Help Needed - Fitting Carbon Airtubes
 

Hi,

Now no laughing but its true, I need help fitting my recently acquired C\F Airtubes ...

I have today tried to fit said artubes but after mounting the indicators and then offering them up to the bike the airtubes are missing the small lugs on the inside that the spring clips in the airbox clip onto ...

A. Is this usual ...??

B. How do I resolve this issue as i'm now getting really faffed off with my bike being in bits .......??

:(

Dibble the only ones I have come across either have bits of carbon moulded in place so that the clips hook onto them or they have a large carbon fibre tag to the rear of the airbox end that hooks inside the airbox and relies on the fairing/headlight fixing to hold them in place.

Angle grinder?

Oh no, wait...

You might need to get creative with a rivet-gun and some bits of metal - that's what I had to do to put the fastening clips onto my CF airbox!

Ever been had Dibs.
Have fun !!!!
Kev

Get ready to start singing.............
 

...Nelly I neeeeed yooooooo!!

Oh Nelly I neeeeeed yooooooooo!!!


:frog:

Drill. Cable Ties. Despite the time of postiong and alchohol consumed, no, I'm not joking :)

Dibbles

I bought D/P C/F air tubes and they fitted straight on, no prob`s at all.

What make are yours, Tesco`s Sainsbury`s, Liddle`s?????

Dibble, i can sell you a D/P left hand one with mounting brackets in place, if you like? it would give you an idea how to mount it...ooh er!

Mate your not having much luck - where did you get them from? And to make things worse Charlton lost as well!!!!!

DIBBLE Dont worry I am sure it can be sorted, if you need some brackets made send me a sketch of what you want so I can see if I can make them ??

Mark..:)

F*** it, now its back together with the original air tubes and gubbins after having to replace the water coolant bottle (the one under the ignition) and it wont start ....

Really cant be arsed with this anymore.. anyone want a 996 ..???

and who has the URL for the RSV owners club ......

A Right Royally F***ed Off Dibble

Nite

To coin a phrase ( one of yours in fact )
EASY TIGER !
Bet you had trouble making the Blue Peter Christmas star as well !
Sleep on it Dibs, things always look exactly the same in the morning.
Nite Nite
Kev

Ok, I think its time to "name & shame" !

Who supplies decent carbon airtubes with all the fixings and who is it that supplies just the tubes but with no way of fixing them other than with resort to drill, zip-ties and having to raid the original units ?

airtubes
 

My tubes were £215 at Ally Pally show they look great, make the bike sound awesome but do not have any purchase on them for the clips. I have left the clips in Situ and have found that the airtubes fit sng with the airbox when the fairing is is place and the rubber sealing washer is on.

Duck tape and a rubber mallet......works every time for me.:lol:

WeeJohnyB