This applies to '08s and '09s only. 2010s and 2011s are similar but different.
Open the glovebox and remove the two screws at the back. Remove the glovebox cover. You have to remove the rivet (one on each side) behind the windshield that is holding the black fairing covers on; you can do this with a bent piece of wire and depress the center post of the rivet and then fish the rivet itself out or you can remove the windshield so you can get to the rivets. I remove the windshield as it is quick- four hex head screws holding the bearing covers over the windshield and two hex bolts under them actually holding the windshield on.
Remove the three screws on each black fairing cover and remove the covers. This does NOT take any force but it does take a bit of fiddling to remove the clip toward the outside of the bike- go easy and don't force anything.
Remove the battery fairing cover screw and the battery fairing cover.
Remove all the small fasteners on each side of the mid- fairings. Note that there are two fairing screws INSIDE the fairing and they go straight down into the lower fairings. Remove the lower screw through the grate only; the top screw only holds the grate onto the mid- fairing. There is one push plug on the back of the fairing that must be popped out- do it by pulling gently on the back of the mid- fairing and do not pry it with tools. The back of the fairing will pull away from the bike and the front will be hooked by small plastic clips inside; wiggle the fairing around a bit and it will pop off without forcing anything.
The front fairings come off next: remove the two screws from the inside of the fairing just in front of the radiator. Then remove the screw at the very top of the outside of the fairing that goes into the fairing stay, one on each side. Then remove the two fairing screws at the top and the one fairing screw at the bottom where the forward fairing meets the lowers. Pop the fairing off the bike, reach behind it and disconnect the marker light wiring connection.
Remove the screw in the lowers, one on each side. The lower will drop to the floor; gently work it to one side or the other while rotating the entire lower and it will come out from under the bike. I find it MUCH easier to remove the lowers as a unit and not separate the two halves because the center rivets are pesky.
The front / sides of the bike are more or less naked at this point and any maintenance can be performed.
It is a lot easier the third time....
Brian
For me it's an 09'. Sequence please?