Checking the bike over prior to a ride and found the heat shield protecting the fuel tank from exhaust in front of rear wheel had come completely unfastened. Seems to have been fixed with 3 rivets, all of which apart from one were gone. The last rivet was no longer holding the aluminum heat shield and heat shield had dropped down so that the rubber flap had at some stage been wearing away on the rear tyre. Will take it to a local dealer for warranty claim and see how I go. I'll post a photo when I work out how. Check yours.
Mine's loose, I've been procrastinating & oiling the rivets to help prevent them from wearing through for just one more ride
Thanks for the warning... Looks like mine only ever had 2 out of the 3 rivets. Standard 3.2mm dia x 4.8mm grip/ depth seem to do the trick...that's 1/8 x 3/16 in the old money. Carefull with drilling out the holes...it's a weird angle and the fuel tank wall is right in the back of it. Would've liked to get a washer over the back of the rivet for a proper "seat", but no space to get in there (at least as long as the exhaust joiner is in place). @ ozav8tr: All good on yours. all rivets in place and tight.
