Hey Two Lane:
Thanx for the reply.
Is splitting the nacelle in the riders manual, or can you give me some quick directions? I haven't secured a full RG manual yet.
Also, I'm down in Joplin a bit being in Nevada. Or, give me a yell and drop down 55 miles to Nevada.
I am working a huge TNA wrestling show in Joplin in Feb. Let me know if you want tickets.
Thanks
2 bb
dr. g
Definitely want tickets. That would be outstanding. Thanks very much!
I'm up your way with some regularity also. We'll definitely have to get the bikes together.
Opening up the nacelle isn't a big chore. But your hands will need to learn the feel of one thing the first time you do it.
Three pieces. The top cover over the speedo and tach come off first. You'll see two screws. One on each side and close to the top. Once the screws are out don't expect the top cover to just fall off. The part has lips top and bottom that catch in the two halves of the lower nacelle.
Once the screws are out locate the dividing line of the two halves of the lower section just below the top of the instrument housing (i.e, as if you're reaching over the top of the instruments). Squeeze those two halves "in" toward the instruments. Top will start to pop away from the lower sections. Once free at the top the bottom will cantilever up and the instrument housing pull away from the lower sections. Instruments and their harnesses will still be attached but there's plenty of wire to lay everything out of the way.
At this point you have a choice. In fact it's a choice that might already be made for you.
You'll see the top handlebar clamp once the instruments are out of the way. The bottom two bolts are partially obstructed by the nacelle halves. Many Dremel away a bit of the nacelle to clearance for those bolts. The area you'd grind away is covered by the instrument housing. If another shop changed your bars they might have already done this. If so use the space they've created.
If they didn't you'll have the choice of creating that clearance or spreading the halves of the lower nacelle. It's easy if you choose to. You'll see two nuts below the handlebars on each side. Turn the bars so you can get at those nuts (each way). Once they're off the two body pieces will spread apart.
There is a "feel" to the reassembly of the instrument housing as well. Hook it in the bottom and use your fingers to then push the top down inside the section of the lower nacelle halves that it hooks to. Turn it over and eyeball the bottom of the instrument cluster before snapping it back in place. Seeing what goes where will inform your fingers of where to push.