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After that, it was supposed to be installed and done! But it ended up going in the snipping direction.
Now that I think about it, there was a lot of tension when removing it… Oh well. I wonder if this is for this model?
Better not to do it too often. Using cap bolts on the back is bad—the tool won’t fit, so you can’t remove it, right? I think it’s better to secure it with a hex bolt with a two-point width.
Even pulling it out, the undercowl is already super tight. It feels like we can only machine it before this cowl.
After thinking through various options, we’re moving forward in a way that won’t fail. First, we cut with a metal saw.
Since this isn’t my main job, I ask for your understanding regarding any over-burning or messiness. And then we welded it.
The position improved, but we ran into trouble with the length being too short. We extended it a bit.
After grinding, the bracket angle didn’t quite match, so we heated it and bent it a little—”snap?”
We cut deep bevels front, back, up and down, then welded and joined it. This kind of thing happens all the time with older bikes.
For various reasons, it’s better not to pull it out any further.
We also pulled the bracket out past the cowl. Now we’re good.
The story goes back a bit. Removing the muffler means looking into the exhaust port, but…
Something felt off. At first there was something like a burr that I couldn’t quite figure out, and it wouldn’t come off at all. When I finally managed to pull it out, there were eight pieces total (two per cylinder)—I wonder what those were for?
I’ve noticed something else unnecessary… sadly. The headlight beam axis is all over the place.
For a shop like ours that puts effort into inspections, it’s “make sure the lights can be properly beam-adjusted.”
Usually this plastic part is broken. Once you do it, you’re good for a while. It’s definitely worth checking once.
It was already clean, but it seems a little cleaner now. This is after cleaning.
After assembly, we adjusted the beam axis and it’s perfect. About 1.7 million candlepower (per side) is fine.
