I installed the silver LongBoards on my 54 Hunqapillar this past week. I first replaced the fornt mudflap with the shorter unit, simple task.
I installed the front fender first which was straightforward. For the moment, fitted with out the black plastic yokes. Fitting the rear was a bit of a challenge. Interesting trying to do this with the Marathon Supreme (42 actual width tires). This requires deflating the tire to fit the front bolt and some spacers made with gray and black faucet washers. The upper clamp that is normally fitted to the brake bridge took some doing. The brake bridge is drilled vertically rather than horizontally. I took the fender clamp and straightened the hanger tab ie I flattened it out from the 90 degree to horizontal. Then I fitted a bolt downward with a nylock from the fender side. After this is completed the fender can be lifted into place and put into the clamp. The rest of the fitting was a simple task. The rear was also fitted without the black spoke yokes... Now that the fenders are installed I can cut all the rods to length, file the end edges round and fit the black yokes. In a weekend 15 mile ride of on and off raod, no flapping or wiggling, just some squeaking from the front which I attribute to the black break away joint connectors at the drop outs. I'll recheck this when I fit the yokes. I have not yet ridden in the rain or slurry, however , it looks like they will function well. I will suggest one thing before you start; take a 5mm X .80 tap and run it through all the eyelets before you begin. In my case this cleaned up 2 eyelets with buggered threads and removed the paint from all the others. Two of the supplied 5 mm bolts had malformed threads, I ran a die down them with complete success. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
