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So today I got the itch to ride. After being below freezing for two weeks here the snow on the road was finally melted and dried out. It was only 40 degrees out, and the bike is in pieces waiting for me to move my ass. I decided the hour of sunlight would be over by the time I had it back together.
So instead of being lazy and going on the computer I decided to put in some work.
I decided to open up these 2 boxes, I was confused as to whether they were from china or Italy, It had chinese writing, but also said Frageeelay.
Inside:
So I started on the right side, installed well, lined up much better than I expected (Even though the finish on these are EXCELLENT I still expected to be let down) Only problem was the center bolt on the fairing was off by a half inch, found the tab on the top that wasn't lined up half an hour later, popped it in, and perfect fit!
I removed the left side fairing and realized my stator cover was still rashed, and hadn't fixed itself like I had hoped.
lease: So I decided to try to play with that while i was in there. Took a wire wheel to it and smoothed out the rash & removed the paint. Was planning on doing a half-assed rattlecan job but I decided to see what a little polishing would do, worked my way down through the grits and got a decent result. I'm going to decide tomorrow whether to paint it, or put in some extra time to actually polish it.
Then I decided I might as well do the Kickstand Mod, cut into that a little and was happy with the result.
Tomorrow:
I still have to do what I originally started out to do, wire an auxillary power outlet which will be used mainly for the GPS.
Make a bracket for the GPS (probably off the front tank bolts).
Weigh stock vs carbon fairing.
Install left fairing.
Clean up.
Thanks for reading, I'll post pics of the finished wiring and fairing install tomorrow.
So instead of being lazy and going on the computer I decided to put in some work.
I decided to open up these 2 boxes, I was confused as to whether they were from china or Italy, It had chinese writing, but also said Frageeelay.
Inside:
So I started on the right side, installed well, lined up much better than I expected (Even though the finish on these are EXCELLENT I still expected to be let down) Only problem was the center bolt on the fairing was off by a half inch, found the tab on the top that wasn't lined up half an hour later, popped it in, and perfect fit!
I removed the left side fairing and realized my stator cover was still rashed, and hadn't fixed itself like I had hoped.
lease: So I decided to try to play with that while i was in there. Took a wire wheel to it and smoothed out the rash & removed the paint. Was planning on doing a half-assed rattlecan job but I decided to see what a little polishing would do, worked my way down through the grits and got a decent result. I'm going to decide tomorrow whether to paint it, or put in some extra time to actually polish it.Then I decided I might as well do the Kickstand Mod, cut into that a little and was happy with the result.
Tomorrow:
I still have to do what I originally started out to do, wire an auxillary power outlet which will be used mainly for the GPS.
Make a bracket for the GPS (probably off the front tank bolts).
Weigh stock vs carbon fairing.
Install left fairing.
Clean up.
Thanks for reading, I'll post pics of the finished wiring and fairing install tomorrow.
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