I did it with a flat screwdriver with painters tape wrapped around it. It's in your best interest to youtube anything you are DIY on the bike to save yourself some agony!


DJ Terry Moran

 

Same here a flat screwdriver and a little tape. I just pop out the top and it comes right off no problem

 

I had the fairing off the bike, and still coudn't remove the trim piece without breaking the tabs.

 

Sounds like the black edge trim/or sides of bubble buggut encrusted and/or heat swelled, 10 bucks? why worry

 

True, except I have to wait for the part. Not something a dealer would keep in stock. I was using the "headlight removal" technique to re-mount the fairing. Much easier to do when you can see the two little fairing hooks through the headlight opening. Think I may try some heavy duty velcro to hold the old one in place until the new part arrives. At least I was able to clean out all the old dead bug guts.

 

The trick is to leave the screwdriver in your tool box....... use a butter knife. Less chance of breaking the tabs or chipping your paint.

Push the knife in until it hits the tab. Apply a little torque, and pull out on the bezel. Start with the bottom first, as it comes loose a little easier.

 

+1 on the butter knife.

 

+2 on that butter knife. Its thin enough to slide between the bezel and the fairing but firm enough to apply pressure without causing any damage

 

Lol I thought I was the only one that used a butter knife. I have electrical tape wrapped around it.


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Same here but blue painters tape.


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I just did this Sunday (finishing right before the superbowl) for the first time to wipe some haze that had formed out of my headlights. I just used a small flathead screwdriver, but it did seem like a little bit of an odd angle to pop it loose. It seemed like you sort of have to push it in as much as torque it a bit to get it to come loose.

That part went fine actually, then surprised how tight the four mounting screws were holding in the headlights!


Ron

 

Nay, unna I probably used a butter knife to remove it before anyof ya'll, hello my name is reds and Iam a glideohlolic

 

Butter knife, huh? Sounds like it's worth a try. I'll keep it in mind next time. Thanks for the tips!

 

i use these nylon prybars from harbor freight.

http://www.harborfreight.com/nylon-pry-bar-installer-kit-4-pc-69668.html

 

Butter knife ?

 

Butter knife worked perfectly...no broken tabs...ty

 

My wife says a butter knife and a high heel shoe is all she needs to fix anything. Which makes me question why my tools constantly levitate into her junk drawer. Grrrr!

 

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That part has been discontinued, so be very careful removing it.

I use two butter knives, one to pry (gently...) outward on the top against the headlight. And one to (gently) depress the tab just far enough to release it.

 

Gentlemen, thank you all for this tip. I was gearing up to remove the faring this weekend because I could not access the top tabs with out risking the paint. A butterknife. Resourceful and pure genius. Thank you!