Daelim S2-250 Updates - Parts 1 & 2

Originally posted Mar 30, 2008:

I've just gotten Fay-Fay from the dealer, where she's gone through her 500 mile checkup. Actually, I didn't know that the odometer was calibrated to show kilometers, not miles, so I took her in at the 500 kilometer mark, which is about 310 miles - not very far. Doug, who owns Cruisaders here in Shreveport was cool about it and did it anyway. Great guy, doug - anyone in the area that is interested in scooting should check them out.

Anyhow, I've finally gotten to the point that I'm ready to install the Fehling chrome rail kits that I ordered through Two-Wheeled Touring (www.twtouring.com). These come straight from Germany (http://www.fehling.com/engl/daelim1.htm), and are actually made for the european version - called the Daelim Freewing 125. I noticed that the pictures show that this is the same as our Daelim S2 125, whose body style is the same as my S2 250. I ordered the luggage carrier, and the required Rear Protection Guard (the carrier mounts to the Guard). Here's how I got them to work:

First, a difference between the S2 125 and the S2 250 - the 125 contains a bolt hole that is empty on the 125, but is used to mount the engine on the 250. The front-ward mount of the protection guard relies on this hole being available.

I placed a floor jack under the engine to keep it from dropping out, then removed the bolts - one side at a time, and placed the front mount with the longer replacement bolt (with the accompanying lock nut) in place of each.

In the picture below, the original bolt is to the left, the new bolt is in the middle, and the front mounting bracket is on the right...

I moved the side cover just above the passenger footrest in order to get better access to the necessary bolts. I ended up removing the footrests, installing the mounts, then reinstalling the footrests (just a single bolt).

Here it is with the front bracket mounted (it's just to the right of the foot peg):

Mounting the rear bracket was much easier. It just mounts directly under the rear pillion seat:

Once all bracket mounts are installed, the rear protection guard is bolted to the mounts, with spacing sleeves (included) between the rear mounting points and the guard itself.

Next comes the installation of the rack... This is extremely easy - four hex head bolts are removed from the existing rack and backrest, and the unit removed as a single piece. I then re-used the same bolts to connect the top supports of the rack to the bike. The bottom supports are connected to the rear mount point of the protection guard by simply removing the bolt described above, adding the lower support rail from the rack to the stack, then reinserting the bolt/rail/sleeve back into the rear mount.

Finally, I added a JC Whitley top box (temporarily) to the rack, just to show the mounting. I'm planning to replace this with a Givi E-450 top box (much bigger, and won't seem as puny on this bike), with a backrest and a light kit. Stay tuned!

For completeness, here's the before and after pics:

Before:

After: