I'm working on swapping out the stock front speakers in my 07 RSV. Got my Polk DB401's and followed the instructions I found on the site to disassemble the fairing to access the speakers.
Then I hit a wall. I can remove the nuts holding the speaker in place, but the inside side of each speaker is behind a metal structure keeping the speaker from sliding off the bolts (see the yellow trace in the picture).
I thought maybe the speaker mounting bolts might slide out from the back of the fairing if I could get the speaker grill removed. But, after removing the only screw I could see that might hold the grill in place (the red circle in the picture), the grill would not come off.
http://i41.tinypic.com/11rruy1.jpg
Now, given that so much of the fairing assembly is made of less-than-tolerant plastic, I didn't want to "force" anything without getting some guidance. What's my next step? Thanks to all.
-Dave
Couldn't figure out why nobody was replying to my post until I searched deeper and found that Cougar had posted a step-by-step process with pictures on getting the front speakers out. Posted back in 2007, no less. http://www.venturerider.org/forum/showthread.php?t=16934&highlight=front+speakers Thanks Jeff !