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BMW K1200LTTrunk and seat removal process for access to:

FM radio antennamounting/replacement,

or for CB antennainstallation.

All the real work was done by:Jim Beard of Little Rock, AR [email protected]

I just put it together here in a nice printable format.Terry Steeper, Parkhill Ontario Canada

Photos and wording by Jim Beard, presentation by Terry Steeper

Open Trunk - Look at left rear corner. There is a knurled screw that needs to be removed.

Remove the screw and slip the fabric loop off the end. Carefully allow it to retract into it's spring loadedcarrier and make sure it doesn't slip inside.

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Make sure it doesn't slip inside the carrier.

Place something to support the open trunk - I used a box, since the fabric strap no longerprovides a stop.

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Carefully lift/pry the front of the liner loose. It is held in by Velcro. DO NOT REMOVE the liner YETyou are just trying to loosen it up.

Look down inside the latch mechanism's at the very back. You will see a gold pin. There is a plasticfinger from the trunk liner that fits into a slot below the pin. Look at the next two pictures.

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Carefully take a screwdriver and slide it to the bottom and carefully push the flat blade towards the backof the trunk. This will push the plastic finger out of the slot. Carefully pull up the liner just enough to clear

the slot and pin. Now do the other side.

This is the finger you need to carefully push back out of the slot at the back of the trunk liner.

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Lift liner out and sit it aside.

Using my trusty BMW metric 5 MM allen wrench I'm going to remove 3 of the 4 bolts holding thetrunk down.

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Open the Left Saddlebag and pull the knob in front and lift your rider seat up.

Remove Silver 5 MM Allen Bolt on right side for passenger seat removal.

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Remove Silver 5 MM Allen Bolt on left side for passenger seat removal.

Pull Passenger seat forward after removing both 5 MM bolts (note rear hooks on frame)

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Note the two cables on the left and right going through cable clamps andgoing into circular connectors "snapped" in place.

Remove the cables from the holding clips.

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Replace the cardboard box and open the trunk and remove the last bolt and sit the trunk aside.

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Twist the connector open after unsnapping from plastic holder. Now do the other cable as well.

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Open the saddlebags on both sides. Remove the 4 bolts on top and their are 2 bolts on each side towardsthe front of the plastic cover.

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With the Trunk removed note the position of the four bolts holding the cover down. If you move the 4bolts to their rear position then the trunk can be moved forward to change it's position.

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Carefully slide the cover towards the front of the bike clearing the tabs on each end at the very back.Note the area where the CB antenna mount will come out. Currently there is a notched area that you willneed to remove by cutting it out. This is exactly opposite where the AM/FM antenna mount comes out.

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Remove both left and right bolts on the sides towards the front.

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