from northwest NY, so I went southeast (clockwise): And here's a chunk of that ride, on one of my favorite roads crossing into MA (10 minutes...

Ah, sorry, I should’ve checked that out (no insult taken).

Not to insult you: kill switch in the run position?

Nice report.

@dwcco : My short answer: I would pass on the 650. Long answer: 1) I test-rode the 650 some years back -- when it was still in production -- at my local BMW dealership. I was hanging around with a friend, who was having some service done on his RT, and some salesperson suggested I give it a...

Well, on the plus side: - The Tukeirt Brake Lock is better than nothing. - Its 77% five-star rating on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Tukeirt-Adjusted-Motorcycle-Handlebar-Lock/dp/B07ZK2YK91/), with hundreds of reviews, speaks well of it. - And no matter how much you spend and how...

No help for you from me, I'm sorry to say. But I wonder whether you've seen this 20-minute video. It shows what's involved in the C 400 engine:

If you folks want to add a standard BMW/Powerlet/DIN/Hella/John Deere socket to your 600/650 Beemers, it's not that hard, if you're comfortable working with a drill and removing and reinstalling the bodywork. I speak from experience, because I've been doing this since 2007 to every bike I've...

For those interested -- looking around at still-made maxi scooters, and, if in North America, willing to wait -- there's a pretty thorough review of the features, along with a short ride test, by Scooteria: IMO, that's the sort of scooter BMW should be making, instead of: 1) dropping the...

Having looked at the parts fiche for the C 400 X (https://shop.maxbmw.com/fiche/DiagramsMain.aspx?vid=62064&rnd=10232024 for instance) and my own '23 C 400 GT, the only thing I can figure is to use a small pry bar, or perhaps a very tough auto-trim tool, and pry open the door. The part of the...

Having just looked at my (open) glove boxes: you're right. I had forgotten that there's a sideways screw, from the box into the panel (along with a bunch of spring clips in the panel). My apologies for not recognizing this conundrum in my earlier post. I still got nuthin', unfortunately.

Yes, see post #3 in this thread, where I mentioned both Max (one of whose shops is my local dealership, where I bought my C 400 GT) and eBay (where you can sometimes get parts significantly cheaper). I've gone both routes -- Max and eBay -- myself, when replacing parts.