Replacing indicators

[Rach81]

I need to replace my front indicators, they're the flush mount type. Received the parts yesterday.

Any ideas how? Do I need to take the fairing off?

[steven182]

does the owners manual tell you?

What bike is it?

[lawrence567]

Try buying a Haynes manual from egay...

[Rach81]

CBR 600f, I don't have an owners manual.

I'll have a tinker and when it's properly knackered I'll buy a Haynes. Need to get it done for riding to Knockhill on saturday, could always go to Tom's shop if I get stuck I suppose.

[steven182]

Rach81 said:

CBR 600f, I don't have an owners manual.

I'll have a tinker and when it's properly knackered I'll buy a Haynes. Need to get it done for riding to Knockhill on saturday, could always go to Tom's shop if I get stuck I suppose.

I will have a look in my manual when i get home see if it mentions anything about how to do it although I reckon mine is older than yours.

[lawrence567]

haynes is only about £15 from ebay, bloody handy too!

[dern]

Essentially if you can't find any mechanism by which they are secured to the bike on the outside of the fairing then there must be one on the inside. Unless you can somehow reach the backs of the indicators without doing so, take off the lower fairings (or at least which ever ones you need to remove to see the back of the indicators and it'll become obvious. There should be, if it's anything like my blade, two screws securing each indicator to the fairing.

You can confirm this before you start by looking at the new ones (assuming that they're model specific), seeing where the screws go in to those and thereby deduce how the old ones are fitted.

Regards,

Mark

[J5MBF]

Have a look on bikerchatforums.com as they have downloadable service manuals. I downloaded one for my '99 R6 in PDF form and now have it saved on my pc. Bloody handy things

[steven182]

J5MBF said:

Have a look on bikerchatforums.com as they have downloadable service manuals. I downloaded one for my '99 R6 in PDF form and now have it saved on my pc. Bloody handy things

It is www.bikechatforums.com =]

good site that thanks for the link downloading my cbr manual now

[Rach81]

Thanks everyone, suppose I should get out of bed really lazy bugger!

[randlemarcus]

Screws hold the indicator on inside the front fairing, along with a rubber grommet to seal the wires etc in. Wires ought to be connected with a clip/block arrangement somewhere under the front fairing. Can be got to without removing all plastics, but expect a skinned knuckle or two, and a couple of choice swearwords about sharp edges on Honda plastics. About a five/ten minute job.

Please tell me they're not teeny weeny things that you'll have to change back for the MOT (along with dubious Art cans)

[Rach81]

They're proper size ones, the right hand side one is broken

Might go out and make some noise for a bit first