I was trying to separate the black painted glossy panel from the flat black plastic panel, then you have the small panel that covers the bottom of the radiator. It's 4 sections as compared to one. I was spoiled by the quick and fancy right side.Firefight911 said:
Haha! I'm glad this thread is already here. The LH panel isn't bad once you find out how everthing is fastened, but I'm not a big fan of those pop-in plastic fasteners. The ideal approach to those is to not to re-use them because they will wear out pretty quickly. I suppose keeping a bag of spares around would be good headwork. I just think Yamaha could have done better than that. I envision that type of fastener for things like interior panels on cars, so it kinda suprised me to see them on a bike.motocephalic said:
Those plastic fasteners are all over the dl front fairings. They seem to work pretty well. Push in the center to release. Once they're removed, push the center out, reinsert them and lock int place by pushing the centers flush. If you don't force them, you can reuse them over and over again.Tremor38 said:
Yeah, I figued them out pretty quickly. In don't doubt that you can use them over and over, but in most circles the 'recommendation' is to replace them often if you are unfastening them often...as a preventive measure.Koinz said:
But the tool kit and accessory electrics are there under the right side, so you need access to it. The left side has to protect the radiator, so will by necessity be more robust.Tremor38 said:Yeah, I figued them out pretty quickly. In don't doubt that you can use them over and over, but in most circles the 'recommendation' is to replace them often if you are unfastening them often...as a preventive measure.
After taking the RH panel loose, I somehow expected the left side be just as quick...no such luck
If you have the yamaha wind wing thingies, cut about 1" off the end and you will not have to mess with those phillips.motocephalic said:
Only need a Phillips if you have the wind deflectors and there is only one size of allen + plus the two rivets.motocephalic said:
take another look, mine has metal clips, 4 rivets, 2 phillips screws, and 2, I said two different sized allen screws, now don't make me go and take pictures... ::025::ColoRider said:
You must be taking the two parts apart. If you take it off as a unit, it's 5 allen screws and two plastic rivets. Real simple.motocephalic said:
nah, no bitchin here, just having funbloke said:like taking the left hand panel off is going to be a regular ordeal :
i took mine off and painted it and it never struck me it was an "ordeal" maybe some people are just more mechanically minded
i really cant believe the sh!t people find to bitch about ::021::
Same here. It's not a problem, but I still don't understand why Yamaha would go with metal screws on everything except those 2 front fasteners. There must be a reason for it, although it escapes me...no big deal though.motocephalic said:
