He knows what he is talking about, take each one of your fairing pieces and break it it into 4 or 5 pieces and then try to put the puzzle together.
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Changing Fairings
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phil_si
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I am not talking about installing OEM fairings. I am talking about installing aftermarket fairings for the first time on a specific bike, which frequently involves trimming, cutting and drilling because nothing lines up. Installing OEM and aftermarket chinese fairings are two totally different things.
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EaZ8
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600rr fairings (07+) suck for taking off and putting back on IF you are completely swapping them. there are a lot of small screws that hold interior plastics to 2 different outer plastics. then add the air dams and making sure it all lines up. its a bit of a job.
other one that is a little tricky but not nearly as bad is the 05/06 636, for the most part its easy but the front air dam has sections that have to clip together around the rad and then clip to the under nose fairing air dam then you can attach the fairings. again little tricky but once you get the hang of it its fast-er....
ive taken other full fairing bikes apart and they were not nearly as bothersome as the 600rr.
other one that is a little tricky but not nearly as bad is the 05/06 636, for the most part its easy but the front air dam has sections that have to clip together around the rad and then clip to the under nose fairing air dam then you can attach the fairings. again little tricky but once you get the hang of it its fast-er....
ive taken other full fairing bikes apart and they were not nearly as bothersome as the 600rr.
This seems to be a late-model-Honda feature.
On my older-model Yamaha, if you want to remove a certain piece, you remove all the screws and the piece comes off. Then remove screws for the next piece, and that comes off. Simple.
Late model Honda fairings are tied together with clips that snap together and tabs that lock together. You can remove every screw that you can see, and you are no closer to having the fairings off the bike. It all has to come apart in a certain sequence because only after the first piece comes off does that reveal what's holding the next piece on, and for parts that are clipped together, you have to know where to start prying clips apart because you cannot see what's going on while the part is still on the bike. And I wouldn't trust the snap-clips to last more than a few removal and re-assembly procedures.
If you are replacing all that with aftermarket then you are going to need all of the clips and fasteners (or transfer them from the old parts, if removal doesn't break them) ... and heaven help if the aftermarket stuff is out of tolerance in the slightest.
Gotcha. Misunderstood.
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