Ok, so it's cold and a bit crappy out, seems like a good time to go to town on the bike and get it ready for the coming goodness. Just started taking the fairing off for a decent cleandown and maybe even an exhaust system polish, however I have very little experience of taking bikes to bits so I would be grateful of any help I can get. Got the belly off, now I'm at the main panels....all going well until I have got to the front, recessed under the front is a plastic cap type thing which looks like it has a very shallow allen key type shape printed in the top, not even 1mm deep. That seems to be the last thing holding it on. I'm kinda nervous about applying pressure in case I knacker it. Anyone have any ideas how to get this bit off?
Do you mean the head fairing? If so, under the headlight there is a bolt which points forward, 4mm I think, but you need to take the rubber gromit out which accepts the screw from the under tray and goes UP, then You can access. If its not this bit, I'm not sure where you mean...
Still having a little trouble, added a pic...it's the little bugger about an inch along from the one that screws into the head unit. I'm suspecting it's one of those that will just pop out with a little force....I've been wrong before though and it was a touch expensive, hence my hesitation. *edit* just noticed when I posted, damn pic is upside down
There's two to remove each side. If you rotate the centre bit you will see where you can get a screwdriver in to pop the centre out (but not remove). The whole thing then comes out.
Thanks guys, got it! Apologies for the basic questions, I'm still very green when it comes to this pulling bikes apart stuff.
After my 999 the 848/1098/1198 fairing is a nightmare. If you remove the nose cone be aware that the brass bolts that hold the mirrors are made of chocolate (no 4) and the bolt in the middle bottom of the nose cone (No 2) is a larger allen key size than the rest of the ones you have been removing.
I'll bear that in mind, thanks. I have a feeling now I've popped most of the fairing off this is going to run into next weekend! Looks pretty grubby, I want to try to get wax on as much of the painted stuff as I can. Just bought a dremel and a job lot of autosol as well to see if I can get the exhaust system to look like it hasn't just been pulled out of someones arse......just hope I can remember how it all goes back together!
Used to take me a good hour to get off and on, now I have done it a few times half hour, but will be converting what I can to 1/4 turn dzus. And avoid removed the head fairing like the old woman down the road who feeds the cats
I had forgotten that stuff, will grab some Monday! Thanks! Probably best to get some on the forks too, is it ok to use on the moving parts? Or just the upper parts of the stanchion? *edit* As well as some more cloth/fibre wheels for that dremel, this really ain't a small job.
Same, everything I can get it at then I use disc cleaner on discs and pads just in case any got on there. Of course if ots clean to start with..
Smells like toasted caramel too when everything heats up the first time and onlookers think the bike is on fire :biggrin:
And also looks lime its been thru a headge frst ride out, dont expect to have a co cours looking bike ;-) But come late spring/summer or after a dozen or so rides, wash it off and she's gleaming again. Did this with a very shiny 1200GS and rode all thru winter, cleaning and reapplyng a few times, and when I sold in the spring it looked like it had sat in a warm garage and not been used
Hahaha, have some on order for next weekend. Remember the white smoke, All Year Biker did my Honda a couple of years ago.....dear god! Didn't get the 848 done as I thought it was just too nice to go tracking through all the salt and crap so just put it up for the winter with the odd trip out when the weather was nice. Got some pretty decent wax stuff I'm going to put on the painted bits (Wheels, Frame and Fairings). Will pop the acf50 onto the rest of it, hopefully it should last then with just a random hosing down till this time next year! Thanks for the help today folks!
