Stopped working on the bike for a few days to make plans for the garage. Did some more tearing into tonight. Tonight, I managed to take off the radiator, headers, headlights and instruments, wiring harness and rear wheel.
Taking off the radiator was a huge mess. I wasn't sure exactly what the correct procedure was so I just started unplugging hoses. I managed to catch most of the coolant that came out but things still got pretty messy. Ended up through half a roll of shop towels.
Look at all those pipes! I wonder which one to remove first...
With the radiator removed, the headers came next. The pipe was basically welded into a one piece unit. Because it was so big and I was alone, it was a bit of a pain taking it off... and I'm rewarded with the filth thats built up on the engine cover. Gross
Headlights came off pretty easily.
The wiring harness was by far the most time consuming thing to remove because I had to take pictures of the wire routing, where wires were hooked onto the frame and of course label each wire on the harness to it's corresponding component. I hope all this work makes putting the bike easier to put together.
This picture makes note of the main wiring harness' routing but you can see all the lables I put on the cables
And after a long and grueling battle, the beast lays defeated on my floor
The rear wheel also came off without much incident.
Good god the swingarm is FILTHY. This pictures does NOT do justice at all to how down right raunchy this piece is.
The area behind the front sprocket cover also deserves mention for being especially nasty.
So thats where my bike sits now. It's basically ready to drop its engine so I can crack it open and have a look at whats causing it to knock. Some more pics:
Peace
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