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Great article, thanks for posting. Two observations from someone who has done this job:
1. Don't know why they said to remove the seat and tank dash. Maybe the dash cannot be removed w/o removing the seat, but I don't see why the tank dash should be removed. I didn't and at no point do I think, "Gee, this would be a little easier if that dash wasn't there."
2. They removed the handle bars by just removing the front two screws of the handlebar clamp. Unless this is a difference in parts between an '06 and an '09, I don't see it. I'd love for it to be true b/c I did not like having to remove the stereo to get at the back two clamp screws.
This is more than just helping others. I'll have to swap out my Monkey Bars in a few weeks.
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