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This is the first time I was able to get out in the garage to work since my health issue started back last December where I would feel good only for a few hours each day, and I turned out I had received a gift of MSRA was the root issue. On the mend and spent a week in the Hospital on IV antibiotics and 2 surgeries to go in and physically cut out infections in January then 3 weeks of pill form anti-biotics.

Anyhow... that is why I have not been doing things and just now getting around to doing.

Anyone who knows me, knows I love shiny parts but, I make them shiny with some elbow grease.

I am replacing my stator cover with another from fleabay and polishing out the center and repainted the rest of it to a nice glossiness. The clutch cover on the other side and the water pump will be off of an EN500 because, I like their looks better and the water pump is not trashed cosmetically.

FYI the en500 water pump cover bolts on wih no issues except they are not the same as the edge next to the EX clutch cover is thicker so it is not a perfect fit so unless you change the clutch cover like I am, it will look wrong but work. If it were not for Fogs rear sets the clutch cover would be too thick and would not work.

Also in the process of doing all this also will be checking/adjusting the valves and replacing the O-rings with a confirmation that the left O-ring was seeping just enough could barely see it with a flashlight and could not get a picture of it at all.

Picture explanations above each pic.

The new to me OEM lower Cowl I will be removing all the decals and touching it up and heat shielding it for installation. Color is close enough to my paint.

This is the old water pump cover that I removed and a trash pump innards I bought to compare the EN500 innards. Glad I had it as the seals I got were wrong.

Top seal is the one I received wrong and is considerably bigger as the one on the bottom is the one I drove out of my housing.

Covers off Stator side.

Covers off Clutch and water pump side. I put the impeller back on so I don't drop it and damage it.

CX500 Front fender extender to be modified for this bike.

Future Shiny bits. Duplicolor Gloss black engine paint with ceramic apparently. Un buffed only paint removed and parts I want black repainted.

I thought I would show also how I am attaching my Fiberglas Upper faring to the clip since it was cut off from the previous owner. Rivnut to the recue.

 

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Is that the tab near the gas tank for the upper fairing? Mine has both sides broken off if it is and I think I'm going to need to try and repair it somehow in order to mount my aftermarket lower fairing...and to keep the upper from tickling my thighs. Lol. And thank you for adding more ideas to my need to do list....the previous owner had apparently dropped the bike at a stand still and the shift lever or brake lever...cant remember which ended up making contact and scraping up the cover....the other cover just isn't as nice as it could be and the cover for the....uh....front chain sprocket....is still aluminum cover....i know when I did the sprocketing that that cover comes off with no lose of fluids...the others I'm too novice to even risk taking them off i think. But I'm sure it wouldnt be a bad idea for when I have my dad's friend check a couple things to have him take those off....let me refurbish and also change those fluids. I know the right side is oil...i imagine in front of the one chain/sprocket cover is trans....is there any need to be replaced parts from removing these covers? And I must say your bike is super clean. I'm hoping I can get the ol lady to do some small detailing work soon.

 

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Is that the tab near the gas tank for the upper fairing? Mine has both sides broken off if it is and I think I'm going to need to try and repair it somehow in order to mount my aftermarket lower fairing...and to keep the upper from tickling my thighs. Lol. And thank you for adding more ideas to my need to do list....the previous owner had apparently dropped the bike at a stand still and the shift lever or brake lever...cant remember which ended up making contact and scraping up the cover....the other cover just isn't as nice as it could be and the cover for the....uh....front chain sprocket....is still aluminum cover....i know when I did the sprocketing that that cover comes off with no lose of fluids...the others I'm too novice to even risk taking them off i think. But I'm sure it wouldnt be a bad idea for when I have my dad's friend check a couple things to have him take those off....let me refurbish and also change those fluids. I know the right side is oil...i imagine in front of the one chain/sprocket cover is trans....is there any need to be replaced parts from removing these covers? And I must say your bike is super clean. I'm hoping I can get the ol lady to do some small detailing work soon.

Sorry missed the one question about the tab... yes it is the same that the reflector and OEM normally attaches too but it is missing the lower part of it. I spent so many years cutting up these bikes Because they were everywhere all over, and now hard to find parts that are not rashed up or completely trashed.

 

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I really like how these came out... Now to leave them alone for the next few days so I can get the bike back together this weekend.

 

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Wow. Very very nice looking. Good work. They look better than stock thats for sure. The part I have messed up is where the upper fairing attaches to that same tab on the tank...i think. So i gotta try and fabricate something or relocate attachment point.

