[jayDL]

Push in on the center with an awl or a little screwdriver to remove.

Here's a helpful link-

Those little plastic fairing clip thingies! (push rivets, pop rivets)

 

[enumclaw]

Yeah, about now you're doing this :headbang: . Once you learn the trick you'll find these are one of the neatest designs of the plastic rivets out there. Jmo of course.

 

[kenneth_moore]

The manual says to use a ball-point pen, and they work just fine for it. Push the center of the clip in until you feel it "pop." The entire clip should then fall out.

To replace, push the clip center all the way back out; there should be 1/3" of the center sticking above the plastic flange. Put the clip in place with the center part still extended. Line up the plastic or fairing part, and push the center part back in. It should click into place.

 

[outobie]

Ah ha,
so if I understand properly, you push the pin FARTHER in to release?
:hurray:

 

[PTRider]

First, buy a package of ten of these plastic aggravations, about $6, at your local m/c shop.

I use my 4mm Allen wrench to push them in. Anything works. They push in a coupl'a mm, then you pull the panels apart. You can get the plastic rivets out easily this way after the panels have been separated. If you lose the center pin or break off one of the fingers, no worries, you have the replacement already available.

 

[Scott E. Bonds]

Yep...push in a little then it releases. I had to break one to figure out how it works.

Three rules of any mechanical work.
1) Buy wrong part, that you can't return
2) Break something
3) Hurt yourself to the point of bleeding

 

[notacop]

I just search the forum and behold, all was revealed. Give it a little push and magic happens.
I love this place.

 

[Boit4852]

Just want to add one little tip to what Kenneth Moore said about re-installing the push-pin rivet. Just use something like a 6mm allen head wrench to push in the center pin so that it stops flush and won't contine right on thru causing you to have to pull the rivet out and start over. Anything larger in diameter than the center pin will work...Torx...1/4" socket extension...1/4" square stock... I personally like a 1/4" T-handle wrench if space is not an issue. If in a tight space, the short end of an allen wrench works perfectly.

 

[KZDon]

First, put a half inch tungsten bit in your drill...

...putting them back in takes no more than a thumb push

 

[Boit4852]

Got arthritis in me finger joints...can't push with me thumbs.

 

[grantizzle]

does anyone know where these little buggers can be purchased online? I tried an autobody store this evening and they didn't have them.

 

[greywolf]

One place is --BOLT Motorcycle Hardware--
Stroms use mostly 6mm but also two 8mm.