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[revdecal]

Its amazing really Antonye that you & Dickie live in the same town as me and we have never met!

Mind you,5 minutes with me today and you might wish we had'nt.

[Lily]

Originally posted by antonye

Heh, I had exactly the same problem with those rounding out.

So I thought about it, and came to the conclusion that because they were sheer bolts, if I gave the mirror a gentle tap it should break the bolt and I can pull the mirror off.

So I did.

I ended up with a broken fairing stay instead.

Bolt was fine though.

no comment, Freak said much the same... they are sheer bolts, give em a wack and bobs your mums brother....

yeah right! one broken mirror later.... still attached to nosecone

i managed to undo the fairing bracket and take the whole nosecone off and drill it like that...not a good day!

[nelly]

Before you get the drill out, try knocking a torx bit in to the rounded out hex recess. Works 8/10 time for me even on bigger REALLY tight bolts. I don't drill many................

[Real McCoy]

if that dont work try these

[antonye]

Ah my favourite - the chisel method! Saved many a potential driller on the 600 that did.

Rev - we have met at the Rocky Track Attack last year when I extracted money out of everyone for the prize draw. You should try to make it to the pubnights as we get a good crowd. See the DSC Essex website for details.

[revdecal]

DONE!!!!

My god, please lets not do that again.Resorted to big hammer & chisel in the end...not pretty but did the job!!

[rcgbob44]

Throw the bike away and go get a nice looking one!