Mawse’s Caponord Stuff

When you first get all the bits out of the box and see the instructions I thought it was an all day job.  But once Id taken a deep breath it turned out to be not that bad at all.

First thing was to take off the fairing - this is held in place by 4 alankey headed screws - 1 at the top, 2 front and one at the bottom (the hole for this one will need drilling out later!)

bike before starting

showing naked side of bike

The first part of the kit to attach is the crossbar that goes at the top of the radiator.  Now this initially sound like a dead easy thing to do.  But as you take the screws out there is a small threaded bit of metal that falls down and makes putting them back in a total pain in the arse! (well it was for me anyway!).

location for crossbar

Once that was fitted it was so straigh forward I forgot to take photos until the final bar was in place.  But the rest involves taking a screw out on the engine, adding a longer bracket and then putting it all back together, ready for the final bar fitting.

lower hole needs drillling out with size 11 drill

The lower hole on the fairing needs drilling out before it re-fit otherwise the new screw assembly just will not fit (by about 2mm!)

Then all thats left to do is tighten the front of the bar to the crossbar and tighten up the lower screw and thats bisically it.  And before you know it………

fitted crash bars

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