DIY Tutorial - Leg Shield Replacement

When I bought the scooter, both the sides of the leg shield and parts of the front tire fender were scratched. During my parking lot training session, I made it worse and scratched both sides. Since I got the replacement parts for cheap ($25) and it was raining today, I thought I'd give it a hack and replace the parts.

Your dad's pretty good with his hands and likes tinkering with stuff, but I kept away from anything that could possibly make the scooter malfunction if I did something incorrectly. This means I stayed away from the brake lines and caliper. I also did not have to remove the front tire.

Step 1:
Gather your tools. Apart from the ratchet, extension and philips screw driver head as shown in the other tutorials, the only other thing you need to remove the fenders is a 10mm wrench. Be sure it has two heads. One like this and the other with the circle.




Step 2:
Remove the headlight assembly. There is one screw above the Yamaha sticker in the center at the bottom of the chrome plate. There are two additional screws on the back on either side of the steering column. The handlebars need to be turned on the opposite direction to get clearance and reach the screws. When you're done, it should look like this. Notice the scratch on the front right side of the tire fender.





Step 3:
See where the wrench is? Remove that screw and washer. Remove the one on the opposite side and set it aside. Don't lose 'em!






Step 4:
Now we'll have to remove the signal light bracket. These two screws secure the bracket to the scooter's frame. Notice the4 wire connectors. Unplug these. The pair with the brown wire goes to the left signal. The other ones are for the right. Don't get them mixed up when you plug it back in later.



Step 5:
Remove 6 screws on the inside of the leg shield (black plastic part where your feet are). There's 3 along the left and another 3 along the ride side. Don't forget this top one. I hadn't seen this originally and was wondering why the leg shield wasn't coming off.




Step 6:
Remove the silver bolt on the either side of the scooter - two total.







Step 7:
Slowly and gently just tug on the painted leg shield's sides and it should come right off. You may have to pull up then away b/c there are tabs securing it to the black half towards the top. Tada, you're done. Before your scooter looks like this, you'll have to feed the signal lights and bracket through the center hole in the panel. It's a bit tight, but you can manage.


Step 8:
Remove the Yamaha sticker from the old leg shield and put it on the new one if you want to keep it. Takes a bit of work to remove it. I used a special plastic glue to adhere it. Strong glue or some black/grey 3M tape should be sufficient too. Reverse all the steps to put everything back together if you don't need to replace the tire fender. If you do, keep the leg shield off because it'll provide much more clearance and make removing the tire fender much easier. Not too bad so far, eh?