Strip Your BMW R1250GSA Down With Confidence Screw By Screw. 

I have used this to fit both D7’s and D4’s together with a soundbomb purchased from Steve. These supporting videos take a great deal of time in terms of footage and the editing. This is the reason I supported him by purchasing these items. Incidentally additional advice that I required sent by email was responded to promptly.

As an ex instructor I would like to congratulate you on this knowledgeable instruction. You very obviously realise that an assumption of knowledge is a great mistake. Thank you.

This is a great service to the GSA community... Thanks a lot from Canada...!!!

Just posted the following to Weiser Technik Having just bought a set of Front Weiser Wizards I have 4 comments: 1) They appear to work brilliantly - turning off the ridiculous front indicator lights that BMW have set to be permanently on! So they do what it says on the tin. I have just fitted these so have no idea re longevity but they worked well straight out of the box 2) However, they are absolutely NOT straight forward to fit to a GS Adventure. I removed 34 bolts to get all the plastics and the crash bars off, and used 17 zip ties to sort out and tidy up the wiring once fitted!! And the excellent video created by Carl at Just a Bike Thing for Weiser just covers the 1250 GS. I ended up using a Stip your 1250GSA on A Bike Thing, which was more helpful technically. 3) They are crazy expensive!! I get that quite a bit of engineering needed to be done, and that not many sets will probably be sold to offset this, but really? 4) And BMW should be reimbursing all of us for having to pay to sort out their mess!! How can front day running lights on a bike being amber make any sense or even be legal??

Clear explanation which I found invaluable. Thanks for taking the time and trouble to make this video 👌👍

EXCELLENT VIDEO Steve, thank you.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!

Thank you Steve. Great job as always!!!!!!!

Love it m8 could watch it over and over.

Brilliant. Thanks so much! Confident of having a go now. 👍🏻

the most useful video on youtube so far.! great job

Thanks a ton Steve - amazing footage! Really, really helpful :)

Just want to pass on my thanks, this vid saved me as I pondered the last two screws I mixed up.

Excellent video Steve, thank you. You have saved me alot of grief and no doubt some money.

Much appreciated! Stripped bike down and installed Denali cansmart ,S4 lights , sound bomb, B6 brake light and Innovv k3. Installed all of them just by looking at your videos. Thank you 🙏🏻!!!!

Amazing video I enjoy watching it and now I am much more wiser I can do things with my bike

Awesome video. Its going to be alot of help when I order a full Denali set from you ;)

This is really useful information and very well explained 👍

Thanks good sir! These are outstanding videos. I did send my business your way. I purchased D7, sound bomb combo package. Looking forward to the install

Got inspired to get some bits on my GSA blacked from your quad black GSA and this video along with putting it back together a great help - many thanks and keep up the useful vids!!

U r awesome man, thank u for this video, u r the best. I’m still waiting my GS to come, them will order a kit 0f yours then waiting the shipment to come over to Egypt. Then this video will be the star of the show to install the kit on my GS. thank u...

You are my new favorite person in the whole wide world. God Bless Ya Brother, THANKS!!!!

Thanks for this , dropped the middle bolt to the top panel over the petrol cap and yep, I'm stripping mine to find it

Steve, absolutely brilliant video, I did a mates a while back but not brave enough to risk the tank. Doesn't look so scary now. Thanks

Steve, this video could not have come at a better time! Yesterday, I started on installing my Denali D4 kit that I bought from you. I had watched a couple of other videos, but this one is superb. Well done and thank you.

Steve excellent video thank you so much. Will definitely assist me in installing my BMW Emblem lights I purchased from you.

Excellent work! I wish you lived nearby. Keep good work I enjoy your videos.

Great upload! This is going to come in handy, thanks!

Legend, thanks Mate!

Great video, you’re such a helpful guy, thanks 👌

Excellent vid . I could use just about 2 months ago and I ultimately found some guy in France who had a 5 part video unfortunately he was speaking French but he did such a good job on the video that I was able to follow it

Great video I’ve subscribed I’ve just brought a 21GSA & all I want to fit is a Givi power hub/lead thing . Your videos will be of great help , I was worried about stripping her down but now I reckon I can do it . Now to watch again to try to get it to sink in thanks for taking the time to make it. 👍👍🏍🏍

Bloody brilliant, detailed and essential video. What an awesome reference to stop you from breaking little things you would regret later. Thank you for taking the time to make it. And better practice this in the garage instead of in the field when you might need to get to a part burried under all the plastic. Thumbs up

Mate. This video is outstanding. I’ve followed and have my bike in the end state. It’s terrifying. Now need to do what I need to do and get it all back together.