 

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Got my OEM lower stripped of the decorative stuff applying DOT Yellow reflective strip and applying the heat shielding.

Side note I did happen to find a decal/sticker with instruction on the lower faring inside. Kawasaki apparently had solution for melty faring's at least on the stock pipes.

 

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Haha. My man. So hopefully going with that same measurement will work with the delkivic. Hopefully I can squeeze a little more room between the fairing and the exhaust just for good measure. Thank you for that.

And that exhaust heat shield...is that adhesive backed or something? That right there looks like it could be a descent way to go. When you figure out how it works definitely let me know where to get em.

 

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You are welcome. I am pretty sure I was closer than 10mm on the bend toward the front of the bike. So take that for what it is worth. Hopefully I can get 10mm on this faring.

Yes it has a Very very sticky back, made a mistake and barely touched it and ripped that section off. Supposedly it will resist heat up to 850 deg F. This is the ebay listing #: 332678185990. That you see on the faring is everything I got for the money minus about 2 inches off the length. I cut it in half long ways, stuck half on each side and trimmed the angle off the back side. Seems legit, looking forward to testing it.

I will be putting it to the test right away this weekend. Once I get my valves checked / adjusted new O-rings installed and all the covers back on, it will be go time. I will use my laser thermometer on it to verify effectiveness on the outside and if I can get it the actual pipe temp as the comparative numbers.

 

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Well it looks like its meant to be there and very well fitted from what i see. I would've thought it actually came the way it looks. Definitely appreciate the heads up and hopefully i can get it on my aftermarket one and have success with it. Looking forward to what your results are. Getting quite anxious to get stuff assembled i know that. Thank you again

 

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Working on my lower fairing again on lunch and i must say....i really hope with the amount of work needed...that I actually like it. The person on the bay of E mentioned tool marks in the gelcoat and maybe a little bit of work...but I'm a good 5 hours into trying to get these little pin holes in the gel coat to feather out and cleaning up the appearance of the venting and stuff and I'm just losing the hope of it actually coming out anything but rough. I know on the lower few inches I got the idea from someone to do a sort of chip guard type material but the rest of it im worried it won't come out as hoped. Also had the hope that vinyl wrap could cover some imperfections but as far as I have found it makes them stick out even worse.....angry face.

 

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Filler primer will be your friend on the gel coat pin holes. I was disappoint as well and I bought mine straight from Streamline Artech and it took them 2 months to even ship it. I bought the upper / lower and the tail all at the same time.

 

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I’ve worked with Airtech stuff for years. Don’t sand through the gel coat trying to feather the pin holes out. You’ll regret it when it comes time to spray color on.

Sand the whole thing down with some 6-800 grit and use filler primer as @FlipFlop wrote. If pin holes are still prominent use some glazing spot putty to fill them and prime again.

 

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Oh wonderful. There are a couple that are down through gel didn't think it would be a problem. But all along the one front to side corner all already had slight underneath showing so I didn't think much about it. Thank you for that advice. Ive never worked with fiberglass stuff before

 

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The glass is porous so you’ll wanna prime with the filler primer first to get it all leveled out. Wet sand back to get rid of the nubs and shoot with a sealer primer once clean and dry.

If you don’t seal it, your color coat will be flat where you sanded through the gel coat. As those spots will simply absorb the color coat, they’ll look dry/flat/matte compared to the rest….unless you intend to paint a matte finish, in which case don’t worry about it too much.

 

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Got my pin striping on after almost 2 years and used DOT yellow and red and black reflecting white striping too. Got all antzy and insalled the stator and the clutch covers still waiting for the water pump mechanical seals. Lower is fitted but still needs adjusting as it is less than a mm clearance from the pipes.

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Nice work!

 

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I love it. Looks very well done. I like that fender extender you had mentioned. Everything that you did looks like it should have come that way with the exception of some smaller details. Is the yellow thing off the left side a slider? And I wish I had an actual setup to work on like that. Likes much more convenient than on the floor...in a shed. Lol. Awesome work.

 

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I love it. Looks very well done. I like that fender extender you had mentioned. Everything that you did looks like it should have come that way with the exception of some smaller details. Is the yellow thing off the left side a slider? And I wish I had an actual setup to work on like that. Likes much more convenient than on the floor...in a shed. Lol. Awesome work.

Sorry yellow thing on the left side, it is a flash light. I forgot to take it off, did not think anything about it until you mentioned it

 

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Lmfao. Oh. Haha. I see the flash lightyness of it now. Haha. That tank protector is exactly the style I'm looking for. Carbon fiber print and symmetrical. Lol. Any chance you remember where and what brand that is?