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Probably not a great how-to, but I printed pages 147-149 out of the unofficial service manual to figure out what is supposed to go where. I ended up not following the instructions 100% and it worked out for me. You end up removing a few parts and you end up not using a few parts. The non USA market bike without the charcoal canister requires the unused parts, but the USA model already has the spacer bolts necessary for this modification.
There's a lot of little baggies that come with the kit, so just open them all because you'll end up using most of the screws, metal spacers, rubber grommets, brackets etc...
In the case of the USA bike, you end up removing two engine bolts in order to install the brackets that hold the belly pan in place. There's little metal clips that fit onto each bracket in order to receive screws. You'll understand it when you see it. I pried the clips apart with a small flathead screwdriver to spread them out enough to get them onto the brackets without cussing.
Mostly though, just look at the service manual because it has all of the steps necessary to put the three brackets where they go. It's a bit vague about how to route the wires and tubing, so that's the part I wanted to focus on.
You end up being able to only run the kickstand wiring and the airbox vent tube through the front left bracket. The other two hoses from the evap system just need to be tucked into the belly pan when you install it. At least that's the only way I could figure it out.
I used red loctite on all of the screws and bolts. Maybe a bad idea, but I've never had red actually lock into place on me before. I didn't want this thing vibrating loose and falling off.
So here's my reference photos showing how I routed the tubing and wires. The other photo shows what parts I had left over and what parts I removed from the bike. I ended up pulling the top spacer bolt from the Evap canister and reusing one of the normal hex bolts I had removed from the engine in its place (OCD.)
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The finished product. Nothing really to write home about. It doesn't protect all that much and the brackets are not confidence inspiring if you were to actually bash something. the bike simply has no frame to mount a REAL skid plate to. But I bought it, so I'm going to run it!
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There's a lot of little baggies that come with the kit, so just open them all because you'll end up using most of the screws, metal spacers, rubber grommets, brackets etc...
In the case of the USA bike, you end up removing two engine bolts in order to install the brackets that hold the belly pan in place. There's little metal clips that fit onto each bracket in order to receive screws. You'll understand it when you see it. I pried the clips apart with a small flathead screwdriver to spread them out enough to get them onto the brackets without cussing.
Mostly though, just look at the service manual because it has all of the steps necessary to put the three brackets where they go. It's a bit vague about how to route the wires and tubing, so that's the part I wanted to focus on.
You end up being able to only run the kickstand wiring and the airbox vent tube through the front left bracket. The other two hoses from the evap system just need to be tucked into the belly pan when you install it. At least that's the only way I could figure it out.
I used red loctite on all of the screws and bolts. Maybe a bad idea, but I've never had red actually lock into place on me before. I didn't want this thing vibrating loose and falling off.
So here's my reference photos showing how I routed the tubing and wires. The other photo shows what parts I had left over and what parts I removed from the bike. I ended up pulling the top spacer bolt from the Evap canister and reusing one of the normal hex bolts I had removed from the engine in its place (OCD.)
The finished product. Nothing really to write home about. It doesn't protect all that much and the brackets are not confidence inspiring if you were to actually bash something. the bike simply has no frame to mount a REAL skid plate to. But I bought it, so I'm going to run it!
