Taking [Head] Stock
When I firsts purchased the VFR it had a carbon effect cover on the headstoch which looked okay. I however do not like "Carbon effect" and it was a little dog eared so I removed it. This left the standard silver headstock that was showing every day of its age. This had to go Jobs like painting your headstock do take a while to come into effect and it is only now that I decided to give it a go. To get to the headstock I had to: Remove the clutch and brake reservoirs from the clipons. Remove the clipons. Remove the HISS system. Remove the instrument cluster fairing. Partially remove the instrument cluster. Unplug the ignition and free the loom from its tie wrap under the instrument cluster. Partially remove my knuckles doing so. Undoo the headstock nut. Withdraw the headstock with the aid of a hide face hammer. Having successfully killed an hour or two doing that I now had my headstock free. First things first; I cleaned everything metic...