Felix said:
Nice!
Hit any problems with the targa install? Any tips?
Felix
Felix - My main problem with the install was at the end when I was trying to give it a finished look with the two plastic pieces they include in the kit. I thought I had done everything just the way they said but at the end when I needed to stick those on to the black aluminum pan they stuck out past the tail light. I couldn't figure it out and it was really frustrating me. I went inside and took a look at some pictures on the net to see if I was doing it right but it wasn't helping. I ended up saying screw it and getting some scissors to cut them the way I needed them to fit. Once I did it to one I drew around it on the other one and cut it the same way. I stuck them on and I'm happy with it now. When you look at it straight on it looks like there should be something that goes around the edges of the tail light a little better but it's not noticeable unless you know what you are looking for and you really look at it close. The normal person would never notice anything abnormal about it at all.
Also, one of the last steps said something about taking a piece of tubing that was included and putting it around some of the wires and shrinking it around the wires with heat. There was no black tube in my kit so I was a bit confused by that. It did include a black zip tie but it never said where to use it and I didn't seem to need it. I ended up just covering everything up with black electrical tape to keep it a little more away from any water that will get in later. Also, the right blinker wire that goes across and up into the bike is exposed and is yellow and I think green. I don't like that so I'm going to wrap that with electrical tape too in order to make it thicker and less noticeable. I hope some of this makes sense. I added that picture I took of the parts with some red around the pieces i'm taking about to give you a bit of an idea of the pieces I mean. Let me know if you have any questions. All in all I would say this is a great kit. I just wish there would have been a little bit more detailed instruction manual with more pictures. It would have gone much smoother.
One more thing, there were four bolts in the tail that I had to remove. They got replaced with four bolts that came with the kit. I realized those hex bolts are the exact same as the ones you would need to fill the wholes where the front reflectors normally go. So I used two of them for that. Now I have two matching bolts in the front and don’t have to buy the two I ordered for $1.50/bolt from the dealer. I talked about that in another thread. I thought that was pretty handy.
Sorry for such a long post. Hope this helps some of you if you actually take the time to read it.
