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Mikerocket
Posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 09:40 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Wow. I just replaced the chin farring on my XB9S. Man ribbet removal is a Pain in the a$$!! I wish they just use nuts and bolts. Also to do the oil chnage it seems you'd always have to remove the chin farring to do it. I mean its not bad, but it sucks in the service manual says noting about removie the chin farring. bad bad on the manuals part.
Oh well rant over : D
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Mdm
Posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 11:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

waaa

A T27 and a few bolts, whats the big deal. 5 mins tops ?
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Chadhargis
Posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 11:19 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yeah...it's no big deal to remove the chin fairing. I take that opportunity to clean everything while it's off.
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Cruisin
Posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 12:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My guess is he replaced the center piece, not the whole thing. The center piece is riveted to the outer two colored pieces and yes, is a pain to swap out...drilling those rivets can get hot and melt the plastic. Some places sell a pop rivet removal kit that includes a bit to remove then and the correct size nuts and bolts. I've got that on mine.
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Mikerocket
Posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 03:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Cruisin, Yep thats correct. the grey piece. ribbets were pain in the you know what to get removed. All done, it was a blessing. Thank god we have a harbor freight tools store here. Ribbet gun $4 , pack of the correct ribbets $2 and about 1 hour of mine time taking the old ribets out and new ones in. Hope your chin farring never brakes its a ^%&^$%!!!
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Tommy_k
Posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 04:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Mike,
No big deal, and no offense, but the correct term is rivet, not ribbet. Glad you got it swapped out...now go ride it.

TK
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Jerseyguy
Posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 04:44 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Vise grips on the back side will stop the rivets from spinning while drilling.
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Percyco
Posted on Monday, April 17, 2006 - 04:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My 03 XB9s center chin fairing piece is bolted on, I took it off a while ago to paint black. No ribbets (frog sound) or rivets (metal fastener) were present. Took about 3 minutes.
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Buellgirlie
Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 01:46 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

ribbet! ribbet! (sorry, i couldnt resist.......)

D
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Kdan
Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 04:00 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Crazy...



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Bindy
Posted on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 - 08:41 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have got a mate to make a one piece mold of my chin farring. Going to paint it gold the same color as the rims.

He's doing it as a favor, (said nothing like a challenge) but his paying jobs come first. I reckon it will be worth the wait.

Nothing like having a mate who does plastic and paint for race bikes for a living!

Will post pics when I get it!
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Madsx
Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 01:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

On the topic of Ribbets, does anyone have any tips on drilling the two ribbets on the points cover? Will they spin like the ones on the chin fairing?
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Glitch
Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 01:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Ribbets spin, it's a fact.



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Lovematt
Posted on Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - 01:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I thought about that when I went to do this...what I did was bend the edges a bit upward and then used a pair of small ViceGrip pliers to hold the rivet while drilling it out between the plier jaws...worked pretty good.
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