I learned something about this process in the last day or so that was astonishingly helpful. OTOH, I may be the last person on the planet who cares and did not know. In case you care and did not know, here goes.
So, yesterday, an Atlantan firstgen Norgester called me. Joe was doing some delayed major maintenance and general exploratory work on his ‘08. In the course of that, he discovered a number of interesting things.
One, that I knew but he didn’t, was don’t try to remove both “pork chops” at same time. The laws of physics will teach a lesson that will be way more effective than any my high-school science teachers did! Luckily, Joe is both quick-witted and fleet of foot, so his Norge remained upright until he righted the wrong.
OTOH, he did discover something that I sure wish I had known about five tupperwarectomies ago: the cowl and upper fairing will come off in one piece!
I cannot convey the difficulty (at least for me) in trying to remove those separately. Took more and smaller hands, fingers, tools, patience, and cursing vocabulary than I have.
But, darn if it isn’t faster, easier, and remove it as a single piece! Did it this afternoon -- in literal minutes -- when I ran into an issue with an exhaust-header stud. That’s an easy task on most Guzzis, but reinstalling an inner stud on a Norge with its cladding on is a major PITA.
See pix.
1921 - 2021!
Bill
So, yesterday, an Atlantan firstgen Norgester called me. Joe was doing some delayed major maintenance and general exploratory work on his ‘08. In the course of that, he discovered a number of interesting things.
One, that I knew but he didn’t, was don’t try to remove both “pork chops” at same time. The laws of physics will teach a lesson that will be way more effective than any my high-school science teachers did! Luckily, Joe is both quick-witted and fleet of foot, so his Norge remained upright until he righted the wrong.
OTOH, he did discover something that I sure wish I had known about five tupperwarectomies ago: the cowl and upper fairing will come off in one piece!
I cannot convey the difficulty (at least for me) in trying to remove those separately. Took more and smaller hands, fingers, tools, patience, and cursing vocabulary than I have.
But, darn if it isn’t faster, easier, and remove it as a single piece! Did it this afternoon -- in literal minutes -- when I ran into an issue with an exhaust-header stud. That’s an easy task on most Guzzis, but reinstalling an inner stud on a Norge with its cladding on is a major PITA.
See pix.
1921 - 2021!
Bill