Bulb replacement quick help

[Brettus]

Hi All,
Just a quick question, can someone give me a clue what I'm supposed to be reaching for up inside the fairing when I'm going to change my bulbs over to the new philips extreme ones?
ie is it a screw out bit or a squeeze to bits together kinda clip or something else?
thanks in advance


PS any other advice/tips appreciated as I'm new to all this malarkey (as if you couldn't tell)

Originally Posted by Brettus

Hi All,
Just a quick question, can someone give me a clue what I'm supposed to be reaching for up inside the fairing when I'm going to change my bulbs over to the new philips extreme ones?
ie is it a screw out bit or a squeeze to bits together kinda clip or something else?
thanks in advance


PS any other advice/tips appreciated as I'm new to all this malarkey (as if you couldn't tell)

Pointy or Curvy. I can help with pointys

[Brettus]

good point sorry forgot to mention that, its a pointy, K6
thanks for the speedy response, slow day in work too?

Originally Posted by Brettus

good point sorry forgot to mention that, its a pointy, K6
thanks for the speedy response, slow day in work too?

No, I work P/T nights.

Put kettle on boil.

There's a screw in triangular piece of plastic, on the fairing near the handlebar, either side of the clocks. Remove this.

Reach in and there's a rubber cap with the headlight wire leading in.

Pull the wire out.
Remove the rubber cap.
Release the clip. Remove the bulb.

Fit new bulb. Clip.
Refit rubber cap with bit marked top at the top.
Plug back wire. Refit panel piece.

Make cup of tea. Drink.

Helps if you have small hands.

pretty much the same as the curvey that is...

[Brettus]

excellent, you make it sound so easy I'm sure it is with practice, thanks, will have a bash at it tonight if I can get chance and they cool down enough.
hopefully my hands will be ok, kinda small, I'm genetically geeky so they are ideal for keyboard use so should be small enough.

Thanks for the advice Law.
Much Appreciated

Tell you what mate when i read my haynes about it i was like oh god this is gonna be hard lol. It was first time, then i decided i was gonna do it again and again lol just cos it was so easy.

[Brettus]

Excellent, got em sorted, thought i'd have a look, maybe not do them but a reccy at least, but as you say plowsie its surprisingly easy after you have been scared ****eless by the haynes manual, the one i was looking at was showing the whole front off the bike and showing it was really easy then, i've no doubt it is!
anyhow, all sorted and thanks to both of you for the advice, helped a lot, would have taken ages to figure out and i would have been scared pulling the rubber cap off without knowing

definitely an improvement on the standard ones, although in fairness they aren't bad but these look much whiter. I may of course notice more once i'm out on the road with them.


Thanks again

It was the mighty Law that did all the hard work.

The worst and scary part for me was when i couldnt get the clip to fit back. Well that was easy too once ya know how lol.

Originally Posted by plowsie

It was the mighty Law that did all the hard work.

The worst and scary part for me was when i couldnt get the clip to fit back. Well that was easy too once ya know how lol.

Mighty Law?