This kit has been designed to allow for the installation of Bad Dad's Road Star Bagger Rear Fender and Bad Dad's Stretched Saddlebags onto the Yamaha Road Star 1700 platform.
This kit is designed for Bad Dad's Bagger Rear Fender, Stretched Bags and Road Star Saddlebag Bracket Kit to be used as a complete kit. These components can be used separately, but ideally the kit is designed to be used together. Bad Dad's Bagger Rear Fender will require an alternative turn signal arrangement The OEM rear cross over support may show under the stock fender in applications where Bad Dad's Bagger Rear Fender is not be used. This kit may not work with rear axle covers. Modifications can be made to accommodate rigid or quick release sissy bar side plates.
Important notes: (1) This kit must be installed by a Qualified Technician. (2) Exhaust pipes must be lower than rear axle. (3) Loctite everything. (4) Check tire clearance before riding.
1) Begin by removing the factory backrest, factory strut covers, and factory taillight. If you are installing Bad Dad's Bagger Rear Fender, the OEM factory fender will need to be cut to make room for the new fender. If you are installing the Bad Dad fender, refer to the two pictures shown here through Step 5. Picture 1 in Step 1 shows the stock fender before any modifications are made.
If you are not installing a Bad Dad fender, skip to Step 6.
2) Next, remove the OEM factory fender from the bike so the factory fender can be trimmed. Then flip over the fender to remove the lower fender splash.
3) Remove the lower fender splash.
4) Next, cut off the lower portion of the OEM factory fender. You want to cut underneath the subframe inside the factory fender.
You can mark this area with tape before cutting. This area is approximately 4" below the rear seat bolt hole.
Note: Make sure your marked area is lower than the inner subframe before cutting.
5) Install the OEM factory fender back onto the bike after the fender has been cut. Reuse all the original mounting hardware.
6) Install the upper support bracket using the holes in the side of the fender. Attach with M8x1.25x35 button head screw. There is a right & left side upper support bracket. The picture in step 3 shows the installation of the upper saddlebag support bracket. Note: the general shape of these brackets has recently been revised to offer more suspension clearance around the bike's belt guard. This revision allows the brackets to perform the same as the original design while also offering this additional belt guard clearance.
7) Install the "S" brackets also as shown in the picture. Leave these loose to facilitate final saddlebag fitment. After the upper saddlebag bracket and related "S" brackets have been installed, the complimenting lower saddlebag rails will be installed. If you are installing these parts on a bike with the factory suspension or a slight lowering kit that still provides a similar ride height to stock, please proceed to step 8 to install the lower saddlebag support rails.
8) If you are installing these parts on a bike with a drastically lowered rear suspension or a bike utilizing an aftermarket air suspension kit, it is likely that you will need to modify the bike's drive belt guard. The modification outlined in the following steps will prevent the Saddlebag Bracket Kit from bottoming out on the bike's belt guard under extremely compressed suspension conditions.
9) Begin the belt guard modification by removing the guard from the motorcycle. Next, mask off a large area starting approximately 4 inches from the front lip of the belt guard and ending approximately on the curved area of the belt guard. Using a measuring tape, measure back 8 inches from the front lip of the belt guard near the mount bushing assembly. Make a mark on the masking tape at 8 inches.
10) Starting at the tire side of the belt guard, measure across the guard 1-1/8 inches. Make a mark on the tape. We will drill a 1/8 inch pilot hole at the intersection of these two marks.
After the 1/8 inch pilot hole has been drilled, use the pilot hole and a 2 inch hole saw to drill a 2 inch hole through the belt guard.
11) After the 2 inch hole has been drilled, remove the tape and de-bur the resulting edge on the belt guard. Your belt guard should look like this once the modification has been performed. Next, install the modified belt guard back onto the motorcycle.
12) Install lower support brackets to the inside of the frame at the rear peg. Note: Remove the two bolts that secure the passenger footboard bracket to the frame. Re-install the footboard using the supplied M8 x 1.25 x 50 button head screw. Tighten the button head screws fully. Using the exposed thread on the inside of the frame, install the lower support bar with the supplied locknuts and washers.
13) Next, remove the OEM factory fender from the bike so the factory fender can be trimmed. Then flip over the fender to remove the lower fender splash.
14) Remove the lower fender splash.
15) Next, cut off the lower portion of the OEM factory fender. You want to cut underneath the subframe inside the factory fender.
You can mark this area with tape before cutting. This area is approximately 4" below the rear seat bolt hole.
Note: Make sure your marked area is lower than the inner subframe before cutting
16) Install the OEM factory fender back onto the bike after the fender has been cut. Reuse all the original mounting hardware.