djon
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Completed installing front and rears on my 09. Front went smooth except for the instructions on installing rear engine mount bolt. Mine had bolt on left side and nut on right side.
Rears are on but not without modifications. Right side went on with no problems except missing bolts for passenger foot pegs were not sent for either side.
Left rear bolt pattern did not line up with muffler bracket. In order to get it on I drilled out the upper 2 holes with 3/8" drill bit. I installed bolt in foot peg first, then the 2 bolts on top. Almost crossed threaded top 2 because fit was still not right. Had to lift muffler a little to get last bolt threads started then tightened all.
Bought a couple 1 1/2" by 1/4" #20 threaded bolts for passenger pegs but the tolerances are so tight that standard bolts will not work for either bracket.
I am made a run with them and all works well. One minor caveat is when walking the bike to and from garage the rear gaurds hit me in the calf so I take shorter steps now.
Will make hardware run tomorrow and install passenger foot pegs and will note if there were any problems here.
Rears are on but not without modifications. Right side went on with no problems except missing bolts for passenger foot pegs were not sent for either side.
Left rear bolt pattern did not line up with muffler bracket. In order to get it on I drilled out the upper 2 holes with 3/8" drill bit. I installed bolt in foot peg first, then the 2 bolts on top. Almost crossed threaded top 2 because fit was still not right. Had to lift muffler a little to get last bolt threads started then tightened all.
Bought a couple 1 1/2" by 1/4" #20 threaded bolts for passenger pegs but the tolerances are so tight that standard bolts will not work for either bracket.
I am made a run with them and all works well. One minor caveat is when walking the bike to and from garage the rear gaurds hit me in the calf so I take shorter steps now.
Will make hardware run tomorrow and install passenger foot pegs and will note if there were any problems here.