Is this for..

[crumbles]

The bracket on my 1200 gs 2012..
I am assuming it's for a tank bag connection,I haven't got one but if i we're too get a bmw gs one would I need anything else..
There is nothing at the headstock ..
Cheers Mike..

 

[Popell]

ISTR it was for the instruction booklet, daft, as I suspect it would get wet.
I use it to loop my heated jacket cable around to take up slack when not in use.

 

[Headtester]

I think it is where the rider's manual is secured by a rubber band. I have a tank bag mount fitted to mine and it sits just above your blue line on the painted section of the tank cover

 

[crumbles]

Haa OK,,,
Never thought off something like that.....

Thanks for the replies...

 

[er-minio]

Oh, I always assumed it was some sort of stop for the seat.
So it can be chucked away???

 

[Headtester]

Oh, I always assumed it was some sort of stop for the seat.
So it can be chucked away???

Maybe "removed and keept in a safe place for a while" first just in case. The bolts that hold the document holder in place are also used to secure the tank bag bracket.

 

[er-minio]

Yes, definitely it could go in the box of spare bits. I think the battery bracket will need a spacer or something because they screw on top of each other.

I really didn't know it was for the manual.
I never considered that under the seat was a safe place for any type of paperwork

 

[Schtum]

ISTR it was for the instruction booklet, daft, as I suspect it would get wet.
I use it to loop my heated jacket cable around to take up slack when not in use.

It was supplied in a ziplock plastic bag when the bike was new.

 

[crumbles]

Er-minio...looks like u use it for getting too Tesco via green lanes...

 

[botus]

the bolt holds the rear tank bag bracket on - and the other bits are handy to hold cabling for accessories

but as the others say - its meant to be where the manual goes - I literally saw a picture of it just last week while surfing the nerd (only had the bike 12 years)