Can anyone identify this part

Bike is a 2009 R1200R, I had the tank off found this under the bike after I put things together. Anyone know what it is?

It looks like a doohickey...

It looks like a doohickey...

Don't know Dennis, looks like a Thingamabob to me.

I actually went to the Max BMW parts fiche to look but came up with nothing. It sorta reminded me of the game Bill introduced a few years back where you had to locate and name the road that was pictured.

Pat

Bike is a 2009 R1200R, I had the tank off found this under the bike after I put things together. Anyone know what it is?

Just a wild guess, but it looks like it might be a guide for a throttle cable or fuel hose, to encourage it to make a gentle 90-degree turn instead of kinking.

Are you certain it came from the bike?

I agree with JFF:

1) it clearly is a press fit onto some part of the frame. There's a slot in the fatter part that slides on a flange that sticks out from the frame or something;

2) the curved part is only 1/2 a tube. So there's either another part with the rest of the tube, or the piece fits against something (the frame?) that provides the other 1/2 tube, so that whatever is routed through the tube doesn't just fall out.

*IF* it's from the bike

Or it could be a dooby-dabber.

Bike is a 2009 R1200R, I had the tank off found this under the bike after I put things together. Anyone know what it is?

 

 

 

Afternoon ltljohn

I haven't ever seen that part on a 1200R bike but keep in mind that I have worked on very few 1200R bikes (lots of 1200RT bikes though).

By looking at the part my guess is that it either doesn't belong on a 1200R bike or it was part of a pre-assembly component protection cover like a fuel injector protector, or oil pressure switch protector, oil cooler line protector, or fuel line fitting protector that gets removed when the engine is installed or fuel system installed & the component is wired or plumbed up for use. Possibly that little curved tail is to pull it free from whatever it is covering.

doohickey!

Pat

Thanks for the input everybody. I am not positive it came from the bike. I am off on vacation. I am going to pull the tank to run wiring for some aux lights when I get back. As DR said it may not be part of the bike I will look at things carefully before I button it back up.