I got more done today than I had expected.
I went out to the garage thinking that I'd get the coils finished. Well I got them connected up, cut the bracket off the seat post and mounted the cover on the coils. I've decided that it looks better with the wrinkle black cover on. The coils are not very pretty after all.
I then went on to have a look at the instructions for the V&H exhausts. Looked easy enough so I got started. All went smoothly apart from getting it all done and noticing I had two bolts left over. I almost ignored it as there was other stuff which wasn't being used. Must be for other models.
After another look through the instructions I realised that I hadn't removed the two mounting studs which held on the stock exhaust. They are replaced by the two bolts which I had in my hand. For a short while, I considered leaving it as it was but changed my mind and loosened everything off once more in order to do the job right. I'm glad I did as the exhaust now sits straighter.
The hardest and most annoying part of the fitting was getting the clamps to catch to tighten them up. V&H suggest that you mark the outside of the heat shield with pencil in order to locate them. That's a great tip but the places they're located don't make it easy to hold in order to get them started.
Tomorrow I'm going to refit the petrol tank.
I've had to order bullet connectors to wire up my RBS indicators (then the front ones will finally match the rear ones) so I can't get on with that until they come. As the wires to the indicators are the same to each side I will need some way of quickly swapping them over should I fit them up on the wrong sides.
I'll take my time over the fairing as the indicators, headlamp and fairing are all needing to go together at the same time.
I went out to the garage thinking that I'd get the coils finished. Well I got them connected up, cut the bracket off the seat post and mounted the cover on the coils. I've decided that it looks better with the wrinkle black cover on. The coils are not very pretty after all.
I then went on to have a look at the instructions for the V&H exhausts. Looked easy enough so I got started. All went smoothly apart from getting it all done and noticing I had two bolts left over. I almost ignored it as there was other stuff which wasn't being used. Must be for other models.
After another look through the instructions I realised that I hadn't removed the two mounting studs which held on the stock exhaust. They are replaced by the two bolts which I had in my hand. For a short while, I considered leaving it as it was but changed my mind and loosened everything off once more in order to do the job right. I'm glad I did as the exhaust now sits straighter.
The hardest and most annoying part of the fitting was getting the clamps to catch to tighten them up. V&H suggest that you mark the outside of the heat shield with pencil in order to locate them. That's a great tip but the places they're located don't make it easy to hold in order to get them started.
Tomorrow I'm going to refit the petrol tank.
I've had to order bullet connectors to wire up my RBS indicators (then the front ones will finally match the rear ones) so I can't get on with that until they come. As the wires to the indicators are the same to each side I will need some way of quickly swapping them over should I fit them up on the wrong sides.
I'll take my time over the fairing as the indicators, headlamp and fairing are all needing to go together at the same time.
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