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Hi to all. I hope the holiday's were good for everyone and santa came with some goodies.
My question is this. I am putting detachable sideplates so I can install a sissy bar backrest on my 07 SB and still go back to a solo seat. It calls out for a sig relocation kit. What does that exactly do? It is my understanding that it puts the signals out a bit with a smaller diameter tube so that that detacables can lock onto them? Is this correct? And when you unlock them the sideplates stay but the sissy bar comes off. Hope this isn't too simple of a question that makes me look kinda slow. Thanks in advance.
My question is this. I am putting detachable sideplates so I can install a sissy bar backrest on my 07 SB and still go back to a solo seat. It calls out for a sig relocation kit. What does that exactly do? It is my understanding that it puts the signals out a bit with a smaller diameter tube so that that detacables can lock onto them? Is this correct? And when you unlock them the sideplates stay but the sissy bar comes off. Hope this isn't too simple of a question that makes me look kinda slow. Thanks in advance.
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RE: detachable sideplate question
Just installed a set on my Dyna last weekend.
The signal relocation kit is really just a replacement for the old piece which the rear signal mounting bolts and wires run through. The kit has a new brace which runs inside (or the underside) of the fender. The back hole on these braces have female threads. The new shaft from the kit has male threads so it will screw into the brace. The shafts are also hollow to allow the wiring to be rerouted. You will have to cut the signal wiring harness to feed the wires through this hollow shaft to the inside of the fender.I soldered mine back together and covered with heat shrink. The kit comes with butt connectors, if you would rather reconnect the wires this way.
Once you have installed the docking kit and the signal relocation kit, you can remove the sissy bar and sideplates completely in about 15 seconds.
Let me know if you have any questions.
The signal relocation kit is really just a replacement for the old piece which the rear signal mounting bolts and wires run through. The kit has a new brace which runs inside (or the underside) of the fender. The back hole on these braces have female threads. The new shaft from the kit has male threads so it will screw into the brace. The shafts are also hollow to allow the wiring to be rerouted. You will have to cut the signal wiring harness to feed the wires through this hollow shaft to the inside of the fender.I soldered mine back together and covered with heat shrink. The kit comes with butt connectors, if you would rather reconnect the wires this way.
Once you have installed the docking kit and the signal relocation kit, you can remove the sissy bar and sideplates completely in about 15 seconds.
Let me know if you have any questions.
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RE: detachable sideplate question
The relocation kit is a stem like the one on your stock signal, but longer and narrower. You were almost right as far as how it works. There are cam-locks on the side plates of the back rest and they lock over the relocation kit. The side plates are attached to the back rest making them a unit. When you remove the back rest the side plates come off as well.
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RE: detachable sideplate question
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Hi to all. I hope the holiday's were good for everyone and santa came with some goodies.
My question is this. I am putting detachable sideplates so I can install a sissy bar backrest on my 07 SB and still go back to a solo seat. It calls out for a sig relocation kit. What does that exactly do? It is my understanding that it puts the signals out a bit with a smaller diameter tube so that that detacables can lock onto them? Is this correct? And when you unlock them the sideplates stay but the sissy bar comes off. Hope this isn't too simple of a question that makes me look kinda slow. Thanks in advance.
Hi to all. I hope the holiday's were good for everyone and santa came with some goodies.
My question is this. I am putting detachable sideplates so I can install a sissy bar backrest on my 07 SB and still go back to a solo seat. It calls out for a sig relocation kit. What does that exactly do? It is my understanding that it puts the signals out a bit with a smaller diameter tube so that that detacables can lock onto them? Is this correct? And when you unlock them the sideplates stay but the sissy bar comes off. Hope this isn't too simple of a question that makes me look kinda slow. Thanks in advance.
If you look at your rear fender you'll note the shiny metal arm pointing back from the shocks. Between the shock and your turn signal is a torx head bolt. What you're going to do is replace that bolt with a longer one that has a barrel-shaped spacer (called a docking point) on it then you're going to use the turn signal relocation kit to move the turn signal out to the side and provide a second barrel-shaped docking point. When you're done, you'll have four docking points on the rear -- those are what your detachable plates are going to attach to. You'll note the plates have a U-shaped notch in the front that engage the front docking point and a locking mechanism that will engage the rear docking point. The sissy bar will bolt to the plates and the plates and bar will go on and off the bike as a unit.
It's kind of a challenge to get the turn signal wires to go down the little tubes of the relocation kit. It IS possible to do, but it won't be the funnest thing you've done.
Follow the instructions carefully and work one side of the bike at a time. There's a backing plate that you have to install for the mount points to screw into. It's important that you take your time and get it installed correctly, lock-titedand torqued down.
If you're not a big fan of this kind of thing, have the dealer do it.
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