What have you done to your bike today....

[Sarky B’stard]

Are they not just plastic rivets where the centre pin flares the lugs?

Photos a bit grainy!

 

[Don the Don]

The video on youtube makes it look easy, sarky is right are they not either centre pin type or push and splay type, does the new one have any fixings with it.

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

The video on youtube makes it look easy, sarky is right are they not either centre pin type or push and splay type, does the new one have any fixings with it.

Watched that myself...it's exactly the same only mine ain't popping off..The damaged fairing as just split..I'm thinking angle grinder used delicately and then pliers to pull out plastic rivets

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

ERM...see what I mean..That's not meant to happen...

 

[Don the Don]

take it easy Duck, don't worry about the plastic pins they are easy to acquire afterwards should you damage them just don't do any damage to surrounding parts

 

[Don the Don]

See that centre pin in the rivet gently tap that out, or try pushing it from the other side "GENTLY"

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

take it easy Duck, don't worry about the plastic pins they are easy to acquire afterwards should you damage them just don't do anydamage to surrounding parts

Something is very wrong here..
They ain't your normal pop on and off pins..

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

Gently eh...that looks like a quick release pin which should not be on there...

 

[Don the Don]

Something is very wrong here..
They ain't your normal pop on and off pins..

From the look at that last photo sarky was right you can see the centre pin that splays it that needs to come up to release the pin, but if you can't get it out then cut it off at least get to the stage of being able to put the new fairing on and then replace with new plastic plugs or a nut & bolt for a temp measure

 

[Don the Don]

Do you get the idea of these pins Duck look at the images especially the one with the straight pin

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[BAD LUCK DUCK]

Gently didn't work but snappy snap snap did..

These have been put on at a later date and are not right for the bike...Even now I cannot remove that bolt rivet or whatever you call it...


I'm not at all sure how to remove the piece of fairing attached to headlight fairing..

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

This is how it's supposed to be with pop on pop off..dead easy..I just can't see a way to get these off that don't involve destruction of the fairing...

 

[Don the Don]

have you seen these Duck

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[BAD LUCK DUCK]

have you seen these Duck

Pardon our interruption...

Looks nice..However nothing there looks like it would do what this should be doing in the first place...it should just pop on pop off..There's no room for anything other than that system

 

[Don the Don]

what it is supposed to be is imaterial you need to get those old bits removed, different versions may have different fixings, have you a junior hacksaw blade that you could gently use underneath the fixing? "Think"

 

[Don the Don]

can you feel the other side? what does it feel like? , a splayed end or has someone put a nut on? check everything

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

I think this as just been upgraded to angle grinder status...I cannot remove that pin and have no chance with the other two and there may possibly be a third underneath here...

 

[Scrappy]

Do the pins go into rubber grommets on the frame, if so have you tried spraying WD40 on to (or towards) the rubber grommets?

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

Do the pins go into rubber grommets on the frame, if so have you tried spraying WD40 on to (or towards) the rubber grommets?

No rubber grommets on these..just hard plastic...

 

[BAD LUCK DUCK]

what it is supposed to be is imaterial you need to get those old bits removed, different versions may have different fixings, have you a junior hacksaw blade that you could gently use underneath the fixing? "Think"

I don't own a gay junior hacksaw..I suppose I could try and melt it off with a soldering iron but I'm still possibly going to have to angle grinder the section connected to headlight fairing