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So I just removed the two mids, lower and upper fairing on my 09 CBR. What a pain in the ass. WTF was Honda thinking? I can't imagine the techs at my local dealer getting these things put back together without braking tabs or just fucking the whole thing up all together. I feel sorry for anyone who isn't mechanically inclined trying to get the fairing off and and back on.
I still have more to go. I am getting my bike prepped for racing so have to do quite a bit to it. I will be glad to put the race plastics on instead of having to put the stock plastics back on again.
My next task is to get the passenger pegs and license plate holder off. That seems to be as involved as the fairings. After all that crap is off I can start doing the mechanic prep of the bike. Up to now this type of process has taken about a week of after work and a weekend. This time it is going to take a bit longer. Probably a couple of weekends and a couple of weeks of after work activity.
So WTF was Honda thinking here? Sure, when it is all together it looks really good but if it is a pain in the ass to work on the aesthetics don't quite make up for it.
I still have more to go. I am getting my bike prepped for racing so have to do quite a bit to it. I will be glad to put the race plastics on instead of having to put the stock plastics back on again.
My next task is to get the passenger pegs and license plate holder off. That seems to be as involved as the fairings. After all that crap is off I can start doing the mechanic prep of the bike. Up to now this type of process has taken about a week of after work and a weekend. This time it is going to take a bit longer. Probably a couple of weekends and a couple of weeks of after work activity.
So WTF was Honda thinking here? Sure, when it is all together it looks really good but if it is a pain in the ass to work on the aesthetics don't quite make up for it.