installed front docking kit (need help)
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Cruiser
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installed front docking kit (need help)
just installed the docking kit the way directions said, but when i put the hard saddlebags back on they just didnt fit right the rear bag support seams to stick out a little more than the front one is this normal
Road Warrior
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Greenwood, IN
RE: installed front docking kit (need help)
ORIGINAL: kayman
just installed the docking kit the way directions said, but when i put the hard saddlebags back on they just didnt fit right the rear bag support seams to stick out a little more than the front one is this normal
just installed the docking kit the way directions said, but when i put the hard saddlebags back on they just didnt fit right the rear bag support seams to stick out a little more than the front one is this normal
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2005
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From: pittsburgh
RE: installed front docking kit (need help)
ORIGINAL: BigDaddy2
It's all in the spacing, so suck it up, bite your tongue and get back to work.
It's all in the spacing, so suck it up, bite your tongue and get back to work.
No disrespect here man, but "Git 'Er Done". There are no moving parts involved. I sell vernier calipers at the counter for $2 so that people can figure out for themselves what they need. Sometimes, H-D instructions are ridiculous. I've seen P&A Bulletins come out and a year later they're still selling stuff with the wrong instructions.
Or, just accept that 90% of add-on's fit like socks on a chicken and move on.
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Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: N.E. Oklahoma
RE: installed front docking kit (need help)
Kayman,
If there is a dealer nearby run over there in the morning and let them look at it. They will do it for free and tell you if you have everything adjusted right (spacers, etc.).
Been there and done that. Problem with these kits is that they are made for 15+ different applications all in one package.
The service manage at the dealer will help you out.
If there is a dealer nearby run over there in the morning and let them look at it. They will do it for free and tell you if you have everything adjusted right (spacers, etc.).
Been there and done that. Problem with these kits is that they are made for 15+ different applications all in one package.
The service manage at the dealer will help you out.
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Tourer
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Dayton, Ohio
RE: installed front docking kit (need help)
I'm not telling you to accept things as they are, just that I spent 2 hrs finally getting the spacing right. I guess I'm comin across offensive. Don't mean to.
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2007
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From: Dover, DE
RE: installed front docking kit (need help)
ORIGINAL: BigDaddy2
I'm not telling you to accept things as they are, just that I spent 2 hrs finally getting the spacing right. I guess I'm comin across offensive. Don't mean to.
I'm not telling you to accept things as they are, just that I spent 2 hrs finally getting the spacing right. I guess I'm comin across offensive. Don't mean to.
I agree with everyone else instructions suck, you spend enough time trying different things you can get it to line up the way it originally did. It took me a couple of days of stopping because I was about to take a hammer to something..then I got a second set of hands and it all came together..a few cold ones didn't hurt anything.