Not really a big job, haynes manual will sort you out. Been a year since ive done mine but off top of my head: Remove steering damper jobbie. Remove seat. Remove tank cover. Remove top of air box. Chuck old 'uns out. Chuck new 'uns in. Put it all back together. If no haynes available there are loads of downloadable manuals on the net.
You know what, i think your right, i remembered taking it off for something, must of been when i put my heli bars on. As i said, was a year ago!
Starting from rear moving forwards 1. Remove seat 2. Remove Tank cover bolts 3. Remove tank side cover. 4. Under tank side covers another 2 bolts. 5. remove tank cover, careful not to scratch front on steering damper. 6. tilt tank back and use a small rope/string to hold it back to rear pegs or wherever. 7. Underneath the metal rail(Ringed in yellow on Image 1) are 2 screws. start with those 2 and remove 4 others on the same level. 8. Pop cover straight up and tilt backwards. IF there are oil splatters in the air box, don't panic. its normal 9. Remove filters. 10. On the open side of the filters are separators(plastic ring that can twist off(Image 2) . Twist those off and fit to new filters. They fit into the little groove(Image 3) in the airbox 11. Fit new filters, read below and reverse the steps. Fitting everything back A. when putting the tank back down. there's a long pipe that drains down the left of the bike past the shift lever(Image 1, ringed in green). Before you lower the tank, pull lightly on the bottom of this pipe, towards the rear of the bike so that its not crimped between the tank and engine. if its crimps, water will not drain thru the small hole you see when you open the filler cap. I know this because the @ss mechanic didnt and crimped my hose. B. BEFORE you replace the tank cover, the 4 tabs on the cover surrounding the filler cap most times will not allow the rubber to pop back in place. The best method is to use some string(packing string, sewing cotton could cut the rubber) and place it around the rubber before putting cover on. Secure to the filler cap, replace tank cover. (see Image 4) if you dont now know what to do with the strings, I suggest not trying any of the above steps
A brilliant piece, I've been umming and ahhing about doing my own service, the air filters being my concern. This has put my mind at ease and I'm off to the dealer to get the bits now! Cheers Pedro
I did not fit the black plastic rings in the airfilters when I fitted K&N filters to my 06 blade as they restrict the airflow into the airbox .
I can get pipercross filters at the mo for a good deal, less 20% so a pair of road filters for 60.00 plus postage. Rrp is 87.00!
On the standard filters they are required for a more secure and air tight fit and dont hinder the airflow. No idea about K&Ns
