Saddlebag Prep (Soft Bags) - LegUp LandinGear Generation II Installation Manual

SADDLEBAG PREP (SOFT BAGS)

NOTE: If you have hard bags (all but Road King Customs & Classics), skip to the next
section; 'Install Compressor (Hard Bags)'.
On bikes with Harley® soft bags (Road King
Customs & Classics), we used to mount the air
tank outside the saddlebags, due to how narrow
the soft bags are. Recently, we decided to use
the compressor from the Softail® system, which
has the air tank mounted above the compressor
as you see here.
If you have the older setup, you can find the
documentation at:
http://landingear.com/pdf/g2installhdfl.pdf.
The only thing we need to do to prepare the saddlebag is to drill a required hole in the
saddlebag back. The hole allows the air lines to get in and out of the saddlebag, and also allow
easy removal of the bag.
First we need to find, near the end of the
manual, the drilling template for soft bags.
Carefully cut this template out, and tape it
to the inside of the left saddlebag, as seen
in the next picture. The flat bottom of the
template lines up with the bottom of the
bag, just before it turns under, while the
curve should fit nicely as seen here. The
upper left angle should fit inside the line
where the leather meets the hard back.
There is a margin for error here so be
careful but not paranoid. Once placed,
drill using a 5/16" bit, ONLY THE TOP
hole of the template. We used to use both
holes when the tank was outside. Now
skip to the section on installing the
compressor (Soft Bags).
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