marlen.padberg
New member
Hey all! Always enjoy starting a conversation thread here - so many people chime in with good ideas, and what to avoid. I purchased myself a new R1250RT and its in right now for its 1000km service checkup (actually went in with 3000 kms - oops!) Anyways, one of the things I've always done on all my bikes is integrate a garage door opener on them. On my old 2010 RT, I took the plate where the audio controls typically go, and drilled a hole, mounted a small push-button and soldered in a dissected garage door opener, and mounted it behind the fairing panel. My old RT did not have the audio system, so that audio controls panel was just a plate and plenty of room.
Now onto my new RT... What have you guys done to integrated a Garage door opener? Flash to open? Mount a switch somewhere? I was thinking about a flash to open, but I'm sure somebody with some basic circuit building skills could easily reproduce the same thing with an output that is a pair of wires that will be contacted together (like the button on my old RT).
Has anybody built their own flash-to-open type device and tied into the high beam switch? Locate a switch somewhere else? Where? Other solutions? I'd prefer a garage door opener mounted on the bike, not in my pocket (multiple jackets).
How did you solve this problem?
Marlen.
2010 R1200RT 133,000 kms
2019 R1250RT 3000 kms
Now onto my new RT... What have you guys done to integrated a Garage door opener? Flash to open? Mount a switch somewhere? I was thinking about a flash to open, but I'm sure somebody with some basic circuit building skills could easily reproduce the same thing with an output that is a pair of wires that will be contacted together (like the button on my old RT).
Has anybody built their own flash-to-open type device and tied into the high beam switch? Locate a switch somewhere else? Where? Other solutions? I'd prefer a garage door opener mounted on the bike, not in my pocket (multiple jackets).
How did you solve this problem?
Marlen.
2010 R1200RT 133,000 kms
2019 R1250RT 3000 kms