Honda Shadow Saddlebags Installation Instructions

1. Take away the rider’s seat. Disconnect the battery, eradicating the negative (-) terminal first, followed by the optimistic (+) terminal. Then locate and disconnect the rear turn alerts and taillight. The connectors are underneath the seat.

2. Loosen the rear fender by removing the bolts on the rear fender support strut with an appropriately sized Allen head socket. Decrease the fender onto the rear wheel, and slide it out completely.

3. Take away the rear flip sign assemblies from the fender help strut, taking care to notice which meeting got here from the left or right facet of the motorcycle.

Honda Shadow Saddlebags Installation Instructions

Honda Shadow Saddlebags Installation

4. Reduce every turn signal’s wiring 3 inches from the connector ends with an electrical wire chopping tool. Slide two 1-inch-lengthy strips of heat-shrink tubing on the wire. Cut two separate units of electrical wiring approximately 24 inches in size, and solder them into place between the turn signal and the connector end. Slide the heat-shrink tubing over the soldered connections and seal with a heat gun or lighter.

5. Take away the license plate, and install the flip signal relocation brackets between the license plate and the license plate bracket. Apply a drop of Loctite to the thread of the license plate mounting bolts earlier than tightening them.

6. Mount the turn sign assemblies to the relocation brackets, and run the wiring to the beneath-seat connectors following the taillight’s wiring. Reconnect the battery, starting with the positive (+) terminal, followed by the adverse (-) terminal. Flip the ignition on, and check the turn signals for proper operation.

7. Remove the reflectors by loosening the lock nuts on the within of the fender strut. Set up the mounting spool within the reflector’s authentic location, making use of a drop of Loctite to the threads of the bolt earlier than them securing with a lock nut on the within of the fender strut. Repeat on the other facet of the motorcycle.

8. Insert the supplied spacers into the manufacturing unit flip signal mounting holes, followed by the washer, bolt and mounting spool. Apply a drop of Loctite to the thread of the license plate mounting bolts before securing the bolt with a lock nut on the inside of the fender strut. Repeat on the alternative side of the motorcycle.

9. Reinstall the fender, securing it to the support strut with unique bolts; then exchange the seat.
10. Mount the saddlebags onto the spools. Safe the saddlebags to the spools from the interior by inserting retaining pins via the spools.