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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.
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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