Installing Saddlebags

[Tranquility]

Okay, technically speaking, installing saddlebags is not a difficult thing to do. The instructions that come with the supports are good enough, and the saddlebags themselves are pretty self-explanatory (which is good since there are no instructions that come with them anyway). But OMG, unless you have have tiny little hands and skinny little arms, the install process is nothing short of a circus act!

I don't have any specific instructions that haven't already been posted elsewhere, and I did read a post that already mentions the limited working space under the fender but I will offer one piece of advice: Don't be in a hurry! What should take no more than 1/2 an hour took me upwards of two hours (including a couple walk-away-before-I-get-really-pi&&ed-off breaks). Of course, I AM a bike newbie, inexperienced with all things motorcycle ... Nahhhh, I stand by my advice. It's an easy job, if you're a stick-person. :-)

Oh, and I needed to dig up a couple extra washers. The ones provided with the supports were not quite enough to compensate for the longer lag bolts.