RE: F4i cosmetic/performance bike makeover (a diary)...(PICS)
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RE: F4i cosmetic/performance bike makeover (a diary)...... - 9/9/2007 7:41:01 PM
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ffingers
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okay so i just updated some pictures if anyone is interested...i updated a picture of the windscreen, a closeup of my bar ends, better pics of the painted upper vent covers, and a few after shots from disassembly....enjoy....update coming soon...
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RE: F4i cosmetic/performance bike makeover (a diary)...... - 9/9/2007 8:03:57 PM
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Passenger Pegs
Alright, i am not going to give a project rating on this stuff well, because i did the whole thing at once and it's a lot to take off....but none of it was hard...pretty much just unscrew things...so rather, i am going to talk about the pass. pegs here and the rearsets in another post....essentially...those things are sort of neat to look at up close so i took some pics...sooo...here we go...
first taking them off is easy...just unscrew the muffler from the right side, and unscrew both from the subframe...SUPER easy....but when you send things out to powder...you either have to disassemble them yourselves or pay the coaters...to have the coaters disassemble my rearsets and pegs, they would have charged $70 to take them apart and $70 to put back...a $140 TOO DO THAT??? yeah...but you have to think it's time they don't want to spend...
so i thought, crap...this is going to be a pain...turned out it wasn't, but you have to remember how things go and being that i would be taking them apart then waiting a week....i don't trust my memory...haha...so i took pictures....here's the pass. peg...
as you can see (hopefully)...the "hinge" is hitch pin (i think that's what they're called)...you just pull out the retaining "wire" (it's just a soft piece of bendable metal) and the pin slips right out...
now you can see a plate on the right side...that is nestled between the peg and the holder....i didn't take a clos eup of it...but essentially it has two recesses in it....and a little guide area....looking at the peg...you can see the ball that is used to lock into those recesses...the ball is sitting on top of another hole....in there is a spring so that the ball can compress into the hole....so the way the pegs work is when you move them...the ball is pushed into the hole on the peg....rides along the ridge on the plate until it gets to the other recess in the plate where it springs up a little bit (the click you hear) and it's locked in place....
so to send out for coating...take the plate, the ball, and the spring...put them in a baggie (as i did with everything and marked so i knew which goes with what)....and clean up the pieces....
here's a couple more pics...
and just a special note....on the right side peg...that black "washer" as it looks from the outside actually runs THROUGH the peg holder...so it takes a little bit to fold up the lip on one side and push it through to get it out...also...remember the way the washers are (if you're anal like i am)....
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RE: F4i cosmetic/performance bike makeover (a diary)...... - 9/9/2007 9:28:31 PM
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I have a hotbodies undertail but unfortunately, I don't have the instructions. I'm wary of doing any permanent cutting w/o any guides.
Can you post pics of what you had cut...even better, can you scan the instructions?
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RE: F4i cosmetic/performance bike makeover (a diary)...... - 9/10/2007 1:23:20 AM
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www.hotbodiesracing.com go to the undertail section then to f4i they have instructions on there.
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RE: F4i cosmetic/performance bike makeover (a diary)...... - 9/10/2007 7:22:59 AM
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yeah the exact instructions they give you, are the ones you can download from the site...although i found them to be marginally helpful....(very helpful for wiring though....)
if you do a search (i will try to get it later)...someone documented how they did it...it wasn't great, but it helped...
EDIT: here is the site http://gallery.devnulled.com/v/autos/2002F4i/F4i-undertail/
it will at least give you an IDEA of where to cut
briefly, you pretty much cut the plastic glove box along the bottom of the subframe so if you were looking at it...NOTHING would be below the subframe bar line....then you cut the glove box at the end near the tail up to where there is an actual box.....can't explain it really...looking down on it....it will look like a box....then further towards the tail...just some more plastic...pretty much cut to keep the box....i'll see if i can find the pics online...
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RE: F4i cosmetic/performance bike makeover (a diary)...... - 9/10/2007 8:37:04 AM
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shit looks nice man good luck on any further mods i have the same bike so you are giving me a couple of easy ideas for my bike so I thank you for that.
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RE: F4i cosmetic/performance bike makeover (a diary)...... - 9/10/2007 8:44:42 AM
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yeah thanks....that is really the purpose for the thread....i searched a lot on what i can do to make it "mine" and have a list compiled (not here) so the list will take a LONG time to get through...but i figure i can post it all here and people can pick and choose the stuff they want to do....at least it's a smattering of ideas....
anything people have questions on, please feel free to ask in the thread or PM....i love working on my bike....so i am always up to talking about it...
