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I did once do this, you can see pictures of how I did it here.

You can get to that buried screw with a thin screwdriver as in this pic:
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Possible, but not the right way of doing the job.
Thanks for posting this. I too fell prey to the piss poor engineering. Had an '06 that I dropped harder than I did my '16 and never had this happen. I ordered the stay, the front plastic, and the instrument cluster plastic, all damaged when I dropped the bike on a crested driveway. My bike went over onto the T-Rex bars, then continued past that point. My wheels were between 10 and 11 O'clock when I got out from under the bike and when we got the bike up, I noticed my mirror laying on the ground. I was thinking, "oh, I'm going to have to find a mirror" until I picked it up and saw ABS plastic and pot metal attached to the mirror, with the nuts intact as well. It was then that I noticed the gaping hole in my fairing and the stay had snapped and was still attached to the mirror. I just went from an $80+ dollar part to over $600. I finally got all the parts in and plan on ripping into it and doing some other upgrades at the same time. This will make the front end repair much easier.
I plan on setting up my Go Pro and putting together a step by step of the work. Once I edit that, I'll post it up for everyone else to use. I will be replacing my windscreen with a Cee Bailey, my exhaust with a Two Brothers Carbon Fiber, sending the scratched plastic off to a recommended body shop, and spooning on new Road 6GTs. Late Summer I plan on starting back on my original ride to Tail of the Dragon and checking that off my bucket list.
 
UPDATE

I did not make further attempts to remove the screw buried 3” from the pit of despair holding on the front most nose cowl piece.

I took a little advice from several people and made I hope is a forever repair

1. Made some templates of approximate length and bend

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2. Modified and fitted 1/2”stock to use as brackets and purposely roughed up the underside.

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3. Used JB Weld to cover the crack and as a base between the brackets to fill in gaps and help adhere them.

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4. Drilled holes for stainless steel bolts and nylon nuts.

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As mentioned by a previous member it’s pretty dang tight but spacing washers and patience seemed to work.

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Now off to the other maintenance items.
 
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UPDATE

I did not make further attempts to remove the screw buried 3” from the pit of despair holding on the front most nose cowl piece.

I took a little advice from several people and made I hope is a forever repair

1. Made some templates of approximate length and bend

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2. Modified and fitted 1/2”stock to use as brackets and purposely roughed up the underside.

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3. Used JB Weld to cover the crack and as a base between the brackets to fill in gaps and help adhere them.

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4. Drilled holes for stainless steel bolts and nylon nuts.

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As mentioned by a previous member it’s pretty dang tight but spacing washers and patience seemed to work.

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Now off to the other maintenance items.

Draining and replace coolant

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