In case anyone is wondering, I'm doing a lot of maintenance while the temps are somewhat south of 40 deg. F. First of all, the sweating is at a minimum and second, the bugs (mostly the buffalo gnats -- I know, look it up) are nesting comfortably. They need that, you know.
Started out putting the front Canyon Cages on and was doing well until Mrs. E (who has much smaller hands than I) dropped the castle nut that affixes the supporting leg (not sure what you call it) into the lowermost fairing. Not visible. Can't get it out.
S*&t. Now I gotta tear apart the middle and lower fairing to retrieve said castle nut. Shake, rattle, and roll wasn't cutting it.
OK, fine, that gives me a reason to double-check the level of the coolant puke tank after I had flushed and filled the system. (I hadn't given it a final check after cleaning up 3 pints of coolant on the floor.) Fine, and good to go. Miscreant castle nut showed up without a lot of drama -- but not before I took off all the left-hand plastic to get at the damned thing.
This time, I wormed the front CC with the support arm sort of flopping carefully through the vents. Seemed to work mo betta without having to reach through with my fumble fingers trying to reach something my short stubby fingers ain't gonna reach. And Mrs. E was banished to the house at that point so no help from her -- TYVM.
Put the front cages on the rest of the way and tested the glove box and the hand warmers. Nicht in Ordnung. Okay, tear the top left/worthless glove box apart again to check on the connections. Seemed to be OK - I had not forgotten them. But they weren't working nonetheless. Reconnected with more discernible "clicks" on the connectors and maybe that did the trick. Dunno.
Put the top glove box Tupperware thingie back in, sprayed some penetrating oil on the sidestand, and took a short ride around the neighborhood.
Alles jetzt in Ordnung.
I'm gonna ride this damn thing when it gets north of 40. We were at 30 deg. F. this morning. A bit bright, even for me.