What's Included:
- Upper Fairing
- Lower Fairing
- Tail Section
- Front Fender
- Dzus Fasteners
Hotbodies does not currently make a windscreen for the 675, so that wasn't included.
Packaging:
Like everyone else has posted thus far, the bodywork was well packed in bubble wrap, which made un-packing much nicer (no packing peanuts to shake everywhere).
The upper fairing came pre-drilled for frame mounting points and the the dzus holes for the lower fairing. The windscreen holes were not pre-drilled. The lower fairing was pre-drilled for the dzus fasteners (also pre-installed) and 2 of the 4 mounting points to the frame. The front fender was also pre-drilled. The tail section was not drilled. Everything was also primed and, short of some sanding, looks like it's ready to be painted.
Front Fender:
The fender bolted right up with no issue at all. I did open up the pre-drilled holes a bit to allow for the button heads to sit better, but that was quick and easy to do.
Upper Fairing:
The upper fairing also mounted right up with no issues at all. Because the upper relies on only two mounting points to the frame, you need to drill the wind screen bolts and use some zip ties to hold it in place until the lower is ready to be mounted. The windscreen dimples lined right up with the stock fairing stay, I was able to drill straight off those marking and have a clean fit.
Lower Fairing:
The lower installed initially quite well. Everything lined up reasonably well with the upper. I drill the rear fairing mounts and secured it with the stock button head. The challenge become fitting the bolt into the front two fairing mounts. When I tried to push a bolt through there, I realized I was having to push the bodywork in more than I liked, which was stressing the fiberglass around the dzus holes. After a few tries, I just decided to leave the bolt out...no harm, no foul here. Everything feels just as secure without the extra bolt; I doubt I'll ever use that mounting point.
Once installed, I noticed the lower was rubbing on the stator cover quite a bit. Further investigation would show that the mold may have been off by about 1/4'' around the cover.
Clearance between the belly pan and rear tire is close...but still plenty there. This has been a complaint of mine on previous bodywork. I was quite happy to see that resolved.
Tail Section:
Up to the point, the install was going quite well. I hit my first, and only, headache with the tail. I drilled the two front mounting points and secured them. But that's it...there's no rear mounting point at all, so the tail just flops around. Other manufacturers use two bolts through the top of the tail section directly into the subframe; Hotbodies does not. I could drill through the top of the tail into the subframe, but the holes would not be supported and thus prone to cracking. One could use zip ties around the subrame from the underside, but there's really not a great spot for that either. I have yet to solve this problem, but I'm working on it. Here's a comparison between the hotbodies tail and my current Catalyst tail:
Final Fitment:
Aside from the unresolved tail section issue, the bodywork mounted up with relative ease, no cutting required. Assuming I can find a good solution for the tail, I'm pretty impressed with the installation.
Further impressions below...
Hotbodies Race Bodywork Review
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