zman8537
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I read somewhere in the posts that installing the front engine crash bars can be a PIA. Well I got to looking at the bike and I had new front engine crash bars to install. I removed the nut on the left side of the front engine mount. Put a jack under the front left corner of the engine with a piece of wood between the jack and engine and just gave it a pump or two to take a little weight off. Here is the trick to making the job super easy. Turn the front wheel all the way to the right and block it so that it will not swing back to the left. (I used a garbage can filled with oil dri) Next I put a ratchet strap on the lower part of the handlebar near the handlebar and ran it down to the support or bar that runs along the bottom of the engine. Making sure that I had something in between the ratchet and gas tank to ensure that I did not scratch anything, I started ratcheting and kept checking the bolt until I was able to remove the bolt with my fingers. Slid it out installed the right crash bar, then the left side. I did remove the front right radiator cover and loosened the mesh screen because it looked like trying to remove the bolt out of right side would have been tight trying to squeeze the bolt out past the mesh screen. I think all together took me about 20-30 minutes and absolutely no struggling at all.