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RE: F4i cosmetic/performance bike makeover (a diary)...... - 9/10/2007 9:36:34 AM
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quote:
ORIGINAL: ffingers
yeah the exact instructions they give you, are the ones you can download from the site...although i found them to be marginally helpful....(very helpful for wiring though....)
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Thanks a bunch! I'll go ahead and try installing it tonight.
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RE: F4i cosmetic/performance bike makeover (a diary)...... - 9/10/2007 12:38:54 PM
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hey did you get your pegs and rearsets powdercoated yet? do you have any pictures of that?
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RE: F4i cosmetic/performance bike makeover (a diary)...... - 9/10/2007 12:44:46 PM
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they just got sent out...i should have them in about a week or so....when i get them in, i will take pics of everything i got coated (got a real good price too, we'll see how the job went)....
i am also going to be doing a post about disassembling the rearsets too, maybe tonight...they aren't that bad...
like i said...don't have them in yet, but as soon as i do, expect photos of them apart, then reassembled, then on the bike, then maybe a before/after photo to see the impact....
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RE: F4i cosmetic/performance bike makeover (a diary)...... - 9/11/2007 12:23:24 PM
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Rearsets Removal
Alright here's another update....yeah....
as i said before in the last post, taking off the pass. pegs was pretty easy...the rearsets are sort of that simple, but there are a few more things to remember and keep straight, especially since one side is your brake, the other the shifter...
so basically, there are two bolts (i think from memory) that hold the shifter side on....then of course there is the shifter rod that connects to the gear shift pedal link....
this is how i did it
- unscrew the rearset from the bike, and spin the rearset off the shift rod...
the interesting thing that you may not know or cared to look at is that black "boot" on your shifter rearset...that essentially covers a ball joint that allows the shiftroad to move freely rather than a hinge....the kicker about this though is that you can't disassemble that ball linkage...i looked at it and it seamed shut...so what i did was remove the black boot and shipped it that way...i figure if the coater says something, i will ask how the hell he removed it...here is a pic of the joint...
as you can see, there is no spring on the shifter side (i am pretty sure, i will double check tonight and post if it does) primarily because the gear shift assembly provides the push back on the shift lever....(if that makes any sense, if you take it apart you will understand what i mean)...in contrast to the brake side, which has two springs, one for the tailight switch and one for the brake....
onto the brake side....like i said, it has two springs on it so the most important thing is to remember where the damn springs go...i didn't take a picture of the light spring because it's obvious where it goes but i did take a pic of the big spring because there are a few possible places if you forget (this way i wouldn't forget)....when removing the brake side, the rear master cylinder is also bolted to the rearset so be aware...mine is left hanging (if you look closely at my tear down pics, you can see)....but long as you remember the spring locations, the brake side is essentially the same as the shifter side...here's a pic with the spring...
you can see the hole on the right, that is where the brake light spring attaches to (i am pretty sure, once again will confirm when i get home..99% though  )
so those are the nuiances of each side...jointly....you have to take them apart....
first remove the foot rests....this is simple and is held together just like passenger pegs except that instead of having a ball and spring to lock them in place, you have a spring so that they stay down, but can flex upwards...the rubber that is attached to them is held on by a screw undenearth the peg, unscrew and the rubber comes off....here is a look at the footrest
on the left you can see the washer, hitch pin and retaining wire used to hold it on the rearset (it's the same for both sides)....just remember how the spring goes...(thus the picture) (remember, i am forgetful)...
finally, you need to take off the clutch and brake lever...they are essentially held on the exact same way...they have a washer and...now here's the kicker...retaining clips...yeah...i didn't have retaining clip pliers so i had to go out and buy some...(i got internal/external so i wouldn't need another pair in the future, but it is an inter
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RE: F4i cosmetic/performance bike makeover (a diary)...... - 9/11/2007 2:28:27 PM
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only thing you need now is a corbin seat! Trust, it looks better and feels so much better! It will look sharp on your bike, I got one a while back, I got if off ebay, but it was that or power commander, andlet me tell ya! after getting the power commander,, I could have done without! The seat, hecka no! best purchase so far! 
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