1. fender hugger respray, 2. Chain tension-gear

1. Is removing the front tire hugger (the plastic bit over your front tire) easy? is it just a matter of removing the 2 bolts either side and pull it off? (wanting to have it resprayed) or do you have to remove the whole tire to take the plastic hugger off?

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2. Does having a chain with too much give in it make gearing up and down messy, clunky and noisy? or has the chain tension nothing to do with the gear mechanism (currently i have about 2.5inch of movement in the chain)

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currently i have about 2.5inch of movement in the chain

thats a fair bit mate should only be about ~1 inch of slack, maybe a little more. Wont necessarily make shifting noisy but will be noisy fullstop.

1. Is removing the front tire hugger (the plastic bit over your front tire) easy? is it just a matter of removing the 2 bolts either side and pull it off? (wanting to have it resprayed) or do you have to remove the whole tire to take the plastic hugger off?

wow someone is asking the same level of difficulty questions as me, have u checked out my other collection? NEKA loved them!!!

anyway back on the topic!
just the bolts and the clips of ur front brake lines.

the front fender is easy to take off, u dont need the wheel off to take it off.

the slack on the chain should be about 30mm.

I tried removing my front fender on the weekend, there are 4 bolts, the first 2 were easy to take off, but the two behind seem impossible to get too, can't get a spanner or even my hand past the wheel to get to them.....

blows...

If you get a chance have a look at your front fender, there has to e some specific spanner or tool to be using..

mine had an insanely tight fit and took lots of fugging around to remove it. but presumably it can be done.

I tried removing my front fender on the weekend, there are 4 bolts, the first 2 were easy to take off, but the two behind seem impossible to get too, can't get a spanner or even my hand past the wheel to get to them.....

blows...

If you get a chance have a look at your front fender, there has to e some specific spanner or tool to be using..

mmm....... remove the front wheel?