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Reviews of Cymarc R NINE T side covers black (pair)

Nice looking plates. Not easy to fit. Paul on May 03, 2024

Rating: 3

These plates look nice and fill a gap that should really have been filled by BMW designers in the first place. These are study looking metallic plates. Okay, they're expensive for two small metal plates and a few clamps but that's just how it is with motorbike stuff. I bought the gloss black plates. It's a shame that these don't come with black screws instead of silver. This would have improved the look against the black plates in my view. Fitting these plates was, however, a bit of a nightmare. The three clamps that hold each plate on are unbelievably hard to fit without cross-threading the screw. Getting enough access to the back of the plate to hold/adjust the clamp as you're tightening is very difficult. The problem is that there's no nut on the back, just a "rivBush" - a threaded rivet in the clamp that the screw goes in. Any cross-threading at all seems to detach the "rivBush" from the clamp. Once it has detached it's a nightmare to get the screw out as the rivBush is round (a hexagonal riv-bush would have been a lot better idea - for loosening the bush if it becomes detached). After cross-threading one of the clamps I had to cut the whole clamp off (which resulted in scratching of my bike frame and scratching of the plate - even with the recommended cautionary electrical tape applied). Perhaps if the holes in the plates were slightly slotted instead of circular, a sideways adjustment of the plate during fitting would prevent cross-threading and make fitting a lot easier. Luckily, Cymarc do sell the clamps on their own as a pack of 3 or 6 (which probably indicates how many have to be replaced during fitting).

Side covers Steve Lovatt on Aug 06, 2020

Rating: 5

These covers do an excellent job of hiding the plastic airbox and add to the character and style of the bike. Had lots of compliments since fitting them

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