HANDLEBAR COVER REMOVAL

[Questions]

:helpsmilie:What is involved in removing handlebar cover on 08 gs? got a spare set of wheels for powdercoating and would like to do the cover as well.

 

[sabunim5]

I have never done it myself, but it has been discussed several times over the last couple years. The search function should get you what you are looking for. As I remember it was pretty straightforward, but a couple of the fasteners are hard to get at requiring a ratcheting wrench or a shallow socket. Good Luck :thumbup:

 

[Sarge707]

2 10mm Bolts lower front
2 8mm Bolts outer edges
2 8mm Bolts in middle -very hard to find?
You need a deep slim line 8mm and a short 10mm
This is to get the plastic cover off the bottom!:helpsmilie:

 

[fastfraser]

It was a bugger ! 2 different size bolts and all by feel . Once you get the proper sockets its not to bad .

 

[WackyDan]

Royal pain in the rear... Best advice... Take an old bed sheet and wrap it over the Spyder and fully under the handle bar assembly. Reason: You drop one of those little bolts... AND YOU WILL, you will have a field day trying to find it in the nooks and crannies of the motor, bottom plates, etc if it doesn't make it all the way to the floor.

2nd best advice... Be careful putting the new one back on... That cover is fairly soft and strips readily.