Fairing removal. Taking the piss or what ?

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Have myself a nice 6 days off around my birthday in a few days, so decided (at midnight) to pull the fairings off and do a bit of cleaning. Most will be done tomorrow as I didnt want to upset the neighbours with the compressor going and its too bloody cold outside to be using the hose.

Anyway I decided to pull the fairings of the (99) zx6r to make it a quick start in the morning.

Is there anything I didnt have to take off first before the farkin front fairing would come away.
There are 2 bolts which attach to the headlight assembly that are nicely hidden behind the front vents. So to get at em the vents and resonators need to come out. Which finds me unsrewing everything I can see and still being unable to remove the bastards. Later I find 1 little screw hidden under a rubber flap where the vents meet the bike.

Now seriously its like a freakin jigsaw puzzle to get apart. Let alone puting it back together. Do they not think of these things when they assemble/design these things or have I been another victim of their evil japanese plan?

Any tips or re-assembling order would be great if anyone has stumbled across a trick or 2.

So here is a question for you. Has it ever just given you the shits how they put these things together and how much of a pain in the arse a simple job can be.

FUUUUUUUUUCK some for thought on the designers behalf would be a good thing. Dirty pricks.

Could be me though approaching it all wrong. But reminds me of trying to find room to work on a bloody mini.
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meh

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I always find it a nightmare on a bike I haven't worked on before.
Working out all the little tricks as to what to loosen, rotate, bend, etc.

A good source of info is normally the owners club sites.
I like to dig out the fiche to also give me a bit of a clue.

e.g. ZX600
https://www.ronayers.com/fiche/400_0472/cowling_zx600-j1/cowling_zx600-j1.bmp
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...and the whirlwind is in the thorn trees, it's hard for thee to kick against the pricks...
Gibbs, what did Duckie look like when he was younger?

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I don't like working on my bike, i just like riding it
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My Bikes in order:- Yamaha RXS100 / Suzuki X7 250 / Yamaha RD350LC / Kawasaki
KR1S 250 / Kawasaki ZXR750 H2 / Honda C50 / Kawasaki ZX7R P5 / Kawasaki ZX10R / Suzuki GSXR 400 / Honda CBR1100 Blackbird & Yamaha FZR 600