Cheddarhead
Smell the Dairy Air!
Well...as I said, I'm quite possibly the worlds' worst mechanic...but, bolstered with your guys support and recognizing that this is "HONDA" Engineering at its' finest, I plunged further into the recesses of my ST.
I removed the Seat Bracket.
I removed the hoses from under the Tank, including the largest / thickest of these...the dreaded "Drain" hose.
(Editorial comment #1: My efforts to drain the tank could have charitably been described as "modestly effective..." at best. I had to recruit my bride (Better Cheddar!) to hold a splash pan and transfer fuel from the aforementioned drain hose into the pan...and from there into a Gas Can. She was modestly amused.)
In the end, I was successful in removing the tank, exposing the air box pan to the light of day for the first time since 2009, when I acquired the ST and installed what few modest farkles required wiring (Heated Grips, a Stebel Horn, and Driving Lamps. But I digress....
I'm planning on replacing the various hoses...each is/was factory original, so they're approaching 20 years of service. Cheap Insurance, while I've gone this far in tearing into the guts of the bike, in my opinion...
Removed the "Velocity Stacks" and their bases...(Failing to mark the specific positions of each...hope that doesn't haunt me during the reassembly cycle!
allowing me to remove the Air Box Pan. There I found...
This...
And this...
And even a bit of this.
...and this.
Looks like I'll be doing a Harness Swap, as well.
My wife noted that "...the only reason that the mice chewed on the wires is 'cause they (the harnesses) were (apparently) in the (mouses') way." Smart gal!
So...here's the pile of insulation that was stuffed into the space by said mouse. Note this is the stuff I picked out by hand...does not include the stuff that I removed via shop vac.
I removed the Seat Bracket.
I removed the hoses from under the Tank, including the largest / thickest of these...the dreaded "Drain" hose.
(Editorial comment #1: My efforts to drain the tank could have charitably been described as "modestly effective..." at best. I had to recruit my bride (Better Cheddar!) to hold a splash pan and transfer fuel from the aforementioned drain hose into the pan...and from there into a Gas Can. She was modestly amused.)
In the end, I was successful in removing the tank, exposing the air box pan to the light of day for the first time since 2009, when I acquired the ST and installed what few modest farkles required wiring (Heated Grips, a Stebel Horn, and Driving Lamps. But I digress....
I'm planning on replacing the various hoses...each is/was factory original, so they're approaching 20 years of service. Cheap Insurance, while I've gone this far in tearing into the guts of the bike, in my opinion...
Removed the "Velocity Stacks" and their bases...(Failing to mark the specific positions of each...hope that doesn't haunt me during the reassembly cycle!
allowing me to remove the Air Box Pan. There I found...
This...
And this...
And even a bit of this.
...and this.
Looks like I'll be doing a Harness Swap, as well.
My wife noted that "...the only reason that the mice chewed on the wires is 'cause they (the harnesses) were (apparently) in the (mouses') way." Smart gal!
So...here's the pile of insulation that was stuffed into the space by said mouse. Note this is the stuff I picked out by hand...does not include the stuff that I removed via shop vac.