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Old May 27, 2008 | 08:37 PM
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Has anyone installed this kit themselves? How long did it take and is it pretty simple?
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 08:58 PM
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I installed it on my 07 883L and on my wife's 08 Nightster. Took about 15 minutes each and was quite simple. Really like the change on both bikes.
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 09:13 PM
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Simple to do. Ignore the instructions as far as cutting the wires go. If you take enough apart, you can keep your wires intact and finagle the lights around enough to get 'em where you need 'em.
Don't forget the blueloctite and torque specs.
 
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Old May 27, 2008 | 11:40 PM
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Has anyone installed this kit themselves? How long did it take and is it pretty simple?
EZ... As harleyscuba said... ignore the wire cutting part of the instructions. I took off the headlight mount (2 hex bolts) 1 side at a time to reroute the signal wires. There's plenty of wire to move 'em. And yes... blue loctite and a good torque wrench. FWIW, I also made a pencil mark on the fork at the triple tree just in case it slipped. It didn't Loosen/assemble one side at a time and it'll take about a 1/2 hour as stated earlier... I got a lot of good advice from folks here before I did it. This forum rocks!
 
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