Began disassembly with some evaluation. See checklist (V2). Photos and notes for later reference on reassembly.
Items determined to need replacement today:
- Coolant overflow bottle – brittle, broke apart at touch. Hose from radiator left in place, ok. Drain hose in bag with tiny hose clamps, also ok.
- Air filter – not just very dirty; oil/grease through at least 50% surface. May attempt, but probably not worth cleaning
- Pre-(air) filter element – it had crumbled to gel/slime
Progress today
Removed lower fairing ass’y. Cleaned up the mounting bolts/rubbers and left on the frame points. Need to separate fairing halves to replace rashed right one. Both screws solidy rusted in. Used penetrating oil. Got one off, 2nd still stubborn. Try again tomorrow.
Removed coolant overflow bottle.
Removed tail section fairing ass’y. Disconnected rear light wires at harness:
Grab bars already off – need polishing. Both rear plastic tabs at main bolts broken off. Will have to weld/repair the left half plastic we’re keeping.
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Parts marked L and R, in bag with bolts and cushion washers, which look good.
Removed gas tank with hose and fuel filter attached.
Original fuel filter location - line to carbs from fuel pump below
hose locations under tank; larger is
breatherdrain
small diameter hose sticking up goes to fuel tank. Note also position of main fuel hose to carbs (on left) and breather to airbox (upper center)
Pulled out tank breather/drain tube from bike frame: has chewed or cut parts. May replace. Tank may still have fuel in it.
Disassembled and removed airbox ass’y with sub-filter attached.
looking forward at sub-air filter housing with hose attached
Note: one of it’s mounting screws is mostly hidden at front under forward breather tube attachments.
Inner screws are captive. Rear-most/lower (3) screws have cap and sleeve.
Removed battery and tie-wrapped wires for each terminal. They appear to be original bike wiring + alarm circuit + charger plug.
as-wired before removal
End-of-day
