bugeye bonnet

[rossco]

Am I asking for trouble if I try to remove my bugeye bonnet by myself? Best to take the telescoping props loose at the bottom? Any tips on making this easy on myself AND the piece?

 

[jlaird]

Takes three folks, one under bonnet and one on each side to avoid messing something up.

 

[drooartz]

Like Jack, I use 3 people to get the job done. The bonnet isn't particularly heavy, just awkward.

 

[Jim_Gruber]

Or you can set up a one person method with a pulley and lines going to fender mirrors. I do have mine set up as a forward tilt bonnet and I rigged pulley up to an overhead beam. I see ads for Space saving rope and pulley systems to suspend bikes, other items from the ceiling i.e. Spridget Hardtops. Same sort of thing can be adapted. I had some spare sailing hardware I repurposed. Now I would not want to pay retail for those Harken Blocks Blocks and Mainsteet Cleat I repurposed but something simple can be rigged up to allow you to handle by yourself.

Two at minimum would be better to do this job even with my system.

 

[spritenut]

If you are in good shape, undo everything, grab the headlight holes and make like a living bra. Lift and separate :wink:
It is a bit heavy and I would not do this with a decent paint job, but if this is the start of a project, pull out the headliamps, undo the hinges, remove the prop rods from the bonnet, lower it down on a board across the inner fenders, grab the headlamp holes and lift.

 

[jlaird]

Man to be young and strong again.

 

[bugimike]

Man to be young and strong again.

Hehehe, one of the reasons I switched to a front-tilt, fiberglass bonnet...easy one-man job with that!!

 

[rossco]

I'll just get my wife Bertha to lift it out. ---- Just kidding. Thanks, guys. R