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I have Motovations on mine, too, but I got the ones with the bracket like the Mokos, so no hole cutting required. Really simple -- remove lower fairing, remove one motor mount bolt at a time, and install slider brackets with supplied longer motor mount bolts.

If you're installing the other ones (like I got for my Blackbird) that require cutting the lower fairing panels, here's the drill:

Remove the lowers, and go to the hardware store with one of the motor mount bolts that is going to be the point at which the slider is installed, so you can get a bolt of matching diameter and thread pitch. Buy a bolt and then grind off its head to a conical point. With the lower removed, temporarily replace the appropriate motor mount bolt with this headless, pointed bolt sticking out a little way. Reinstall the lower and then press the lower against the point of the sharpened bolt. That will mark the center of your hole in the fairing. Then remove the lower and drill a pilot hole from the inside out. Next, tape off the outside painted surface where you are going to cut the hole to protect the paint, and use the appropriately sized hole saw in your drill motor from the outside of the panel (with it securely held over a piece of wood as backing), using your pilot hole, to cut through the tape and lower. Install the slider with the longer supplied motor mount bolt and reinstall the lower over it. Repeat procedure for other side.

 
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Takes a while (at least for me) to get used to the top heavy traits of the Feejer.
Damn thing IS top heavy, and especially after installling aftermarket suspension, it's nimbleness on the road (for a big bike) can lull you into forgetting its clumsiness when you pull off into dirt or gravel at low speeds. I've dropped mine twice now, and once it goes over far enough (not THAT far), it's not easy to get back up while straddling it. Both times, I've been in an awkward position and had to set it down the last foot or so, get off it and then pick it up. I'm hell on panniers.

As to the case, a little emery cloth on a sanding block and some touch up paint should cover the minor cosmetic problem. Color Rite has what you need:

https://www.color-rite.com/CRPLfactoryColors.php

I don't see the case color listed for the '06, but for the '05, there are four colors listed: the primary blue body color, the secondary silver accent color, the wheel silver color, and the engine case cover color, the last of which is at:

https://www.colorrite.com/product_info.php?products_id=610

Are the engine case and wheel colors the same for '05 and '06??

Hey thanks for the info on the paint. I'd been wanting those numbers. They are kind of proud of the stuff aren't they.

GP

 
During the trip I spotted only 1 FJR I think somerwhere on I-78. Also I spotted about 20 deer roadkills. This isn't a road for bikers at night!!!!
Where?/When?

I live about 15 minutes from the Carlisle fairgrounds.

Sorry to hear about your mishap.
I can't pinpoint it, but the bike I saw looked to have a GIVI trunk on it.

During the trip I spotted only 1 FJR I think somerwhere on I-78. Also I spotted about 20 deer roadkills. This isn't a road for bikers at night!!!!
Where?/When?

I live about 15 minutes from the Carlisle fairgrounds.

Sorry to hear about your mishap.
Oh, as far as time goes, it was this past Saturday the 20th sometime before 10:30 am.

 
I have Motovations on mine, too, but I got the ones with the bracket like the Mokos, so no hole cutting required. Really simple -- remove lower fairing, remove one motor mount bolt at a time, and install slider brackets with supplied longer motor mount bolts.
If you're installing the other ones (like I got for my Blackbird) that require cutting the lower fairing panels, here's the drill:

Remove the lowers, and go to the hardware store with one of the motor mount bolts that is going to be the point at which the slider is installed, so you can get a bolt of matching diameter and thread pitch. Buy a bolt and then grind off its head to a conical point. With the lower removed, temporarily replace the appropriate motor mount bolt with this headless, pointed bolt sticking out a little way. Reinstall the lower and then press the lower against the point of the sharpened bolt. That will mark the center of your hole in the fairing. Then remove the lower and drill a pilot hole from the inside out. Next, tape off the outside painted surface where you are going to cut the hole to protect the paint, and use the appropriately sized hole saw in your drill motor from the outside of the panel (with it securely held over a piece of wood as backing), using your pilot hole, to cut through the tape and lower. Install the slider with the longer supplied motor mount bolt and reinstall the lower over it. Repeat procedure for other side.

Thanks a ton! :)

 
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