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Jul 21, 2009 | 07:39 AM

so165

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drilling ???

any one ever drilled into the inner fairing? if so is there any thing i need to look out for?

Jul 21, 2009 | 07:51 AM

Jinks

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There's a ton of stuff back there! I wouldn't drill until I had the outer fairing off & cleared the space behind where you're going to drill.

Jul 21, 2009 | 07:55 AM

dawg

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What are you drilling to mount?

Jul 21, 2009 | 07:55 AM

hogowner69

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jinks

There's a ton of stuff back there! I wouldn't drill until I had the outer fairing off & cleared the space behind where you're going to drill.

+1...do not drill BLIND!!!! take it off...or I assure you....you will be sorry!

Jul 21, 2009 | 08:15 AM

Roadie09

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take the outer off first, you will be surprised how much stuff is behind there.

Jul 21, 2009 | 01:06 PM

Harleypingman

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Only from the inside of the fairing for fairing mounted mirrors and Hog Tunes Hog Pod; both provide templates and both provided for small pilot holes then the finish size.

Jul 21, 2009 | 01:13 PM

honkerdown

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Take the outer fairing off and inspect where you plan on drilling. Once that it determined then place a small piece of duck tape on the area in question and drill carefully with a sharp drill bit going very slowly. I did this to my color matched inner fairing for mounting a waterproof switch for accent lighting. It worked...................