Again, it's never easy!

 

Too true

 

You've got to love those barons instuctions. If all else fails you should have the two allen head cap screws that were holding on the factory bits. If there's a mounting braket that lines up with those treaded bosses in the heads you're away.
Hopefully someone can be more help than me, but that's where I'd start.

 

Meat, that was where I fell down - got the stuff out of the packet, held up the shield to where it roughly goes, couldn't find 2 holes that lined up with anything!

 

I have this exact same problem with mine. I cannot see how the supplied mounting bracket can possibly mount anywhere. I have sat and stared at the bike looking for the "bronze colored" bracket for way too long.

 

Hey guys. It ain't that hard to do. The bracket is right where you want it to mount. It holds the TPS. There is a non threaded hole in the middle that is covered by plastic on the outside but visable when you look from behind. To the right of that is a torx head screw that is difficult to remove but comes out with the proper torx driver. First, remove the torx screw, then drill out the middle hole large enough to accomodate a 6 mm hexhEADscrew. Unfortunately the supplied hexhead screw is too short for the drilled-out hole so you need to buy one a little longer (make sure its stainless). It's easier if you put the hexscrew in from behind the mounting bracket and the nut on the front of the teardrop backet. If you do it the other way, I suggest you put the nut into a closed end wrench and cover the back with duct tape so it wont fall out. This will let you line the nut up behind the hole while you fit the hexscrew through the hole and into the nut. Did mine that way and it turned out great. I really like the look of the enferno flames which complement the flames in the paint on my 04.

 

Thanks Luv2cruise, I wish the instructions read like your comments!!!

 

It can be difficult to put in hex bolts because of bend in mounting bracket, I used 2 6mm socketed cap screws, 1 just threaded into existing threaded hole on right, the other hole (left) had to be drilled out to accept 6mm bolt & put nut on back of tps bracket, dont forget to use loctite.

 

good luck thats y i make ny own parts lol

 

If I get these comments correctly, the bracket for the teardrop will be bolted directly on top of the TPS? The TPS bracket on my bike appears to have three holes. The one on the left is empty and unthreaded. The other two have the TPS bolted to it, I can't see the holes, but I assume they are ther, cause there are two bolts holding the TPS in place.

 

once you get the bracket on, good luck installing the screws into the back of the teardrop. If you got big fingers, call it a day and have your kid do it for you.

 

Drill the middle hole, grind the right bolt out and use other screws (not supplied). It sucks, but works.

Oh and do it with the tank off (much easier), and use lock-tite, mine is solid now.

 

I'm glad I make my own parts now also. But I gotta thank Luv2cruise, the idea with the box end wrench and the duct tape so simple yet so brilliant!!! I'm sitting here wondering how I could have made it all these years without thinking of it. I guess I just love fumbling around in difficult places.
Chalk up one more use for duct tape.

 

No wonder the instuctions are so bad with some of these aftermarket parts. How happy I would be reading, "now drill out the non-threaded hole that is covered with plastic (that you can't see from the front) and go out and buy a screw to fit it, and, oh yeah, make sure its stainless." I'd be mailing that part back before the stamp dried.

 

I'm with you doublerev, I think it is inexcusable but from the UK it would cost me nearly as much as the original part to send it back.

 

Well its all fitted and looks great now. The install went OK apart from the fact that I had to bin all the provided screws as they didn't fit anything.

Overall advice to others:

step 1: remove petrol tank
step 2: remove shield from bracket
step 3: go and buy the proper torx head to remove that stupid screw
step 4: get out your drill and start carefully drilling out that one hole to about 5/6mm (according to what bolt you find to put in - I used some spares I had lying around
step 5: attach bracket
step 5: put loctite everywhere when you put it together

 

Thanks for the above info guys, I put mine on today, looks great.

Definitely a beech of an install, I ended up stipping the torx screw and had to drill it out.
The tip in regards to the tape helped, I put the screw (for the left side) on a piece of electrical tape, and fed it up from behind, and used a flat screwdriver to push it into the hole.

FYI, speaking of the left side screw, yes it is too short (Thanks Barons), but I found a black screw from the old AIS pump is just the right length (when you take off the washer), so thats my contribution to this thread, hopefully it will save the next guy from having to go out and buy another screw.