THANK YOU, I just finished installing Denali D4's, Soundbomb, Powerhub2, Canbus, Innovv K2 & Direct power for the Radar Detector and a lot of other misc stuff. All Because of your videos. Of all the youtube vids yours are hands down the best. Thank You...

Just amazing!!!!!

Really well done. Thank you for doing this. I bought a few parts from you for my previous R1250GSA and I'm preparing another order for my current R1250GSA. Great quality stuff.

nice job, thank you for sharing it

Awesome videos! Just bought a 2022 BMW R1250 GSA and I’m going to install a set of Denali D4 lights and K3 Innovv cameras. This is just what I needed to get started.

Thanks to guys like you , I can now strip the bike myself without relying on the dealer and even spot their mistakes when they put it together (wrong type of screws etc) 🙏🏻🙏🏻

Brilliant Mate I'm just about to fit a Split Sound Bomb Horn, no fuss straight to the point, well done!

The best video guide to achieve a clean install by yourself. Purchased D4s, T3s and Split Soundbomb from Steve. Finished the installation today and very happy and proud 😂. Thanks Steve!

Super useful. Thanks! with a little more light you'd have a better depth of field and less focus problems.

Wow, very interesting... thanks I am a bit less scared to do it 👍🏼👍🏼

Brilliant, thanks mate

Your video is a day late 😁 to install your D4s and sound bomb.... Now you’ve done this Steve, I’ll do it with greater confidence and take less time and make a better job..... Fantastic video.... no other suppliers doing this in such detail and commitment to the product to give support. That is why I bought from you😁

Steve! Finally getting to the bike after purchasing all my parts from you end of last year. You make it so easy to follow you step by step and make a person feel confident that I can do it. Everything went great! Tank makes me a little nervous but taking that on today. Then it will look just like yours. Thanks again for all your help!! Can't wait to see the finished product.

Steve, again, this video was a life saver. I took my iPad out to the garage to work on the installation of the Denali Cansmart and D4s. The front panels are very challenging and although I am pretty comfortable with mechanical things, there is NO way I could have done this. Thank you so much for this. If I lived in the UK, I would have had you install the kit, but in Canada, that option does not exist. Cheers mate.

Great video Steve 👍

Just completed adding the Innovv K3 and the Hex can using this video. Great work there . To remove the plastic rivets I used a small spoon. Bent 10mm of the end of the handle over at 90 degrees and with a small file, filed a slot in it. an chamfered the end. the rivets came out without using pliers. Thanks again great intuative video.

I agree makes pulling my two week old GSA apart much easier however a how to put it back together together video would be nice 😊

Excellen video! Thank you!

Big thanks, this will come in handy. Liked/subscribed…cheers

Great Video!!! Thank you very much

Awesome video .❤❤ liked and subscribed

3:44 into the video you took the rear and front bolts out of the grab rail to demonstrate the differences and when you put them back in you put them back in reverse. Not sure if anyone else caught this but anyways another was that I do things is to remove the part ie: grab rail and insert bolts back into the correct holes. That ways there's no mistaking where they go, and when reinstalling the grab rail wow they are right there. No fuss no muss.

Loving youre video’s keep up the good work please and I am defenetly going to by denali and sound bomb and hex can. Have to save a Litle money first couse I broke down my bike completly for a Total make over. Thanks a milion

King!!!

Great video thanks

Great video, BMWs are much easier to work on than KTMs. Reckon I'll be able to install my D7s by myself. Keep up the good work mate.

Very nicely put together and detailed. Thank you for doing this video. Also browsing through your site for additional lighting and the horn. Question: do I need to remove all that bodywork just to get to the stock horn? thank you

Great video, just one thing, After the front beak side trims have been removed, How does one remove the front beak rails, the ones that sit around the front indicators .be great if you could show This.cheers, Stone.

Steve this is awesome - can you do the subsequent video of how to reassemble the bike from this stripped down state?

Hi Steve - great video showing how to strip the GSA. You did an install for me last year and I’m very pleased with it. I have my eye on the Milwaukee power tool that you are using in the video, would you mind telling me which model of power tool you’re currently using in your business as I’d love to get one for myself. P.s Can’t wait for the Ammo Guard - preorder done ! Any help would be appreciated. Martin White.

By any chance; Could you show us how to remove the BMW sat nav prep?

Hey bike thing thanks for the great tutorial getting good tips thanks man... do you recommend total disassemble or go with the Thailand approach you documented?

