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I'm pulling my inner fairing and have come to a standstill on two areas that the manual doesn't really cover.
1. Do I disconnect the brake line from the master cylinder?
2. Does the fairing slide up and over the ignition switch? I've already removed keyed part.
1) Yes, you'll have to take the brake line off the MC.
2) IIRC (I don't have my manual with me), the FSM says to remove the ignition switch sticker. There are two screws underneath that that you're supposed to remove. There's no getting the sticker off without destroying it, so you'll need a new one or live without it. I've only done this job once, and it was over a year ago so my memory isn't all that fresh, but I seem to recall concluding at the time that you could get away with not removing the stickers and the screws, and just pulling the ignition housing out with the inner fairing.
1) Yes, you'll have to take the brake line off the MC.
2) IIRC (I don't have my manual with me), the FSM says to remove the ignition switch sticker. There are two screws underneath that that you're supposed to remove. There's no getting the sticker off without destroying it, so you'll need a new one or live without it. I've only done this job once, and it was over a year ago so my memory isn't all that fresh, but I seem to recall concluding at the time that you could get away with not removing the stickers and the screws, and just pulling the ignition housing out with the inner fairing.
[left]Thank you for the info. I was trying to avoid disconnecting the brake line as I haven't had much luck bleeding motorcycle brakes but looks like I'll get more practice. Here's where I'm at now with the ignition switch. Do you know if I can slide the fairing over it or do I still have to remove the switch?
Last edited by husky390; Jan 15, 2018 at 07:09 PM.
[left]Thank you for the info. I was trying to avoid disconnecting the brake line as I haven't had much luck bleeding motorcycle brakes but looks like I'll get more practice. Here's where I'm at now with the ignition switch. Do you know if I can slide the fairing over it or do I still have to remove the switch?
You're as good as done, right there. Should come right off. The bottom kind of snaps onto the triple trees, so you have to spread it apart to free it up.
Thanks again for your help guys. I managed to remove the inner fairing without doing any additional damage to it. One question I have is that since I'm installing Progressive Suspension cartridges, can I delete this whole electric block? If so, what have you guys done with the wires?
Those wires look as if they are all the same colour, probably black, and are wired to ground, so any convenient solution IMHO, subject to confirming they are grounds.
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