there are four plastic clips holding the fairing on, when I removed mine I pushed them out from the inside as I had the battery case out,. but I removed a lot of clips, when I removed all of the plastic on the scooter, very few of them broke off, and those were flat ones,. very thin,. on the foot rest ,. the other was the nose piece, it plugs into two rubber holes and they are very thin pieces that holds the rubber, I broke one of them,. if you ever take the front piece off, lube the pieces when you assemble them , for the next time,. I am lubing all the clip plug ins ,. I hope that will make it easer next time I take it apart,. 2011 downtown over 29,000 km. and loving every mile I do,.