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05-09-2009, 01:45pm
Ok, here ya go!
What the mechanism looks like.
Firstly find a thin wire coathanger and straighten it out.
You need to mark a straight section at a point 16cm from the tip.
This is how far in the latch is from the point where it first engages onto the wire.
Without this mark on the wire you won't be able to tell if you have contacted the latch properly and could take quite a while to find it without being able to see.
There is a point on the right side of the bike where the wire will go in between the hump and the rear cowling without the need to lever the hump up.
Get you hands on the wire and manouver it through the gap and at an angle that you can see in the photo. You need to keep the wire on a flat angle so that the point of the wire goes straight to the latch.
If you jiggle the wire when it gets to the 16cm mark, you should here it making contact with the latch, it gives a bit of a rattle.
If the wire is in contact with the latch, you can push straight in with the wire and it moves the latch across. If you get it right, the hump just pops up.
Good luck. I have done it a couple of times now and it gets easier each time you attempt it once you get it right.
Of course for anyone with the hump unlocked, you can make the wire and practice a few times before testing with the hump locked on.
What the mechanism looks like.
Firstly find a thin wire coathanger and straighten it out.
You need to mark a straight section at a point 16cm from the tip.
This is how far in the latch is from the point where it first engages onto the wire.
Without this mark on the wire you won't be able to tell if you have contacted the latch properly and could take quite a while to find it without being able to see.
There is a point on the right side of the bike where the wire will go in between the hump and the rear cowling without the need to lever the hump up.
Get you hands on the wire and manouver it through the gap and at an angle that you can see in the photo. You need to keep the wire on a flat angle so that the point of the wire goes straight to the latch.
If you jiggle the wire when it gets to the 16cm mark, you should here it making contact with the latch, it gives a bit of a rattle.
If the wire is in contact with the latch, you can push straight in with the wire and it moves the latch across. If you get it right, the hump just pops up.
Good luck. I have done it a couple of times now and it gets easier each time you attempt it once you get it right.
Of course for anyone with the hump unlocked, you can make the wire and practice a few times before testing with the hump locked on.
"If time catches up with you. You're going too slow!"
Regards BUSGO
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