TFT theft and anti theft bracket stolen, Mark to the blower

[trebor]

Perhaps BMW need informing via their dealer network that they need to address the ease with which these things are being stolen?

I agree, I would have thought the TFT is hardly an item that needs to be removed that often, so why make it so easy to be able to just pull it off? (Without adding other devices to prevent this from happening).
With it being so expensive to replace BMW should make it so it can't be removed without stripping down half the front of the bike, and if someone does try to remove it with force it damages it beyond use.

 

[zoltan]

So is there a solution ?? ive just ordered a new 1250RS and could do with this not happening !!
Rob

Spoke to a chap at Cyrmac, no answer to the issue, but they are willing to improve on the design. You could fit torx pin M5, but in this instance the criminal was prepared. I am looking in a way of securing the anti theft bracket with a bolt and nut from behind the plastic dash. Using something like this https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/coac...jHhb8BY7Sb7jvmSwfrRoCvjsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Reasoning been a lot of plastic would have to come off? Work in progress. Also in talk with somebody in building a dash around the screen. Something that BMW should have done in the first place.

 

[Morety]

You could purchase the "tamper proof" *(not) machined bolts with the anti tamper heads but then again you can buy a pack of the anti tamper bits easily enough and I wonder if these thieves come prepared with an assortment of torx/allen security keys? I'm thinking of something like these:

https://www.accu.co.uk/security-torx-button-head-screws/10343-SHSB-M6-20-A2?uk_google_shopping=1&c=3&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw-vmkBhBMEiwAlrMeF93OZ7-vdcMKwXBXAiRdiOfv2gc4bmmA7BzYR18NkrOh7xL-heGKqxoCBWMQAvD_BwE

 

[littleade]

You could purchase the "tamper proof" *(not) machined bolts with the anti tamper heads but then again you can buy a pack of the anti tamper bits easily enough and I wonder if these thieves come prepared with an assortment of torx/allen security keys? I'm thinking of something like these:

https://www.accu.co.uk/security-torx-button-head-screws/10343-SHSB-M6-20-A2?uk_google_shopping=1&c=3&gad=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw-vmkBhBMEiwAlrMeF93OZ7-vdcMKwXBXAiRdiOfv2gc4bmmA7BzYR18NkrOh7xL-heGKqxoCBWMQAvD_BwE

Or take a universal key with you.

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[Morety]

True but difficult to get a grip if using panhead or domed head torx bolts.

 

[DJ123]

If its a straight bolt through mount system, consider mounting it using a security bolt & shear nut solution.

 

[richardbd]

The bit I don’t get is if all new bikes come with a dash and they can’t be retro-fitted to pre-TFT models, why is there a market for stolen ones?

 

[Santa-2512]

The trouble is thieves dont care, its just an item to nick and fence

They just rely on peoples gullibility in thinking there getting a bargain, or super cheap part

The other way, is the mothership make them so cheap they become worthless once stolen

 

[Morety]

The trouble is thieves dont care, its just an item to nick and fence

They just rely on peoples gullibility in thinking there getting a bargain, or super cheap part

The other way, is the mothership make them so cheap they become worthless once stolen

One thing is pretty much for certain, they can make TFT displays for peanuts compared with analogue speedos or other analogue instruments. I have to buy in a lot of raw materials and components for electronics in my loudspeaker business and occasionally when looking at active circuits using mass produced smd pcbs, they, compared with discrete componentry, cost peanuts. The LCD?LED screens purchased to spec in bulk (from the far East) are not that expensive. What they charge for after sales spares, they make a killing on, so in effect the tech has gotten more sophisticated but ironically do not warrant the increase in new bike prices. The business model is very successful and the only thing that can really dent it is a failure in reliability.... Thread drift I know but was musing on this with a mate today.

Older, less desirable bikes from a thieve's perspective can be more reliable than many of the bikes made today where electronics in general have pretty much a pre-determined life expectancy by design. Merc got it spectacularly wrong in the late Noughties when things like rain sensors and MAFF sensors started packing in after 3 years on many of their cars.

Returning to the thread, whilst thieving scumbags should have their hands removed, the market is driven ultimately by people like us so we owe it to ourselves to be very mindful of security and perhaps reading things like this are healthy to consider cheap but effective ways to make things as awkward as possible to steal?