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1001 viewsThe brown line is the OEM ground cable; it's connected to the negative terminal on the battery.
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The necessary bits999 viewsThe two black oval pieces are the lowering mounts. A 4mm Allen head wrench is for the shown M6 x 1.00 x 12mm stainless steel screws and, of course, thread locker.
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996 viewsI put a yard stick inbetween the gaps to show the distance of the tank to the ground. Just under 5" (five inches). That's pretty good space and if you get a leg stuck it could save that as well.
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987 viewsThe brown line is the new Motolectric ground cable.
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983 viewsThe starter relay is back in place and the Motolectric cables attached. Notice that the relay output cable that goes to the starter is routed in the opposite direction. It now goes across the top of the horizontal cylinder to the left.
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980 viewsLooking under the engine from the front left side, shows the cable coming down from the left side and across the bottom of the engine to mount on the starter, 180-degrees from the OEM mounting.
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979 viewsThe bed is held in by loooong staples. Simply puuuuuull up on it to rip it free. It's in there quite well!
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978 viewsRemove the stock bolts using a 5mm Allen wrench. Keep the stock bolts because you use them to remount the gauges to the lowering brackets.
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977 viewsRemove the OEM cables. This is the cable from the starter relay to the starter. Mine was in really good condition for having over 16,000 miles on it. Even the starter post under the cable boot was clean!
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972 viewsThe red line is the OEM cable that goes from the positive battery terminal to the top post on the starter relay.
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972 viewsThe red line shows the Motolectric cable going down the left side of the engine and then under the horizontal cylinder.
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971 viewsThe red line shows the new Motolectric cable is securely zip-tied to keep it from rubbing on the engine.
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945 viewsVisor up.
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943 viewsChin bar all the way back.
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940 viewsRemove the 10mm bolt from the rear, right side of the expansion tank. Note that in this picture the drain hose has been disconnected.
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Before...938 viewsStock gauge position.
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