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| The trick is tightening the top side nylon lock nuts on the top of the crashbar brackets. They don't tell you how to do that. The clearances are non-existant. I went onto GL1800riders.com and posted a question and the response was to loosen the saddlebags and swing them away enough for you to get a wrench on the upper bolts. Haven't tried that yet so I don't know if it will work. Other than that, It is a well made hitch with one exception. Kuryakyn had you reuse the cheap, flimzy lower support bracket. They actually attach the lower clamps on the receiver plate to this lightweight hollow aluminum brace. I can't imagine why they didn't just run the receiver plate out to the two attachment points on the saddlebag support tubes and have you remove the brace It would have been a lot stronger in my opinion. |
| Got several parts one was the mount with the 2 ball mount. I used it on the clutch handle side. Bolts up and looks like it came with the bike. I also got a 6 in arm and a 3.5 in. and a waterproof case to put my cell phone in as I have a Scala Rider blue tooth on my helmet for the cell phone. |
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Great product. Gopt the leather wrappped one that mounts on the front brake handle. Works well although I have the GL with an Airbag, this could get in the way of the Airbag. Hope I never have to find out. Ride Safe. |
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Nice fit, looks good. I removed the fairing pockets to fish the wires to the mirrors. A bit longer to install but easier to route the wires. |
| I love the rest but had some problems with install. Frame is aluminum and I didn't put the bike on the center stand and I stripped the threads on on the left side. Had to drill them out and use helacoils to repair. Turned a 15 minute job into 3 hours. Great product just be careful lining up your bolts as you can strip them out fairly easily. |
| An update from my previous review above. It finally got warm enough in the garage to install these lights. Trunk install took me about 1.5 hours and the saddlebags 3 hours. Pretty straight forward install with good instructions - I'm just slow and carefull. Very happy with the end result. I have taken several day and night photos to view on my photo gallery to look at given the ugly photo on the left. Very solid pieces and look great. I'm sure they will look even better when I get around to cleaning my bike! Bonus feature is these plug into the braking system as well so all lights become more intense when the brakes are on so even folks beside you know you are braking! Saddle bag lights require drilling two holes per saddlebag but the instructions made it clear how and where to do them. Will give an update about their durability in the future. |
| A bit over priced for what it is but other than that its a great product. And be sure and tell the passenger to use a drink with a lid and or straw. As not to have the wind blow soda all over the bike from a coke can |
| Sorry about the scare to all those... But the shorter arms are only 50 Dollars more ... Sorry for the typo |
| Very nice addition to the bike. Looks good and yes I wish there was another angle towards the downward direction with out hitting while cornering. I will be ordering the 4.5 inch arms for sure. I take one star away due to the long arms being the only way they come and you have to spend the extra 500 bucks for the shorter ones |
| Very nice set of boards. Looks great. And is very comfortable, more so than I thought. The adapters instructions really didnt help much but myself being a mechanic did help and figured out the adjustments. The set screw close to the bike tightened well and I have no slippage .... They seem to be holding and I will get the heal toe shifter next. |
| Just brought my 08 wing home from the shop who installed these and the rear spring. I also added fork brace and tapered stering head bearings to deal with the 1800 front end wobble problem. This is my third wing and put Progessive on my last one also. I am a peg dragger and with all these additions all I can say is "What a great difference". Lets face it, the wing is great. Now it is even better. Headed for Deals Gap next week to put it to the test. |
| I have tried Avons, and E3's. Liked the E3's except for the cupping. I have an 08 wing and am getting ready to put my second set of Bridgestones on. I still only got 10k out of them, but like Mark, I am a peg dragger. I prefer the handling and less cupping out of the Bridgestone. My dealer mechanic who has a Gold Wing recommended them to me and I am extremely pleased. |