Love the video.... do you have video like this for a 2018 1200 GSA..? Thanks

Hi Steve, any tips for replacing right hand panels after abs sensor change pleas

Steve, my US dealer installed the D4/Brake light/Sound Bomb/CanSmart set on my 1250 GSA last year when he had it apart for another issue. Since then I’ve been thinking about daisy chaining another CanSmart to add a GPS harness and radar detector harness since my other CanCmart circuits are full. After watching this I’m confident I could disassemble on my own, but wondering how far I need to disassemble to run these 2 harnesses that would terminate at the handlebar. While I’m at it, I’d also like to check the routing on the initial dealer install to see if it’s all tucked in properly. Do I really need to pull the tank aside or remove the 2 beak panels for this?

Can you come to ny to install all your favorite gadgets on my gsa?

Congratulations for you video .well done ¡¡¡ It Is possible cut the video for rear, front, head, tank .. ???. Thanks for show and share ¡¡

Hey Steve, great video! Do you know if there is a way to disconnect / replace negative lead cable? There seem to be more wires wrapped into that. Feels like they all twined together into the car harness.

Thanks Steve - are they many differences between the R1250 GSA and the R1250 GS? Any specific or significant differences?

I was just wondering if you've ever removed the crash bars. Need mine powder coated and not sure how easy the little cable clips come off. Hopefully without breaking them.

Hi Sir! Could you say to me what elevator you are using to elevate your GSA? Thank you!

I watched the whole video just to find out what the relay behind the left side panel (opposite the battery) is. It was the only panel you didn't remove lol. Oh well I learnt alot anyway.

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Hi Steve, do you use loctite for each of the screws?

Hope you can help. Followed your instructions to get the silver radiator covers off (excellent instructions) but when I removed the plastic tank cover, a little rubber block (kind of pyramid shaped) fell out and I can't see where it came from.

Nice one. I have a 1250 GS but still found this interesting as it's similar in some respects. Did you have any bolts left over once you'd put it back together LOL. I had 1 T25 from each of my 1200s - I never did find out where they went......

Mate what make are your impact driver and compact electric screwdriver please ?

Where do you plug in the system monitor.

By the way are you gonna do one where your putting it back together again I know it's simply the reverse of what you did but when I put mine back together again it was a little tricky as you had mentioned when you were taking off the parts I'd like to see how you approached putting them back on

I forgot to ask, what make and model and voltage is the little cordless screwdriver you're using please as I need to get some panels off my GS and my hands are making it difficult to get the torx bolts out by hand so something like this would help massively. Thanks

Is it possible to remove the side panels that covers the radiators, whithout taking out the uper panel? Thanks

What size bolt goes into the front of the plastic cover? I think it was a T-15. Not really sure. The guys who installed my Denali lights, and Cansmart used red locktight when they reinstalled. I burgered up the screw trying to get it out. Had to take a grinder to get the piece off. (Had to replace the Cansmart. Thanks

Please tell me the brand of that clips plier you have. I have now borrowed 3 models and none of the them can be used. Best regards from Simon I Denmark

Greetings all the way from Mexico, I just bought with you an AIO Chigee Lite bundle among many other things, does the petrol tank has to be almost empty in order to remove it? or does it have a valve?

Thanks for sharing that video. May I ask you something as I got confused. I just want to remove only the right black plastic on my GSA. How many screws are in total? Only one side...

I have really bad OCD amd my BMWs side panel screws almost gave me a stroke lol.

Or, just thread the bolts you take out back into where they go. It's more work but less chance of mixing them up.

I wouldn't mind getting the silver panel that's under the upper crash bars wrapped in black. Does that come off without removing other panels?

Hi Steve, is it possible to remove just the radiator side covers?

I don't need a disassemble the entire bike. I just need to know all I need to do to get the Denali light bar installed and nothing more. Is there a video out there that shows me what needs to be out of the way to only install the Denali light bar. I don't need to disassemble the entire bike

Hey! I'm planning on buying a 2015 1200 gsa. Is this comparable with the 1200 gsa? If it is, I need to save this for my Denalli setup

When you unplug the fuel line from the fuel tank will it leak fuel if the tank isn’t completely empty?

You look like Liverpool FC coach

I only wanted to find out how to remove the rear seat!! Just my luck 😂 Epic Fail!!

Tried to do this and got blocked at the grab rail. No tools can squeeze into that space to remove the rear bolts!

Hello, Every thing was going fine and according to your video, until I got as far as up to your removal of the plastic rivet (at 19:30 min), but cannot access the rivet due to an apparent fan assembly at the back side of the radiators but only on the offside of the bike (not sure what this is as it us only on one side?). Any ideas in a way forward? Regards