My timing is off too. Just got mine 10 days ago. Great product however. Those of you buying it will not regret the cost. For those interested, it is NOT necessary to remove the tank, wires, connectors and other stuff from your OEM piece although the directions tell you to. Go ahead and take a pair of diagonal cutters and cut those damned steel wire hoops so you can get your cables out, then put a towel on the cowling on each side, remove the bars on each side and lay them on the towels hanging from the cables, then unbolt the OEM triple clamp. Cut the tie wraps that hold the ignition switch wires to the stem and lift the triple clamp away, gaining slack on the wires as you go. Then turn it so you can see those cone shaped "bolts" that hold the ignition switch to the triple clamp and use a spring loaded punch to punch a starter dimple in the CENTER of those cone shaped pieces. You can stretch the wires over to the left side where the pocket is and turn it upside down to lay it on the towel so you can do this and so you can drill. Drill a smaller hole to start, say a 1/8 drill into the cone shaped bolts, then come back with the 5/16 drill they recommend in the instructions and drill it down to the surface of the clamp. Once you are this far, you should be able to move the drill around to "pry" off the drilled off head. If you ever wanted to go back to the OEM piece you can install regular bolts, so dont worry about doing this. Trust me, you wont want to go back anyway. I did mine this way and did the whole job in less than 30 minutes.
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