Kawasaki Concours Forum
The C-14, aka Kawasaki Concours-14, the new one :) => The Bike - C14/GTR 1400 => Topic started by: silvermane on July 14, 2012, 07:07:31 PM
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Is there a place where I could find what order and how to remove all the body panels? When I was running wiring for my electrical accessories this spring after it's purchase I found body bolts and plastic tabs that I was fearful of snapping off due to binding. When removing what seemed to be the correct panel removal sequences I was wrong practically every time. It seemed I was removing every piece in the wrong order because each piece was kind of hung up? To say the least, I was kind of aggravated :/ Any sequence help would be greatly appreciated and where I could find this too!
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Here http://www.angelridevideos.com/concours.html (http://www.angelridevideos.com/concours.html)
is where you can get the info you are looking for and a lot more
they are great to have
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I agree, they are a great value.
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Im getting some when they get updated for the 2011. Probably no changes from 2010 to 2011 but I can wait.
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Service manual.
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Is there a place where I could find what order and how to remove all the body panels? When I was running wiring for my electrical accessories this spring after it's purchase I found body bolts and plastic tabs that I was fearful of snapping off due to binding. When removing what seemed to be the correct panel removal sequences I was wrong practically every time. It seemed I was removing every piece in the wrong order because each piece was kind of hung up? To say the least, I was kind of aggravated :/ Any sequence help would be greatly appreciated and where I could find this too!
Somewhere on this forum BDF posted the order for removal of the plastic bits on our bikes. Try doing a search, it's here someplace.
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Fred's videos are great will save you time and money.
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Not sure if the removal process for an '08/'09 will be same for an '11. But I have recently done it on mine and it is not very hard to figure out where all the tabs and bolts are. If a piece is hard to come out, more than likely there is a hidden bolt rather than a tab. It seemed to me, the tabs are not very hard to pop out - minimal force needed.
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Real easy, Start at the top, work your way down!
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You guys convinced me... order placed :)
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You guys convinced me... order placed :)
That's what I thought too, but the hand-warmer controls stopped the left side coming off and the right side top was attached to something too? Because of this, I couldn't remove the top side panels. I tried looking it up in the Factory Service Manual with no luck. It seemed like every panel locked into another. Needless to say it wasn't pretty but I got 'er dun. I'm trying to get info for the proper way to remove all panels for winter projects...
Thanks again for all your great advise!
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That's what I thought too, but the hand-warmer controls stopped the left side coming off and the right side top was attached to something too? Because of this, I couldn't remove the top side panels.
Three bolts and a push pin per side. One extra bolt in the glove box on the left. Simply unplug the grip heater control and it's done.
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...One extra bolt in the glove box on the left. ...
IF the assembly tech put that bolt in to begin with.
I had the plastics off the first week... trial and error. No problem to do it now. Like field stripping a rifle in the jungle. ;D
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Three bolts and a push pin per side. One extra bolt in the glove box on the left. Simply unplug the grip heater control and it's done.
Ah, in the glove box. That must have been it, ugh :/
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WOW!
Just received the DVDs of Fred's. They are incredible. I immediately went to the new addition DVD #10 of the later model Concours to see how the side panels came apart. Again, WOW! No wonder why I struggled... dozens of special hidden push snaps than can be easily broke if you don't know where they are and which directions to push, pull, sqeeze... UGH :/
Again you guys pulled through here, thanks! Great value and now I can do maintenances I never attempted before. Can't wait till winter now :)
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Sweet yes they are a good value and on those really bad weather days good to watch and learn about your bike. Did I mention the beer lol.
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Exactly and yes :P
I was amazed at just seeing part of DVD 10 what I learned about my bike. The one that I love is cleaning behind the windshield I had to keep turning on/off the bike for washing waxing. The video simply showed that when you turn the bike off, just tap the windshield switch and it will stay at the position you had it- perfect for cleaning/waxing. I also can't wait to do all the services now. Seeing how easy it was to service/disassemble the drive shaft will be a first for me... can't wait :)