Question

I am going to replace my inner fairing when the cold season hits. I would like to know, does one need to pull the radio and gauges out when replacing the INNER FAIRING? Is this is simple job or a real pain in the azz? Any tips? Any thing I should be thinking of doing when this is out of the bike? thanks

Bob

 

Everything has to come out of it.

It's not that bad.... just tedious. Take your time andtake picutres before and during removal so you can refer back to them later.

The main thing you'll need is patience....

 

Patience and a lot of plastic bags to keep all of the nuts and bolts that are removed.

Great idea about the camera and pictures.

Ride Em Carry Em

 

Geezer: The best tip is to BUY the HD Service Manual for touring bikes. It has an excellent section on removing the inner fairing. I used the Service Manual instructions to remove the inner fairing on my '04 EG a couple of months ago and although it is a tedious job it is simple.

To remove the inner fairing, the radio does not have to be removed since it is mounted to the fairing brackets. The gauges don't have to be removed either to remove the inner fairing, however, I removed them while the inner fairing was on the bike since the OEM gauges were being replaced with spun aluminum gauges. Since you are replacing the inner fairing, the gauges have to come out of the stock inner, and I found it easier to remove the gauges with the fairing on the bike.

Other tips: 1) buy a couple of the brass ferules that secure the throttle and idle cables to the hand grip--they are small and easily lost when you dissassemble the cables prior to pulling them through the inner fairing and they are cheap "project interruption insurance;" 2) cover the tank and front fender; 3) although a one man job, an extra pair of hands if very helpful when you actually remove the inner fairing and reinstall it; 4) it's a good time to lube the clutch/throttle/idle cables; 5) have a shop lamp handy since, at least for my 59 year old eyes, it's dark inside the inner fairing and a lot of light is helpful.

There are, to me, surprisingly few nuts/bolts involved--but a half dozen freezer bags and a Sharpie will keep them all straight and ready for reinstallation.

But BUY the Service Manual and read the section on inner fairing removal a few times and you should have no problems. If you have never had the clutch cable off the perch, read that section as well; ditto the throttle/idle cables remove/install.

Apart from the Torx and Allen wrenches needed, a snap ring plier is required (or at least highly desireable) and a replacement C-clip for the dissassembly/reassembly of the clutch cable/perch.

 

I haven't read all the post on your topic yet but let me give you my experience and advice. 1st, everything has to come out. 2nd, use a digital camera and take a picture before you start of everything and anything that you may think you might have difficulty reassembling. I did mine without any help from a manual and totally by myself. 3rd, get some masking tape or some painters tape and mark all the wireing harnesses and guage wires so it will be a matter of just replugging everything back in. 4th, while you have it apart think if there is anything else you might want to do. While mine was apart I added the powered hidden antenna and I also changed the gauge lights to blue.

Holler if there is anythingI can help you with.

 

If you need someone to take the old inner fairing off your hands let me know.

 

Use the camera... You'll be glad when you are trying to put everything back together.

 

took mine off 8-17-07 painter cant find black cherry code suppose to pick up 8-22-07 pissed label everything and snap pics will send pics of before and after should be done 8-24-07.

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Its a pain IMO. Get the Service Manual, take pics, and lable everything.

It took me about 4-5 hours to remove and the same to install.

I'll be doing it again this winter and I ain't looking forward to it.