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So I finally got around to installing the undertail I purchased over a year ago. I have to say that it has cleaned up the rear of the bike considerably. Fairly straight forward install. Thanks to teddy for a post in a thread with froggy about putting the tail fairing on before drilling the holes. The way I had it before would have caused problems.
2 problems.
1) I forgot to mount the igniter assembly. Didn't even drill the hole for it. Noticed it hanging from the bike after I had already attached the tail for the day. Now I'll have to wait until another nice day. Going from 60 to 34 between today and tomorrow.
2) Not a lot of mounting points for the undertail. The only places is mounts is to either side of the battery and to the tail itself. The only other mounting point is off just enough that I'm afraid to drill and have it mounted incorrectly or put too much stress and crack something.
One thing I'm not fond of is losing the tool storage right in front of the battery. I can live, though. There are two tabs right there that I'm going to make a small box to attach to for my paperwork and a small set of tools.
One other problem I had is not being able to drop the rear wheel. It scratched the sides of the tail putting it in. Not a huge deal because you won't be able to see that portion anyway, but frustrating when I repaint the bike this spring. I can't even pretend to remove the lower dog bone mounting point without an impact wrench. I might try the 3 foot iron pipe I have, but I'm not placing bets.
All in all, a nice upgrade. I'll posts pics tomorrow after I get home from work.
2 problems.
1) I forgot to mount the igniter assembly. Didn't even drill the hole for it. Noticed it hanging from the bike after I had already attached the tail for the day. Now I'll have to wait until another nice day. Going from 60 to 34 between today and tomorrow.
2) Not a lot of mounting points for the undertail. The only places is mounts is to either side of the battery and to the tail itself. The only other mounting point is off just enough that I'm afraid to drill and have it mounted incorrectly or put too much stress and crack something.
One thing I'm not fond of is losing the tool storage right in front of the battery. I can live, though. There are two tabs right there that I'm going to make a small box to attach to for my paperwork and a small set of tools.
One other problem I had is not being able to drop the rear wheel. It scratched the sides of the tail putting it in. Not a huge deal because you won't be able to see that portion anyway, but frustrating when I repaint the bike this spring. I can't even pretend to remove the lower dog bone mounting point without an impact wrench. I might try the 3 foot iron pipe I have, but I'm not placing bets.
All in all, a nice upgrade. I'll posts pics tomorrow after I get home from work.
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