Anyone removed their Splash Guard, what if anything have you used to plug the mounting holes? short bolts? plastic bungs? rubber bungs? Another question - do you have to remove the rear wheel to get the upper chainguard off? There seems to be 1 screw fixing you cannot get to without removing it.
Removed mine didn't do anything with the holes, didn't have to remove the rear wheel from memory ether
No need to remove wheel. Filled holes with black plastic number plate bolts if i remember right. (its been off since i bought the bike over 2 years ago).
I found some old bolts for my 2011 and will do the same on the 2013. I am sure it is worth keeping the crap out of the bolt holes!
The splash guard comes off no problem BUT when you try to remove the upper chain guard there is a small allen bolt on the inside holding the guard on. It looks like the only way to get to it is to remove the rear wheel?
Not sure what model year you have, but mine (2010) came off without taking the wheel off. I just put the bolts back in, but they do stick up 1/2" - plastic number plate bolts sound like a good solution?
Removed the guard and left the holes open when i bought the bike! Easy to remove the chainguard ..Just like this Multistrada 1200 chain guard top - YouTube
Thanks for that Link, There is no way I'll get my 2 big fat hands in that space. Looks like I'll be taking the wheel off!
If you loosen the chain right off on the eccentric adjustment the wheel will go forward enough to get at the bolt with a long socket extention from the exhaust side. I bought the upper carbon fibre chain guard from conquest and the rear bit from Carbon World (on ebay) that then fills the holes as it uses them as mounting holes and stops any chain lub from going down your neck.
Could be just as easy to remove the wheel. I have got both the top & bottom chain guard from conquest but I dont think the bottom bit uses all the splashguard bolts to mount it. I think there will be 2 left.
Removed the Splash Guard and fitted a Carbon replacement. Better to put 3 equilavent bolts in stop all the crap. I did get caught out in the rain once and I realised how useful that splash guard really is.. The OEM chain guard uses the bottom fixing point, but is stabilised by pivoting on the outer of the 2 top arms from the OEM splash guard
I kept the splash guard on my BMW GS, which suited the cobby look of the bike. But the one on the Multistrada looks ridiculous, clumsy, ugly and out of keeping, so I removed it. It's also surprisingly heavy. Just put the original bolts back in their holes as keepers.
