Dont be afraid of this one, it is pretty simplistic. But a few hints cannot hurt. It is clearly easiest if there is less fuel in the tank. If u are using a front wheel holding style stand remove the mirrors first then put the bike in the stand. If using a rear stand disregard the last sentence. If using just the bikes side stand, then I really recommend getting the tank contents to a minimum as a heavy tank unbolted can fall from the bike and will damage bits. The mirror bolts are a PITA if you cannot move the bars out of the way. Get the right bit for the mirror bolts as they are really soft and strip easy, these are designed to break to protect the fairing supports in a crash. After removing the side fairings, the mirrors and the nose fairing, disconnect the turn signal connectors. Remove the bolt at the rear of the tank. I lift the tank and pull it back to free it from the front attachment point, then place a block of wood under the tank to support the tank. You can just turn the tank sideways to get to the plumbing but this will more than likely chip the paint on your airbox. once the tank is elevated a bit, 2.5 inches for a wood block, you can get your fingers safely to the wire harness connector without your fingers getting squished, separate this wiring connector then on to the quick disconnects. YOu have to press and hold the slide clip in to release the fitting. Hard to see the fittings but use your fingers to feel where they are. The challenge is to pull straight down on the connector not on the hose. Pulling on the hose will lever it out, damage the seal ring and may break either end of the plastic fitting. Once separated the tank is free. Having done this once you can do it probably do it without the block of wood and pretty quickly. Release the inner airbox clips and the air runners will fall off the bike. Support or hold them to prevent damage. The Airbox seals will also fall out if the bike is on its side stand. Keep these for reuse. If your new runners came with filters great if not you may have to remove your factory filters by removing the little screws that hold the two halves of each runner together. Replace the air filters and install the runners. If your air runners dont have filters consider one of the in box filters, BCM, pipercross etc. follow the steps backwards and you are in. Before reconnecting the fuel lines, Check the male portion of the quick connect fittings to see if you can identify any defects in the seal rings. if damaged replace em. I pretty much replace them every time I do a service just to keep em good. A quick search of this site should give you part numbers from Mc Master Carr. I get em by the 50's and always carry some in the tool kit. If one of the seals for the quick disconnects is damaged when you reconnect them they will leak. One of the lines is a feed from the pump to the injectors and the other is return line. The return may not leak until pressurized so check the fittings after priming the system. Do this by lifting the rear of the tank and feel for leaking fuel. I believe it is fun working on my own bikes and hope this helps. Best wishes Brad.
