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After a week of ownership I now have the bike mastered. Wheelies in all six gears on command? Hah, I scoff at power wheelies. Setting new lap record....childs play. No, I have now pulled the upper fairing off and installed a new windshield. Damn was that a pain in the azz! In fairness, like many jobs I could do it a whole lot faster and easier now.
I read all the directions I could find on the forum. A couple of things I learned is that I did not have to take off as much stuff as I did, and the two bolts that hold it on from behind were not well spelled out (where they were) in the write-ups I read. If I have to pull if off again I think that what I would consider the most difficult job now is putting the mirrors back on . I was working by myself and the tough part is holding the mirrors and not letting them scratch the paint while you are hooking the wiring connector back together and pushing the wires and connector back in place while installing the mirrors. Next time I'll have my wife come out and help with that.
As to the bolts that hold the fairing on, what was not clear is that they are behind the fairing on either side. Looking at the bolts when I did figure it out it was not obvious that they held the fairing on. It looked like they were part of the light mount. I didn't think of it last night, but should have taken a picture of them to add to the tutorial on the project.
Just had to post this, I feel like I've joined some sort of secret club that has now removed and re-installed the upper fairing successfully.
BTW, here are pics of the new screen. It is a Zero Gravity. It has just enough of a bubble to it to allow getting a rag under the front of the screen to dry and clean it. Also, I run a radar detector with LED's (google "Marc Parnes) mounted on top of the gauges that are easier to see with a dark tinted windscreen.
I read all the directions I could find on the forum. A couple of things I learned is that I did not have to take off as much stuff as I did, and the two bolts that hold it on from behind were not well spelled out (where they were) in the write-ups I read. If I have to pull if off again I think that what I would consider the most difficult job now is putting the mirrors back on . I was working by myself and the tough part is holding the mirrors and not letting them scratch the paint while you are hooking the wiring connector back together and pushing the wires and connector back in place while installing the mirrors. Next time I'll have my wife come out and help with that.
As to the bolts that hold the fairing on, what was not clear is that they are behind the fairing on either side. Looking at the bolts when I did figure it out it was not obvious that they held the fairing on. It looked like they were part of the light mount. I didn't think of it last night, but should have taken a picture of them to add to the tutorial on the project.
Just had to post this, I feel like I've joined some sort of secret club that has now removed and re-installed the upper fairing successfully.
BTW, here are pics of the new screen. It is a Zero Gravity. It has just enough of a bubble to it to allow getting a rag under the front of the screen to dry and clean it. Also, I run a radar detector with LED's (google "Marc Parnes) mounted on top of the gauges that are easier to see with a dark tinted windscreen.
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